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Weekly Cable and Broadcast Telecast Ranking
Posted April 30, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf
Updated weekly broadcast and cable program rankings.
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/29/13
Posted April 30, 2013 by Mitch Salem
Despite modest bumps for FOX’s season finales, last night featured an alarming number of season and series lows. FOX: Both BONES and THE FOLLOWING were up in their season finales, the former by 0.1 to 2.1 and the latter by 0.2 to 2.6. That still didn’t get them past their season average numbers, although […]
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Box Office Year to Date: 2013 Remains Quiet
Posted April 29, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf
Looking at wide-release films in North America (those that play on at least 400 screens at some point), 2013 now totals just under $2.5 billion, down 16% from 2012 and down 9% from the prior four-year average 2009-2012. Each year-to-date period below is defined as the first Monday after New Year’s Day through the most […]
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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports Ratings — NBA Playoffs Match Last Year’s Second Weekend
Posted April 29, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf
The NBA playoffs continued on three networks this weekend, and the eight games collectively were very close to the comparable games last year (+1% overall). The two ABC games were the highest-rated by far: a 5.0 household rating for Miami-Milwaukee and 4.1 rating for New York-Boston (in Nielsen’s 56 metered markets that comprise 70% of […]
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Weekly & Season to Date Network Ratings
Posted April 29, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf
Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). No network will finish above a 2 rating for the week, even as the May sweep (with plenty of original episodes began). The problem this past week was there were no live sports or special […]
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/28/13
Posted April 29, 2013 by Mitch Salem
May Sweeps continued to excite hardly anyone. ABC: The network aired its regular line-up for the first time in a month, and it did no good for ONCE UPON A TIME, which slipped 0.1 from last week and fell to a series low 2.0. REVENGE was up 0.2 from an Easter airing when ratings […]
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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 4/28/13
Posted April 28, 2013 by Mitch Salem
OPENINGS: The biggest story of the weekend took place off American shores, as IRON MAN 3 (Disney) topped all expectations to open with a fantastic $195.3M in 42 territories (China and Russia are the notable ones still to come). That’s higher than the $185.1M opening for The Avengers (in 39 territories that didn’t include […]
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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through April 28
Posted April 28, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf
Updated International chart: