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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 3.14.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted March 15, 2023 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC;  THE BACHELOR was at 0.44, followed by a rerun at 0.15. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, the FBI franchise had the mothership down 0.07 to 0.45, INTERNATIONAL down 0.06 to 0.34, and MOST WANTED steady at 0.34. NBC:  NIGHT COURT fell 0.12 to 0.43, AMERICAN AUTO dropped 0.09 to 0.27, […]

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The Sked: TUESDAY RATINGS February 28

Posted February 29, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>American Idol came to Tuesday night for a special episode.  Although it won the night, the episode was down 41% from the comparable edition last year and had a relatively limited effect on the other networks, whose ratings were not terribly different from last week.               Nightly Adult 18-49 Rating […]

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SKEDBALL: Winter Olympic Ratings Update

Posted February 20, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Last night’s Olympic coverage from Sochi, Russia averaged a 5.0 adult 18-49 rating from 8:00-11:00 pm, although the final number will probably come in at a 5.2 rating when the 8:00 half hour is excluded for not containing national commercials (only promos and local spots).  The 5.2 last night would be up four tenths from […]

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Behind the US/Worldwide Box Office – 4.2.2023

Posted April 2, 2023 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  While DUNGEONS & DRAGONS:  HONOR AMONG THIEVES (eOne/Paramount) launched at the upper end of expectations, $38.5M (which included an unusually intense program of preview screenings) was a shaky start for a project with $250M in production/marketing costs and the hope to become a franchise.  It will need to hold up extremely well over the next several […]

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THE SKED @ PALEYFEST 2012: “Once Upon A Time”

Posted March 5, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> ABC’s ONCE UPON A TIME is one of the few no-question-about-it hits of the current television season, and the gathering at today’s PaleyFest session, while enormously enthusiastic, was less raucous and more comfortably pleased than last night’s crowd for Community.  (If Community‘s fans sometimes had the air of an Occupy rally that had actually […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 5.26.2019

Posted May 26, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2019 film slates by studio. BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2019 is still -10% below last year’s comparable span and now -1% below the average at this point the past four years ($3.913 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost […]

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OSCARLAND: Why and Why Not? – Best Picture

Posted March 1, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  We’ve taken a tour through Best Actress and Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, and Best Director, and that leaves one last major gold statue to be handed out.  As we have all along, we will assume that every nominee deserves to be there on merit, and we’ll pass on the […]

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Broadcast News & Late Night Series 4.24-4.30.2023

Posted May 2, 2023 by Mitch Metcalf

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 18: April 24-30, 2023 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

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