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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 5.12.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted May 15, 2023 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY MASTERS was at 0.39, followed by 20/20 down a tick to 0.28. CBS:  The uncanceled SWAT gained 0.06 to 0.36, FIRE COUNTRY was up 0.03 to 0.35, and BLUE BLOODS lost 0.02 to 0.28. NBC:  After a rerun at 0.29, DATELINE was up 0.03 to 0.27. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN climbed […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.11.2016

Posted August 12, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage gained 0.2 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, as expected there were plenty of adjustments due to local NFL preemptions.  On ABC, both BATTLEBOTS and $100,000 PYRAMID fell 0.2, and MATCH GAME was down 0.1.  On CBS, BIG BROTHER lost 0.1, and the reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY, LIFE […]

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Broadcast News & Late Night Series 8.1-8.7.2022

Posted August 9, 2022 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 32: August 1-7, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 11.30-12.6.2020

Posted December 8, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday November 30 through Sunday December 6, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for […]

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8/23/15

Posted August 23, 2015 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  With a $10M production budget (and tens of millions in marketing on top), the $10.6M weekend for SINISTER 2 (Blumhouse/Gramercy/Focus/Universal) will test Blumhouse’s ability to make money out of just about anything.  The opening is far below the $18M start for 2012’s Sinister, and its US total won’t be near the $48.1M gross […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 4.28-29.2018

Posted May 1, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday April 28-29, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, April 29-30, […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.3.2021

Posted February 4, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE GOLDBERGS, THE CONNERS, CALL YOUR MOTHER, CHICAGO FIRE and NAME THAT TUNE.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE dropped 0.04 to 0.54.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.33/0.23.  […]

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Holiday Box Office Volume: through January 1

Posted January 2, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

The 2014 holiday box office continues to be slightly better than average but slightly below last year. The top 10 films on Thursday January 1, 2015 totaled $46.3 million, somewhat above the average $44.8 million for the days since 2002 when this date landed on a weekday.  When January 1 last fell on a Thursday, […]

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