WORLD CUP NOTE:  Starting tomorrow, SHOWBUZZDAILY will be posting regular updates on WORLD CUP ratings on ABC and cable as they become available, with analysis of this year’s ratings vs. 2010’s and demographic analysis.  Watch for WORLD CUP SKEDBALL!  (FYI, yesterday’s WORLD CUP PREVIEW special on ESPN had a 0.16 rating in 18-49s in […]

  It may have hurt Sony’s pride to turn SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (Marvel/Columbia/Sony) over to Marvel to produce, but it proved to be a smart business move, with preliminary numbers at Deadline that put opening day at about $48M ($15.4M from Thursday night), 35% higher than the first day of 2014’s Amazing Spider-Man 2.  With word […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC: The limited series WOMEN OF THE MOVEMENT debuted at 0.43, and the accompanying documentary series LET THE WORLD SEE was at 0.40. CBS:  The line-up aired for the first time since December 9, with YOUNG SHELDON up 0.08 to 0.74, UNITED STATES OF AL up 0.05 to 0.50, GHOSTS up an […]

  NBC’s pre-Upfront pick-up spree continues with GUYS WITH KIDS, its first multicamera comedy order of the season.  The title seems to be self-explanatory:  the show’s logline describes it as being about thirtysomething guys (Anthony Anderson, Jesse Bradford and Zach Cregger) who have, you know, kids, despite being child-men themselves (see:  every Judd Apatow movie […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday July 5 through Sunday July 11, 2021.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week two years […]

  But first: NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and FOOD FIGHTERS exchanged 0.1s in final numbers, with AGT gaining the additional tenth at FOOD FIGHTERS’ expense. Below is our Top 25 chart of last night’s original cable telecasts (the #25 title on this list was the 80th-most watched cable telecast of the day), with various […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, but there was no bump for EXTANT.  The only other changes were 0.1 declines for the reruns of ARROW and SUPERNATURAL. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s DUCK DYNASTY again led the cable night, down a hundredth to 0.86, but lead-out COUNTRY BUCKS fell a heavier 0.09/0.11 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  STARGIRL gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News was at the top of Tuesday cable, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.37/0.60/4.1M, MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.29/0.43/3.4M, and CNN’s SITUATION ROOM at 0.26/0.39/1.9M.  On […]