Probably not surprisingly, the cable show hardest hit by the Olympics on Monday night was WWE RAW on USA, which fell from 2.3 to 1.5 for the evening, ending up behind LOVE AND HIP-HOP on VH1, which was down only 0.2 to 1.8.  Nothing scripted came close to either. TNT:  THE CLOSER, entering its […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Universal remains #1 by far and the only studio to show significant growth thanks to the Furious 7 juggernaut overseas.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is now +3% above last year and +7% above the average for this point the past four years ($2.639 billion). […]

  We may not always know for whom the bell tolls, but for low-rated network shows, today is the day it’s tolling.  ABC has seen and raised CBS’s cancellation of Partners this morning by executing both 666 PARK AVENUE and LAST RESORT.  The two shows had disastrous ratings (matching 1.2s for their last airings), and […]

  THE BACHELORETTE’s season is going out with a bang. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.2 in final numbers, but THE ODD COUPLE declined by 0.1.  Elsewhere, BACKSTROM found an extra 0.1, but REIGN fell 0.1.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Spike’s LIP SYNC BATTLE held top honors for […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TV Land’s YOUNGER returned at 0.27, which was up 0.11 from the Fall 2016 premiere, although that was simulcast on Nick At Nite, which added […]

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #28 of 2013 looks like a decent $191 million for the top 12 films, up 5% from the comparable weekend the last few years.  It was a pretty good weekend for the ShowbuzzDaily Weekend Forecast, with the top movies in the correct rank order and most films within […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday October 3 through Sunday October 9, 2022. 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 last year: […]