Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #21 of 2015 looks like $145 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, significantly below the norm for this weekend.  A bit of a clunker Memorial Day Weekend at the box office. Opening at 3,972 theaters Friday, Tomorrowland from Disney is on track for a $30.9 million opening three-day weekend (below our $37.0 million ShowBuzzDaily […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE RESIDENT gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The night’s NBA PLAYOFFS games were on TNT, at 1.64/1.39.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 1.09/1.09/0.97, compared to last week’s 1.38/1.32/1.30, and NINJA VS NINJA fell 0.09 to […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.24.  CW’s new MASTERS OF ILLUSIONS was up 0.02 to 0.06.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE GAMEDAY took Saturday cable at 0.33, with COLLEGE FOOTBALL games at 0.17/0.15, and TOP RANK BOXING at 0.15.  NFL Network’s PRESEASON NFL games were […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rose 0.06 to 0.53.  The AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS were at 1.03, steady with last year’s 1.0. CBS:  Comparisons are to November 7, since FOX had the late national NFL game.  60 MINUTES lost 0.06 to 0.58, THE EQUALIZER gained 0.03 to 0.60, and NCIS: LA was steady […]

With the only two movies that have opened so far in the ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft, Team Metcalf has expanded the early lead to $402.8 million.  Dark Shadows (the #17 pick overall) opened this past weekend with an okay $29.7 million, but no one expects the Tim Burton film to have much impact long term.  However, Marvel’s The […]

  OK results for CBS’s new sitcoms. 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). Ratings analysis and […]

  No farewell bump for THE ORIGINALS. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary 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). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow […]

  Another night of BIG BROTHER and then everything else. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary 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). Ratings analysis […]