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EARLY WEDNESDAY BOX OFFICE: “Moana” Dominates “Fantastic Beasts,” Drowns Everything Else

Posted November 24, 2016 by Mitch Salem

  Based on preliminary numbers at Deadline, MOANA (Disney Animation) is going to have a dominant and perhaps even historic Thanksgiving weekend.  Disney’s latest blockbuster blew past predictions with a $15.4M opening day (including $2.6M from Tuesday night).  That’s better than the $15.2M earned by Frozen (which technically was in its 2d week of release, […]

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Broadcast Weekly & Summer Averages through August 26

Posted August 27, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

CBS is looking like a 1.50 rating for the week of August 20-26, enough for a share of first place this week but down 10% from the same week last year.  The NFL preseason games last year were a 2.0 on Friday (GB at IND) and 1.8 on Saturday (NE at DET), while this year […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.17.2014

Posted October 18, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  ABC:  Last week, CRISTELA premiered 0.1 higher than its lead-in LAST MAN STANDING; this week, LAST MAN rose 0.1 (to 1.3) and CRISTELA declined 0.1 (to 1.2), but they’re still looking like a very compatible pair, albeit not at high numbers.  SHARK TANK as usual led everything on the networks Friday night, down 0.1 […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Tuesday Cable Originals: 8.19.2014

Posted August 20, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, FOOD FIGHTERS and AMERICA’S GOT TALENT exchanged 0.1s in final network numbers.  EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS and 20/20 each gained 0.1.  In addition, the FAMILY GUY rerun rose 0.1 and the SUPERNATURAL rerun dropped by the same. Below are the ratings in several demographic categories for the Top 25 original cable telecasts […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Wednesday Cable Originals: 8.27.2014

Posted August 28, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  EXTANT lost its slight gain from this morning, down 0.1 in final numbers, and TAXI BROOKLYN fell by 0.1 as well. Below are ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts of the day, along with a few lower-rated shows of interest.  If there are any series you’d like […]

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POP CULTURE APOCALYPSE MINUS 9: “Hunger Games” and the IMAX Crush

Posted March 15, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> If you want to see THE HUNGER GAMES in IMAX, the best visual format available, you’re going to have to hurry:  it’s currently scheduled to screen in IMAX theatres for only a single week.  Even though Hunger is expected to be one of the highest-opening pictures of the year, with a 2d weekend that […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.3.2018

Posted May 4, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  STATION 19 lost some of its morning bounce, down 0.1 in final numbers, and LIFE IN PIECES was also down 0.1.  THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1.  On FOX, GOTHAM and SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO hopscotched, with the first up 0.1 and the latter down the same, but really […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.10.2021

Posted January 12, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s primetime NFL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 7.31.  In addition, there were significant upward adjustments (at least to the next tenth) to 60 MINUTES, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS, and the 8:30PM rerun of FAMILY GUY.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]

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