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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 9.11.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted September 13, 2022 by Mitch Salem

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.37, the line-up returned from an off-week with CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD up 0.07 to 0.58, THE $100,000 PYRAMID up 0.02 to 0.44, and THE FINAL STRAW up 0.07 to 0.28. CBS:  BIG BROTHER jumped 0.28 to 0.82, sandwiched between reruns at 1.05 (swollen […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.7.2020

Posted January 8, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

  One newcomer was big, one was fine, and one was off-key. 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 […]

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 4/28/13

Posted April 28, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  The biggest story of the weekend took place off American shores, as IRON MAN 3 (Disney) topped all expectations to open with a fantastic $195.3M in 42 territories (China and Russia are the notable ones still to come).  That’s higher than the $185.1M opening for The Avengers (in 39 territories that didn’t include […]

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Holiday Movie Season: A Solid Finish for 2012

Posted January 2, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

New Year’s Day totaled $46.7 million for the top 10 films this holiday season, slightly below the $50.1 million average for this date but somewhat above the $44.2 million average for January 1 when it falls on a weekday. With New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day now in the books, the holiday season December […]

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 1/11/15

Posted January 11, 2015 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  TAKEN 3 (Europa/20th) had a very decent 5% Saturday bump (so much for the movie’s quality affecting word of mouth), and is currently claiming a $40.4M weekend, which would make it the #2 January opening ever, right behind last year’s Ride Along at $41.5M.  In addition, Taken 3 earned another $40.1M in just […]

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International Box Office through July 7

Posted July 7, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated international box office chart:

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.10.2018

Posted November 13, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 bumps for NBC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game and CBS’s NCIS rerun in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL day was dominated by the Auburn vs. Georgia game at 1.24, with the day’s other games […]

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WEEKEND ACTUALS: The Year Keeps Looking Worse

Posted April 4, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

> Compared to the ShowbuzzDaily Forecasts, the weekend numbers for the three opening movies were in the right rank order, although Hop vastly exceeded its forecast.  Source Code and Insidious were much closer to their predictions.  At the end of the day, Hop should be considered a success for Universal, the ultra-low cost Insidious will be a success […]

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