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The Sked: Friday Network Scorecard 9.6.2019

Posted September 7, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

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). PREVIOUS FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS FRIDAY CABLE & […]

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The Sked: MAY SWEEP UPDATE (through 2 nights)

Posted April 28, 2012 by Mitch Salem

>With two nights of the May Sweep in (Thursday’s official ratings and Friday’s fast national ratings), here’s an early look at the final major ratings sweep period of the broadcast season, when ratings are measured locally in each of the 214 television markets across the country.  It’s an important measurement period because most local TV […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.9.2016

Posted October 10, 2016 by Mitch Salem

  Broadcast coverage of the 2d PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE was down from Round 1, but the fracas was also covered on only 3 of the major networks. 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 […]

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES January 6-8

Posted January 8, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>The Devil Inside looks like a $34-35 million opening weekend based on studio estimates (Friday and Saturday actual results with estimates for Sunday).  The top 12 films combined total this weekend has been reduced to $128 million, still 7% ahead of the typical total for the comparable weekend in past years and 30% above the […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.2.2019

Posted November 5, 2019 by Mitch Salem

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.8, and NBC’s BREEDERS CUP coverage adjusted to 0.2.  In addition, DATELINE lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL games were at 0.55/0.26 (with COLLEGE GAMEDAY at 0.52), […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “War Horse”

Posted December 23, 2011 by Mitch Salem

  WAR HORSE:  Watch It At Home –  Spielberg’s Beautiful Muzak   Earlier this year, audiences were presented with Super 8, J. J. Abrams’s pastiche of Steven Spielberg’s classic sci-fi adventures from the 1970s and 80s (Spielberg was a producer on the project).  Now with WAR HORSE, we have Spielberg’s own pastiche:  of John Ford, […]

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EARLY THANKSGIVING WEEKEND BOX OFFICE REPORT

Posted November 23, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on grosses from Wednesday and Thanksgiving, Weekend #47 is on pace to exceed the multi-year average for this weekend by 10% — exactly on the pace we forecast earlier in the week.  Breaking Dawn Part 2 is running slightly behind our forecast pace in this second weekend, but still clearly #1 for the weekend. […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Five-Year Engagement”

Posted April 26, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT:  Watch It At Home – If Only The Engagement Were A Little Shorter… Judd Apatow, as both director (The 40=Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up) and producer (Bridesmaids, Superbad, Pineapple Express, TV’s new Girls) has brought a tremendous amount of first-class comedy to large and small screens in recent years.  But he […]

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