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THE SKED: Ratings That Mean Something… and Ratings That Don’t

Posted October 25, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Every Sunday now, the networks issue press releases to celebrate the giant gains made by shows during the full week following their initial airing, ratings known as “L7.”  Armed with numbers from a couple of weeks earlier, they crow–perhaps “scream” is a better verb–about this series adding millions of viewers, and that one increasing […]

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Weekend Studio Estimates 5.1-3.2015

Posted May 3, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #18 of 2015 now looks like $221 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down from yesterday’s estimate ($249 million) but still above the norm for this weekend as summer gets going early.  Saturday was fairly soft at the box office because of a huge day in TV sports […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.27.2019

Posted August 28, 2019 by Mitch Salem

  A down night for both of Tuesday’s summer hits. 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). […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Update: 11.28.2015

Posted December 2, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  FOX’s Notre Dame vs. Stanford COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up to 2.0 in final numbers, while ABC’s Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State game stayed at 1.4.  In addition, DATELINE lost 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN and COLLEGE FOOTBALL were in virtually sole possession of Saturday cable, with […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.18.2021

Posted July 20, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Sunday July 18, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

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BROADWAY JOURNAL: “Anything Goes”

Posted April 20, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Once there was a time when Broadway musicals didn’t have to say anything about society, politics, art, literature, or really much of anything.  They were exercises in style, excuses for glamorous people to get up on stage in fancy costumes and sing tuneful, ingenious songs while dancing up a storm.  That’s the world of […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 11.15-11.21.2021

Posted November 23, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday November 15 through Sunday November 21, 2021. 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 two years […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.20.2017

Posted November 21, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  After football adjustment, both KEVIN CAN WAIT and MAN WITH A PLAN dropped 0.2, and both DANCING WITH THE STARS and THE GOOD DOCTOR lost 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL jumped 0.55 from last week […]

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