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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 5.18.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted May 19, 2023 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of STATION 19 was at 0.46, up 0.04 from last week and down 0.12 from 2022.  The 2-hour season finale of GREY’S ANATOMY was at 0.43, up 0.05 from last week and down 0.17 from last year. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON aired a 2-episode season finale at 0.46/0.43, compared […]

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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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The Sked: Saturday Ratings 8.13.2016 — with OLYMPIC UPDATE

Posted August 14, 2016 by Mitch Salem

  Night 9 of the OLYMPICS is typically steady (aside from a big bump in Beijing), and that was true this year as well.  (NOTE: Local preseason NFL preemptions may shift ratings when final numbers are released on Tuesday.) DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics […]

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FRIDAY MARCH 21 Box Office Report

Posted March 22, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #12 of 2014 looks like $131 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, very similar to the same weekend last year and 8% below the average for this weekend the past several years.   Opening at 3,936 theaters late Thursday, Divergent from Lionsgate/Summit grossed $22.8 million through Friday, putting the film on track […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 6.5-6.11.2023

Posted June 13, 2023 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday June 5 through Sunday June 11, 2023. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 100K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last year […]

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“The Hunger Games” and Front-Loaded Boxoffice (Pop Culture Apocalypse Minus 2)

Posted March 21, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> The most successful movie of all time, Avatar, had an opening weekend ($77M) that only ranks 38th on the list of the biggest openings.  Conversely, the #1 opening weekend of all time belongs to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II), with $169M, more than double Avatar‘s–but its total gross of $381M puts […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.1.2019

Posted July 2, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

  THE CODE returned, to limited viewer interest. 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 […]

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Weekend Box Office Predictions APRIL 4-6

Posted April 2, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Weekend #14 of 2014 is looking like a robust $159 million for the top 12 films, 41% above the typical volume for this weekend the past few years ($113 million). Opening at around 3,900 theaters Friday (well above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the last two years), Captain America: The Winter Soldier from Disney should average […]

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