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THE SKED: More NBC Pick-Ups

Posted May 7, 2012 by Mitch Salem

    The Peacock is clearly trying to get the jump on next week’s Upfronts with some early series orders.  The advantage of early announcements, even apart from the possibility that NBC will launch some of its new shows in August post-Olympics, is that it enables the production studios to make quick offers to writers […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 4.26.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted April 27, 2023 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CONNERS dropped 0.09 to 0.40, and THE GOLDBERGS was down 0.05 to 0.30.  After an ABBOTT ELEMENTARY rerun at 0.23, NOT DEAD YET fell a tenth to 0.26, and A MILLION LITTLE THINGS was down 0.03 to 0.21. CBS:  SURVIVOR dipped 0.04 to 0.74.  After a rerun at 0.24, TRUE […]

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 5.22.2022

Posted May 22, 2022 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  Considering that DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW AGE (Focus/Universal) is something like a fresh MCU chapter for the older female audience, the fact that the sequel opened at $16M despite solid reviews–a painful 48% drop from the first theatrical entry in the franchise just 3 years ago–is a sobering sign that this demo just […]

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The Sked SATURDAY RATINGS January 28

Posted January 29, 2012 by Mitch Salem

>FOX scored an impressive (for Saturday) preliminary 2.2 rating with Adults 18-49 last night with UFC: Evans vs Davis from Chicago (featuring two other undercard Ultimate Fighting bouts).  The live fights built smartly through the night by half hour: 8:00 (1.8), 8:30 (2.2), 9:00 (2.4) and 9:30 (2.6).  Remember these numbers are certain to rise […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.15.2015

Posted April 16, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  The strategy of reducing AMERICAN IDOL to one night a week isn’t working out as planned. 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 adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people […]

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES April 20-22

Posted April 22, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>The weekend studio estimates (based on Friday and Saturday actuals and projections for Sunday) are coming in slightly above the weekend numbers posted yesterday (based on Friday actuals only).  The box office volume for the top 12 films is now looking like $123.5 million for the weekend, up 2% from last year’s weekend but up […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.13.2020

Posted August 14, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Thursday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.69 (Portland vs. Brooklyn)/0.22 (Dallas vs. Phoenix).  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC rose 0.06 to 0.42.  Cable news was led by […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through December 16

Posted December 17, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Latest International Box Office overview.

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