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SHOWBUZZDAILY Early Friday Box Office: “Thor: Ragnorak” Keeps Lead, “Murder” Solid, “Daddy’s Home 2″” OK

Posted November 11, 2017 by Mitch Salem

  MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (20th) had a surprising amount of marketing muscle behind it, and at least in the short term it seems to be paying off.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, opening day was $10.6M (including $1.6M from Thursday night), and considering that Murder is aimed at an older audience that […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 5.29-6.4.2023

Posted June 6, 2023 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday May 29 through Sunday June 4, 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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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 10.24.2014

Posted October 27, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  GRIMM lost 0.1 in final Friday ratings.  WORLD SERIES GAME 3 adjusted up to 3.1 from its 2.5 preliminary rating. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Discovery’s GOLD RUSH led Friday cable again, down a single hundredth to 1.17 […]

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THE SKED: The “Bunheads” Dance Is Done

Posted July 22, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  It took ABCFamily long enough to pull the trigger–BUNHEADS aired its last episode in February–but the bullet has finally been fired into its airy, repartee-fueled head, as the network officially announced that Amy Sherman-Palladino’s series, beloved by far too few, isn’t coming back.  This can’t be called a surprise, since the show rarely had […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.1.2019

Posted December 4, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.2, up 0.3 from last week’s game.  In addition, NCIS: LA and MADAM SECRETARY each gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Hallmark’s movie CHRISTMAS TOWN dominated Sunday scripted at 0.59.  Adult […]

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/15/12

Posted January 16, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> Football is like crack for TV networks. FOX:  The NY Giants/Green Bay playoff game was massive, and since it ran until 8:12PM on the east coast, the giant SIMPSONS number, currently a 6.8, will end up adjusted.  Given the atypically huge lead-in for the evening and the adjustments, it’s hard to tell just how […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.18.2017

Posted August 21, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  Due to NFL Preseason adjustment, the reruns of MASTERCHEF and BEAT SHAZAM went down 0.2 and 0.3, respectively, in final numbers.  In addition, the BLUE BLOODS rerun lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Friday cable belonged again to A&E’s […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2.21.2016

Posted February 22, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

  Both of the night’s special events did fairly well. 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 over the age of 2). Ratings analysis […]

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