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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.29.2019

Posted July 2, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s regional MLB coverage gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports led Saturday cable, with Fox Sports 1’s WOMEN’S WORLD CUP matches at 0.51/0.29.  ESPN’s UFC telecast was at 0.42.  Univision’s COPA D’ORO match was at […]

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Weekend Studio Estimates JUNE 21-23

Posted June 23, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #25 of 2013 still looks like an excellent $223 million for the top 12 films, up 32-42% from the same weekend in recent years. The two wide openers clicked with audiences, with Monsters University doing as well as we forecast but World War Z opening much stronger than […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 10.21.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted October 24, 2022 by Mitch Salem

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK dipped 0.03 to 0.48, and 20/20 was down 0.08 to 0.28. CBS:  SWAT shed 0.03 to 0.40, FIRE COUNTRY lost 0.03 to 0.45, and BLUE BLOODS was up 0.02 to 0.45. NBC:  COLLEGE BOWL gained 0.04 to 0.24, and DATELINE was up 0.07 to 0.34. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN slipped […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.28.2017

Posted March 29, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE FLASH just barely gained 0.1 in final numbers (the less-rounded rating was 0.86), avoiding a series low. LEGENDS OF TOMORROW, however, lost 0.1.  In addition, the 8:30PM AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE rerun went up 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  BET’s […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 3.25.2018

Posted March 25, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2018 dollars for films released in late 2017. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2018 to date is now -2% below last year and now +12% above the average for this point the past four […]

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Incredibles 2″” Superheroic, “Tag” Mild, “Superfly” Awful, “Ocean’s 8″” Holds OK

Posted June 16, 2018 by Mitch Salem

  After a few mild weeks, INCREDIBLES 2 (Pixar/Disney) has the summer box office back in blockbuster mode.  It’s on pace to easily break Finding Dory‘s $135.1M animation opening record.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, Incredibles 2 had a massive $69M Friday (including $18.5M from Thursday night), far better than Dory‘s $54.7M.  If business […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.15.2015

Posted June 16, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

The climax of the NHL season took the night. 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 and […]

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The Sked: Thursday Network Scorecard 3.29.2018

Posted March 30, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

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). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night […]

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