22 JUMP STREET (Sony/Columbia) is having the start merited by a sequel to a huge hit that’s getting ecstatic reviews in its own right.  Based on preliminary numbers at Dateline and elsewhere, it had a $23-24M opening day (that includes $5.5M from Thursday night).  That’s considerably better than the $19.6M start for Neighbors, which […]

  22 JUMP STREET (Sony) wasted no time in jumping to the lead at last night’s box office, with $5.5M from shows that started at 7PM.  That’s far better than the $2.5M that Neighbors earned a few weeks ago, although to be fair Jump Street plays as an action movie as well as a comedy, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The NBA FINALS climbed to 6.0 in time-zone adjusted ratings, the same as Sunday’s game (but down 0.7 from the adjusted rating for Game 4 in 2013), while the primetime JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE and NBA COUNTDOWN fell to 1.0/1.7.  In addition, the 9PM UNDATEABLE slipped 0.1, making that hour a steady pair […]

World Cup 2014 has arrived, and ESPN has to be very encouraged with the audience for the opening match (host country Brazil versus Croatia).  Yesterday the match averaged 4,040,000 total viewers (any age) and a 1.72 adult 18-49 rating.  This is well above the opening match in 2010 from South Africa at 9:25 am ET […]

  WORLD CUP NOTE:  Starting tomorrow, SHOWBUZZDAILY will be posting regular updates on WORLD CUP ratings on ABC and cable as they become available, with analysis of this year’s ratings vs. 2010’s and demographic analysis.  Watch for WORLD CUP SKEDBALL!  (FYI, yesterday’s WORLD CUP PREVIEW special on ESPN had a 0.16 rating in 18-49s in […]

Weekend #24 of 2014 is looking like a very sturdy $201 million for the top 12 films this weekend, 31% above the norm for this weekend and 2% above the same weekend last year. Opening at over 4,100 theaters Friday (well above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the last two years), How to Train Your […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Game 3 of THE NBA FINALS climbed to 5.9 in time-zone adjusted numbers, while the primetime JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE and NBA COUNTDOWN fell to 1.0/1.6.  The only other adjustment was a 0.1 dip for the rerun SUPERNATURAL on CW. TUESDAY CABLE;  PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, just renewed for 2 additional seasons, returned to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The HILLARY CLINTON: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE special went up 0.1 in final numbers, as did its BACHELORETTE clip show lead-in, and so did MASTERCHEF.  The new WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY, however, lost 0.1. MONDAY CABLE:  MURDER IN THE FIRST had a fair start for TNT with 0.6 in the 18-49 demo.  […]