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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.29.2016

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary numbers for Friday. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH fell 0.1...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.4.2016

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while BLINDSPOT lost 0.1 for a series low 1.3.  In addition, CASTLE lost its 0.1 bump, and both the 8PM BIG BANG THEORY rerun and the GOTHAM ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.7.2015

  FOX got the New Year’s present it wanted.  (Well, mostly.) DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions JANUARY 3-5

The first weekend of the new year is looking like $125 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, slightly above average for this weekend versus previous years. Opening at around 2,500 theaters Friday (slightly below the 2,8...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3.7.2017

  There’s no question about who the boss is on Tuesdays these days. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 6.18.2017

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2017 film slates by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2017 to date is now +6% above last year and now +6% above the a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday October 26 and Sunday October 27, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television populat...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 7.17-19.2015

Weekend #29 of 2015 is looking like $195 million for the top 12 films this weekend, somewhat above the norm for this weekend and way above last year’s very soft weekend (see comparisons below).   Ant-Man from Disney ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.25.2016

  Night 1 of the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION shared the ratings wealth between ABC and NBC, tied at 1.0, while CBS lagged behind at 0.5. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

INTERNATIONAL Box Office through June 23

Updated international box office chart:
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 5.19.2019

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2019 film slates by studio. BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2019 is now -10% below last year’s comparable span (1 point worse than last week) ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 3.18.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC: SHARK TANK dropped 0.07 to 0.48, and 20/20 fell 0.22 to 0.27. CBS:  The primetime NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at 0.77/1.38. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST returned from a week off down 0.08 to 0.23, and DATEL...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES December 14-16

The weekend looks a little softer than it did yesterday ($131 million for the top 12 films rather than $142 million).  The Hobbit is looking like an $85 million opening weekend instead of almost $99 million.   Still a recor...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12.10.2018

Note:  CBS numbers below inflated by local pre-emptions for ESPN NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL in Minneapolis (for all of local primetime) and Seattle (for the first hour of local primetime).  DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadc...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.27.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The day’s n...
by Mitch Metcalf