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The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 1.18.2020

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.15.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no adjustments from Monday’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT&#...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions FEBRUARY 14-16

Weekend #7 of 2014 is looking like a great $184 million for the top 12 films, a 40% increase over the average for this weekend the past several years.  The Lego Movie will dominate the box office in its second weekend, but als...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.10.2017

  THE VOICE continued its seasonal dip. 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 s...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.2.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up to 2.0.  On CBS, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the rest of the line-up lost the same.           B...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Ratings Delays Due to Christmas and New Year’s

The Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays will cause delays for daily national ratings (cable and broadcast finals) for a few weeks.  This is how the ratings should roll out over the holiday period.  We will update th...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Monday Cable Originals: 9.1.2014

  Below are the ratings in key demos for Monday’s Top 25 original cable telecasts, along with a few lower-rated programs of interest.  If you’d like us to add any additional shows to the latter list, please let us...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Monday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 5.25.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The night’s only adjustment was a 0.1 boost to the 2 BROKE GIRLS rerun. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Golden State/Houston NBA PLAYOFFS game on ESPN towered over the rest of broadcast and cable at 3...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.8.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  The entire NBC line-up–SUPERSTORE, AP BIO, WILL & GRACE, the CHAMPIONS premiere, and CHICAGO FIRE–was down 0.1 in final numbers, probably due in part to local colleg...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Thursday Ratings September 20 — NBC Thursday…Yikes

NBC Thursday premiered last night, landing in third place with a 1.5 Adult 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm.  A premiere night is often one of the highest rated nights of the year, especially when facing two networks in repeats like ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 4.6.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 dropped 0.06 to 0.39, and GREY’S ANATOMY was down 0.07 to 0.41.  A JEREMY RENNER INTERVIEW special was at 0.37. CBS:  Reruns at 0.34/0.29/0.18/0.14. NBC:  The LAW & ORDER f...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Saturday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 9.19.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The ABC COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up to 1.1, and FOX’s went to 0.7.  Elsewhere, the AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rerun gained 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  All but one of Saturday’s Top 10 were C...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED CHART: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Saturday Cable Originals: 12.13.2014

  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): As usual on Saturdays, sports took up most of the top cable slots.  The top-rated original show of the...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 9.18.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The entire CW line-up was down in final numbers, MASTERS OF ILLUSION by 0.1 and the reruns of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and PENN & TELLER: FOOL US by 0.2, suggesting that sports preemptions may have i...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions AUGUST 23-25

The 34th weekend of the year is looking like $99 million for the top 12 films, up a decent 10% from the average for this weekend.  Opening at 3,046 theaters Wednesday (a bit above the 2,886 average theater count for opening ...
by Mitch Metcalf