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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12.25.2015

  NBC chose Christmas Night to whack its biggest loser. 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 rati...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 5.1-3.2015

Weekend #18 of 2015 is looking like $263 million for the top 12 films this weekend, well above the norm for this weekend, as the next Avengers film kicks off summer early and gets Disney into the game for 2015 in a big way. O...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.2.2015

  Once again, Tuesday primetime was AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and then everything else. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.27.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  WORLD SERIES Game 3 adjusted to 3.9, well below 2016’s 5.2 for the parallel game.  Elsewhere, MACGYVER and JANE THE VIRGIN gained 0.1 in final numbers.       &...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Republican National Convention Ratings: 2016 Night 2

The second night of the Republican National Convention declined to 19.4 million persons 2+ across the three broadcast networks and three cable networks in the 10-11 pm ET hour (from 22.5 million Monday) and now slightly below ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Fall 2015 Primetime Schedules: Broadcast Networks

Here is a summary of the Fall 2015 broadcast schedules, announced this week in New York to advertisers at the upfront presentations.  Start setting your DVRs now, or start making your picks for biggest hit or first cancellatio...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 11.16.2014

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Scroll down for domestic and overseas grosses for each film individually so far in 2014. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2014 is still running -5% behind last year and ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: America’s Got Talent Sees No Olympic Lift

NBC eked out a narrow victory Tuesday, averaging a 2.3 Adult 18-49 rating in prime time.  America’s Got Talent returned to the air with a 2.7 rating from 8-10 pm, exactly where it was on July 24, the last Tuesday teleca...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

STUDIO SCORECARD. In the worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date, Warner Brothers has moved back ahead of Universal in a very tight race for second place. Reminder: the chart below has been reformatted and expanded to includ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 3.1.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Things got even better for THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, which rose an additional 0.1 in final numbers.  DATELINE, too, had an extra tenth. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Box Office Year to Date: Still Pretty Lame

2013 remains solidly on the same pace as the other second-tier years recently.   Through 11 weeks, 2013 totals $1.692 billion for wide-release films in North America (those playing at more than 400 screens).  2008 was $1.664 ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.13.2021

  Returns from midseason breaks continued. 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 rat...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.31.2020

  Not much excitement for a 1-hour FAST & FURIOUS 9 promo. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34,...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.15.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MIDDLE, the season finale of CHICAGO MED and NCIS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE 100 lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Rati...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY AUGUST 16 Box Office Report: The Butler Triumphs on an Otherwise Undistinguised Weekend

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #33 of 2013 looks like an okay $120 million for the top 12 films, up 6% from the average for this weekend the past few years but down 6% from last year’s comparable weekend.  Op...
by Mitch Metcalf