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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES March 22-24 — Updated

Based on Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #12 of 2013 is another down weekend (making it 10 down weekends out of 12 this year so far): $130 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday (down 9% from an average comparable weekend...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.25.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  The reruns of DATELINE, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE and AMERICAN IDOL lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE H...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.4.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  CASTAWAYS, MAKING IT, THE OUTPOST and the reruns of BULL and THE FLASH all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   &...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 12.17.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The overrun past 10PM didn’t affect the SURVIVOR finale’s rating in final numbers, but SURVIVOR REUNION fell 0.1.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few o...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD -1.12.2015

  UPDATE:  We don’t yet have final national ratings for ESPN’s coverage of the COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF CHAMPIONSHIP, but they will be huge.  In the 56 largest TV markets with local Nielsen ratings, the game ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.9.2015

  Football is back. 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, m...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.22.2016

    NETWORK FINALS:  The BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS adjusted up to 3.2 when the live west coast airing was adjusted into the number, but that was still a long way from last year’s 3.8.  The same adjustments pushed...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.14.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings C...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.17.2019

  An off-night for SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. 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 rati...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: March Madness 2016 through Sunday 3.27

The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament continues to lag prior years.  Heading into the Final Four this weekend, March Madness is down -10% in total viewers 2+ across the four network partners and down -23% with men 18-34. ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 12.28.2019

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
 

 
 

The Sked: Wednesday Ratings September 19

FOX won the night with two hours of The X Factor, a preliminary 3.5 Adult 18-49 rating from 8-10 pm.  This is up one tenth from the 3.4 premiere last Wednesday and could possibly rise to a 3.6 in the official nationals, but F...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

NIELSENWAR UPFRONTS: 2016 Fall Broadcast Grid (with NBC and FOX)

Here are the official Fall 2016 prime time schedules for NBC and FOX.  New shows in italics.  A separate midseason grid will follow at a later date. Look for ShowBuzzDaily instant analysis of FOX’s schedule later today....
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.29.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  The SCORPION rerun fell 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Until Monday Night Football retur...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: SUNDAY RATINGS April 1 — CORRECTED ACM Ratings on CBS

>The ratings for the ACM Awards on CBS were understated.  The corrected numbers appear below. CBS took a bit of a hit with the Academy of Country Music Awards, which were down over 20% 9% from last year’s telecast.&n...
by Mitch Metcalf