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Weekly Ratings Way Off the Normal Pace for Broadcast Networks

THE WEEK.  For the recently completed week ending Sunday (February 11-17, 2013), FOX won with a preliminary 2.11 adult 18-49 rating in prime time, down from last week’s 2.25 rating but still ahead of the horrible perf...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through January 6

Updated international box office chart below.  The Hobbit (+$97 million overseas since last week) and Life of Pi (+$82 million) are the big movers this week. New entrants to the chart include The Impossible at #31, Texas...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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The Sked: MONDAY RATINGS October 10 — Odd Night

>As expected, it was an odd night on the broadcast networks.  FOX’s Monday line-up was delayed 55 minutes by a very long (11 innings, 4 hours 25 minutes) ALCS Game 2 that started around 4 pm ET.  The primetime p...
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Weekend Box Office Predictions MAY 16-18

Weekend #20 of 2014 is looking like a solid $156 million for the top 12 films, 7% above the norm for this mid-May weekend. Opening at over 3,800 theaters Friday (well above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.30.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 1 of the NBA FINALS adjusted to 4.8, down 1.5 from 2018’s Game 1.  In addition, PARADISE HOTEL and the rerun THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while IN TH...
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.22.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  LITTLE BIG SHOTS dropped 0.2 in final numbers, and BOB’S BURGERS, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS and the rerun of THE SIMPSONS each lost 0.1.         Bro...
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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES May 18-20

Marvel’s The Avengers now looks like a $55.1 million weekend, according to the studio estimate this morning (now exactly hitting our forecast in Wednesday’s ShowBuzzDaily Weekend Predictions).  The new films this ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 3.10.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 dropped 0.07 to 0.61, GREY’S ANATOMY dipped 0.02 to 0.61, and BIG SKY was down 0.02 to 0.27. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON gained 0.02 to 0.62, and UNITED STATES OF AL returned to its regu...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES August 17-19

Although Expendables 2 did not open as big as we forecast earlier in the week, the weekend was not bad for a third weekend in August.      The ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Final estimates for films opening wide this weekend: T...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Democratic National Convention Ratings: 2016 Night 4

Wrapping up our week-long series, here is a look at the television audience for the final night of the 2016 Democratic National Convention: Average audience for all four 2016 DNC nights: ###
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.28.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from Sunday’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  In the absenc...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT — June 10 Update

With six of eight movies open, Team Metcalf’s slate is closing in on $1 billion in domestic box office ($929 million through Sunday).  Metcalf’s seventh film opens Friday (Rock of Ages).  And then he will wait to ...
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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
 
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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 11.26-12.2.2018

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday November 26 through Sunday December 2, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are groupe...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals &; Network Finals: 10.17.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.5, and CBS’s game adjusted to 2.5.  In addition, the rerun of THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the reruns of WEA...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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