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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 5.2-3.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday May 2 and Sunday May 3, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Cli...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports Ratings Bowl — NFL Playoff Tune-up

This past sports weekend was all about the Wild Card playoffs: four games arranged by the NFL in ascending order of audience appeal.  Sure enough, as the weekend progressed, the ratings steadily increased with each passing gam...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.19.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another big night ...
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
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.4.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  BATTLEBOTS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the BEAUTY & THE BEAST rerun lost the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLI...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Big Apology without Remorse Fails to Jump Start OWN

Lance Armstrong (as calculating, cautious and conniving as ever) appeared with Oprah Winfrey Thursday night on the struggling OWN network in a much-hyped and relatively little-watched interview. The 90-minute part one of Lance ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 12.20.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ran again on both broadcast and cable, and ABC’s portion was at 1.68, down 0.18 from last week. CBS:  Reruns at 0.26/0.23/0.20. NBC:  A rerun of the ANNIE LIVE specia...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 2.22.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE OSCARS picked up an extra 0.2 in final numbers, but its 11.0 still put it down 2.1 from last year’s ceremony.  All 3 half-hours of the LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET special were down around 2 poin...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.1.2019

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

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.25.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  DATELINE lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, Game 3 of the WORLD SERIES adjusted to 2.8, down 0.6 from 2018’s Game 3.           Broadcast Official ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.29.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  MODERN FAMILY, CHICAGO PD and SURVIVOR gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Monday Cable Originals: 1.26.2015 (Updated)

Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs):
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.17.2021

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE CON, TOUGH AS NAILS, CHICAGO FIRE, CHICAGO MED, CHICAGO PD, THE MASKED SINGER, and the rerun of CALL YOUR MOTHER.   ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.17.2016

  A largely steady night. 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...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates 6.12-14.2015

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #24 of 2015 now looks like $264 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, a touch lower than yesterday’s estimate ($269 million) but still well above the n...
by Mitch Metcalf