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The Sked: The Value of Sports Programming and Updated Full Season Forecasts

What does football mean to the broadcast networks?  For NBC and CBS, NFL coverage (along with other sports, mostly an occasional college football game) accounts for about 20-30% of the entire primetime rating for the network. ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 4.4.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.19/0.13/0.12. CBS:  Returning from a 2-week break with a crossover night, the FBI franchise included FBI: INTERNATIONAL up 0.15 to 0.49, FBI up 0.04 to 0.49, and FBI: MOST WANTED up 0...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SKEDBALL: World Series Game 1 Ratings (UPDATED)

UPDATE: Game 1 of the 2016 World Series averaged just under 19.4 million viewers 2+ live+same day in the official nationals, second only to 2009 (Phillies-Yankees) in the last decade (and just narrowly behind it).  With the ke...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.30.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  EMPIRE went up an extra 0.1 in final numbers (it actually hit 5.0 in its last 15 minutes), but CRIMINAL MINDS: BEYOND BORDERS, SURVIVOR and the rerun of THE MIDDLE all lost 0.1.   &nb...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.25.2019

  BIG BROTHER’s return didn’t challenge AMERICA’S GOT TALENT. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demograph...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Weekend Box Office Predictions 9.11-13.2015

Weekend #37 of 2015 is looking like $65 million for the top 12 films this weekend, below the norm for this weekend (see comparisons below). The Visit from Universal should open with a $16.5 million opening weekend. Mediocre...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.13.2015

  GOTHAM may have taken too much time off. 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), audienc...
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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 5.19.2019

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2019 film slates by studio. BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2019 is now -10% below last year’s comparable span (1 point worse than last week) ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Guardians of the Galaxy has pushed Disney ahead of Warner Brothers in the 2014 to date totals for worldwide box office.  And there is much more upside to come for Guardians, which will push Disn...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Friday Cable Originals & Network Update: 9.25.2015

In response to popular demand, we’re introducing a NEW FEATURE today: a Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings chart which includes final Total Viewers for each show.  We have a limited ability to make revisions to...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.5.2017

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Wednesday broadcast ratings.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s SNO...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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FRIDAY DECEMBER 14 BOX OFFICE REPORT

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #50 is on pace to exceed the  multi-year average for this weekend by a very solid 27%, and the $142 million total for the top 12 films is the best since December 14-16, 2007 ($152 milli...
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The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 12.7.2019

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
 
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Broadcast News & Late Night Series 4.5-4.11.2021

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 15: April 5-11, 2021 Broadcast...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT July 22 Update

>Through Thursday, the ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft remains extremely close.  Team Metcalf is holding on to a $16 million lead (with over $1.2 billion in box office to $1.19 billion for Team Salem’s slate of film...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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