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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports Ratings

The PGA and the weekend’s broadcaster (in this case NBC) usually have reason to be overjoyed when Tiger Woods is in contention at a tournament.  This weekend at Doral, Florida (the WGC Cadillac event), Woods won the even...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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This Year’s Box Office Softness — Not At All Unprecedented

Nine weeks into 2013, the North American box office is down significantly from last year (-19%).  But it’s more interesting when we look back at the a longer period — in this case, the last six years.  Half of tho...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.6.2015

  AGENT CARTER was creditable, if not heroic, in its debut. 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 r...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 1.1.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings for New Year’s night. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN g...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Saturday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 1.3.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NBC’s NFL WILD CARD GAME adjusted up in final numbers to 8.8. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s firs...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Weekend Box Office Predictions 1.9-11.2015

Weekend #2 of 2015 is looking like $118 million for the top 12 films this weekend, very close to the norm for this weekend and down slightly from the same weekend last year. Opening at 3,500 theaters Friday (above the 2,886 a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.7.2015

  FOX got the New Year’s present it wanted.  (Well, mostly.) DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD 1.15.2015

  AMERICAN IDOL continued its slide. 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 skew...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Weekend Studio Estimates 2.6-8.2015

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #6 of 2015 now looks like $139 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up slightly from yesterday’s estimate ($135 million) and up a bit from the norm for ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 1.10-11.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 10 and Sunday January 11, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television popula...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Weekend Studio Estimates 1.16-18.2015

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #3 of 2015 looks like $185 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, even better than the estimate yesterday ($172 million), way up from the norm for this weekend ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.11.2015

  The Golden Globes were a tad less golden this year. 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 rating...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 1.9.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The broadcast network ratings remained unchanged from those reported on Saturday morning. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy progra...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Saturday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 1.10.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE  FOX’s NFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF GAME adjusted up to 10.4 in final numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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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
 
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