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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.10.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  The DISNEY FAMILY SINGALONG gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s I KNOW ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 5.22-24.2015

Weekend #21 of 2015 is looking like $162 million for the top 12 films this weekend, well below the norm for this weekend. Opening at around 3,800 theaters Friday (well above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekend...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Ratings Delays Due to Memorial Day

The Memorial Day holiday will cause delays for daily national ratings (cable and broadcast programs) this week.  This is how the week’s ratings should roll out after the holiday.  We will update these times if anything...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Saturday Ratings 10.8.2016

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, men 18-49 and adults 50+ s...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.8.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  PINK COLLAR CRIMES, DATELINE and the 9PM 48 HOURS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Ratings Delays Caused by Thanksgiving

The Thanksgiving holiday weekend will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  This is how the ratings should roll out the next week or so. (All times Pacific.) Wed 11/24...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.13.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  SHARK TANK and 20/20 gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MASTERS TOURN...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.23.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.4, down 0.06 from last week’s final.  Football also affected FOX, where 9-1-1 adjusted up 0.3 to 2.6, and both reruns of FAMILY GUY and RE...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.9.2016

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s NASCAR race adjusted up to 1.0 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season premier...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.12.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  The GRAMMY AWARDS held the time-zone adjusted 7.8 from late yesterday, and the RED CARPET LIVE pre-show ended up at 2.1 after adjustment.  In addition, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOM...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

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
 

 
 

Weekend Studio Estimates 8.7-9.2015

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #32 of 2015 looks like $122 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, a little better than yesterday’s estimate ($119 million) but still down significantly from the norm for thi...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY JANUARY 18 BOX OFFICE REPORT

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #3 of 2013 is on pace for $113 million, basically on pace with the same weekend the last few years.  It is a weekend of Jessica Chastain: starring in the top two films of the weekend, a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE January 23-29

>Four full weeks into 2012, domestic box office continues to run well ahead of last year’s anemic pace but about even with the comparable period’s average for the last several years.        ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.18.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage had a healthy 0.4 adjustment in final numbers to 6.1.  As expected, the removal of NFL preseason preemptions made for much change elsewhere:  on ABC, BATTLEBOTS, THE $1...
by Mitch Metcalf