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The Sked: Thursday Official Nationals with Cable Ratings

The ratings for most network programs came back down to Earth in the official nationals (with the NFL preseason games filtered out of the early ratings, as we explained this morning).  As expected, Big Brother was least impa...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: THURSDAY RATINGS June 7

It was another big night for the NBA and in this case ESPN as the scene shifted back to the Eastern Conference Finals.  A mammoth 4.8 rating with Adults 18-49 (and 11.1 million viewers 2+) watched LeBron James carry the Miami ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.1.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  SWAT, SUPERSTORE, the 8:30PM AP BIO, and SCANDAL all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLI...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 3.8.2020

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2020 film slates by studios (films entering wide release in the 2020 calendar year). BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2020 is now -2% below last year...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES March 2-4

>The weekend studio estimates (based on Friday and Saturday actuals and projections for Sunday) are coming in slightly stronger than the weekend numbers posted yesterday (based on Friday actuals only).  The box office volu...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Wednesday Network Scorecard – 3.16.2016

New arrivals didn’t change very much. 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 sk...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.10.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  The MLS CUP gained 0.1 and and the night’s run of RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Rating...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 4.24.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  With the help of an late afternoon NBA PLAYOFFS lead-in, a rerun of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS was at 0.51.  After that, AMERICAN IDOL rose 0.09 to 0.79, and THE ROOKIE returned from a ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 7.2.2017

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2017 film slates by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2017 to date is now +2% above last year and now +4% above the a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.13.2019

  REEF BREAK ended its summer quietly. 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...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS December 2-4

>Very lame weekend ahead, as is normal for the first weekend in December.  Coming off the last two weekends, which are usually the #1 and #15 weekends of the year in terms of total dollar volume, this weekend is usually ra...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.2.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  Now that we have final ratings for CBS, let’s take a look at how the line-up fared.  THE BIG BANG THEORY, at 2.7, was down 0.7 from its Thursday premiere last fall, a 20% dro...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Broadcast News & Late Night Series 11.30-12.6.2020

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 49: November 30-December 6, 20...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.6.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were no adjustments from the preliminary Friday numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Friday cable was onc...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Factoids from Nielsen’s “Universe Estimates”

> This season there are 289.7 million viewers living in 114.7 million TV households in the United States, as estimated by Nielsen.  If you believe these yearly estimates (and you must if you want to trust the ratings each ...
by Mitch Metcalf