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UPDATED: The Sked: MONDAY Ratings 3.9.2015

  NOTE:  ALL RATINGS INCLUDE APPLICABLE ADJUSTMENTS. ABC:  The season finale of THE BACHELOR was at 2.8, up 0.4 from last week but down half a point from last year’s finale.  The AFTER THE FINAL ROSE post-show was...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals: 3.8.2015

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): There’s not much doubt about what tops the ratings on Sunday cable, and AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD did...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: The Sked: SUNDAY Ratings 3.8.2015

  NOTE:  ALL RATINGS INCLUDE APPLICABLE ADJUSTMENTS FOX:  THE LAST MAN ON EARTH fell 0.5 from its premiere, but was still quite strong at 1.9.  It was preceded by BOB’S BURGERS (down 0.2 to 1.2), THE SIMPSONS (dow...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Saturday Cable Originals: 3.7.2015

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL games took up 5 of Saturday cable’s top slots, led in a big way by the p...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Friday Cable Originals: 3.6.2015

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Discovery’s GOLD RUSH shows owned Friday cable.  The season finale of the show itself jumped 0.33 to 1....
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 3.7-8.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 7 and Sunday March 8, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 3.8.2015

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is now +4% above last year and +7% above the average for this point the past four years ($1.485 billion).  Over the same p...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: SATURDAY Ratings 3.7.2015

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
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates 3.6-8.2015

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #10 of 2015 now looks like $79 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, a little better than yesterday’s $77 million estimate but still down significantly f...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY 3.6.2015 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #10 of 2015 looks like $77 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down significantly from the norms for this weekend among the worst first weekends of March on record.   Opening at...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3.6.2015

  IN AN INSTANT may not be around that long. 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), audie...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 3.5.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BIG BANG THEORY, THE BLACKLIST and AMERICAN IDOL all gained 0.1 in final numbers.  An additional note:  quarter-hour numbers for AMERICAN CRIME reveal a somewhat troubling steady decline throughou...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

AUDIENCE MAP: Situation Comedies

The AUDIENCE MAP series continues with a look at the detailed demographics for broadcast network situation comedies.  As a reminder, the audience shares for 30 distinct gender-age groups are displayed for each program below. �...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3.5.2015

  AMERICAN CRIME wasn’t quite up to Shondaland standards. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 3.4.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  EMPIRE was the only Wednesday show to grow from morning numbers, with an additional 0.1 that put its rating at an even more amazing 5.8.  Is there any doubt it’ll hit a 6 by its season finale in ...
by Mitch Metcalf