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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.26.2015

  NOTE TO READERS:  Part of SHOWBUZZDAILY will be at the Sundance Film Festival starting later today.  That means that our ratings posts will largely be charts without text for the rest of the week, and also that we may ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 1.25.2015 (UPDATED)

  NOTE TO READERS:  Due to our upcoming Sundance Film Festival coverage, ratings posts for the rest of this week will likely be limited to charts without text.  In addition, we may not be able to respond to individual ra...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Saturday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 1.24.2015

  NOTE TO READERS:  Due to our upcoming Sundance Film Festival coverage, ratings posts for the rest of this week will largely be charts without text.  In addition, we may not be able to respond promptly to reader request...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

American Sniper: Putting the Phenomenal Box Office in Perspective

One useful way to look at box office momentum is to compare the Opening (normally the first Friday-Sunday or in some cases the first wide-release weekend and all the additional days before that) to the Next 7 Days, the first fu...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 1.23.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The heavily-promoted “epic” GRIMM episode gained 0.1 in final numbers.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 1.24-25.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 24 and Sunday January 25, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television popula...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.25.2015

  Only one show on any network topped 1.6 as pre-February Sundays ran out their string. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 1.25.2015

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is the first look at the 2015 Scorecard, with of course Warner Brothers breaking away into an early lead in worldwide box office thanks to American Sniper.  If you are interested in the 2014 ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates 1.23-25.2015

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #4 of 2015 now looks like $142 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, well above the norm for the fourth weekend of the year, which usually struggles to get abo...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: SATURDAY Ratings 1.24.2015

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
 

 

 

FRIDAY 1.23.2015 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #4 of 2015 looks like $143 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, well above the norm for the fourth weekend of the year, which usually struggles to get above $100 million.  (See c...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.23.2015

  With a rerun of SHARK TANK on tap, it was an even quieter Friday than usual. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-3...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 1.22.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BACKSTROM lost 0.1 in final numbers yesterday, while AMERICAN IDOL gained that fraction (BACKSTROM may not have started until 9:01PM).  Also down 0.1:  BAD JUDGE, MOM and the 9:30PM BIG BANG THEORY re...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.22.2015

  BACKSTROM is no EMPIRE. 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...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

AUDIENCE MAP: ABC Primetime

The AUDIENCE MAP series continues with a look at the detailed demographics for ABC’s primetime schedule for this season to date.  As a reminder, the audience shares for 30 distinct gender-age groups are displayed for eac...
by Mitch Metcalf