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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.23.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER rose 0.1 in final numbers, while the 9PM MARLON, SALVATION, and the reruns of SVU and SPEECHLESS lost the same.  MASTERCHEF was rated as 2 separate episodes at 1.0/1.1.  A...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 2.10-11.2018

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday February 10-11, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD 8.10.2016 — with OLYMPIC UPDATE

  Night 6 of the Summer OLYMPICS is typically down, but this year’s drop was more steep than most. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertise...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.9.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  GREY’S ANATOMY gained 0.1 in final numbers (on the heels of its 2-year renewal that will bring it to Season 17), as did THE BIG BANG THEORY, while IN THE DARK lost the same. ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3.9.2016

  A pair of unscripted veterans dominated the night. 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...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 1.16-18.2015

Weekend #3 of 2015 is looking like $134 million for the top 12 films this weekend, up from the norm for this weekend but down from the same weekend last year. Opening at around 3,200 theaters Friday (above the 2,886 average...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS: Astounding Year-to-Year Increases

> The past week is up an astounding 55% from last year, and the year-to-date tally is now down 17% from last year (improving from down 20% last week).  The audience is starting to return to movie theaters. The Past Week: T...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.20.2015

  Say goodbye to the 2014-15 broadcast network TV season.  And also, of course, to LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, which outrated everything in primetime last night with a 2.8 18-49 score (making mincemeat of THE TONIGHT...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.17.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the Wednesday preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s TH...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

WEDNESDAY Ratings

Preliminary ratings are delayed by Nielsen until at  least 9:30 am PT (90 minutes past due).  The ratings service is performing extra “quality checks,” so be prepared for unusually high quality ratings later this ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 11.21.2020

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), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Top Cable and Broadcast Programs of the Week

“Say the name of the highest rated program of the week.  Say it.” “Breaking Bad.” “You’re Goddamn right.” AMC’s extraordinary drama Breaking Bad tops the list of broadcast and ca...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.22.2015

  It’s not a good sign when a new series’ episode rates almost the same as the reruns that follow it. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

WORLD CUP SKEDBALL: Day 9

Friday’s matches on ESPN did just okay ratings.  Nothing spectacular for 2014 (the three matches ranking #17, #18 and #20 out of 26 through Friday) but still better than 2010.  The ratings you all really want to see (t...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.8.2017

  Season finales continue not to catch fire. 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