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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 2.14.2016

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is a first look at the studio scorecard for the 2016 slates.  We have updated the summary categories somewhat this year with the top category now reserved for films over $500 million worldwid...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.24.2017

      NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING and SHARK TANK gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates 5.29-31.2015

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #22 of 2015 now looks like $130 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, a little better than it looked yesterday but still significantly below the norm for th...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.20.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 1 of the WORLD SERIES adjusted to 2.4, down 0.7 from 2019’s Game 1 final.  In addition, THE BACHELORETTE and THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers.       &nbs...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: PROGRAM FORMATS — How Many Commercials Can Be Crammed In?

>A friend of the site provided an interesting piece of television history, the original program format NBC issued to production company Witt-Thomas-Harris for a pilot tentatively titled Miami Nice.  Of course, the pilot ul...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 5.18-5.24.2020

Here are the full week sports ratings (slowly coming back) for Monday May 18 through Sunday May 24, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.29.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of SCHOOLED lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season premiere of ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.15.2016

  Season finales continue not to thrill. 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 ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.12.2019

  LOVE ISLAND hit a new low.  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), audie...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 1.14.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK fell 0.15 to 0.60, and 20/20 was down 0.16 to 0.54. CBS:  UNDERCOVER BOSS gained 0.05 to 0.54, MAGNUM PI edged up 0.02 to 0.50, and BLUE BLOODS was up 0.03 to 0.48. NBC:  THE WALL was...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 31 and Sunday September 1, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television popula...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.28.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  EMERGENCY CALL lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN didn’t have to share MO...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.18.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: TUESDAY RATINGS January 17

>CBS took the night off last night, handing FOX a Tuesday victory.  FOX is finally getting its original episodes going in anticipation of tonight and tomorrow’s American Idol return.  Otherwise, the night was ex...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.15.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  The final 5.0 for THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was up 0.3 from last week’s rating.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HI...
by Mitch Metcalf