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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.14.2019

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.9.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBAL...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.3.2021

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT Final Four games adjusted to 1.77/3.66 (the latter for the UCLA/Gonzaga game).  ABC’s THE TEN COMMANDMENTS run adjusted to 0.47, down modestly from 20...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 9.13.2015

NETWORK UPDATE:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 10.1.  Elsewhere, 60 MINUTES gained 0.2 in final numbers and BIG BROTHER fell 0.1, with 0.1 bumps for the reruns of THE SIMPSONS and FAMILY GUY. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO broug...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through July 1

Madagascar 3 has ballooned to $244 million overseas to date (up from $157 million through last week).  The third Madagascar has now tied the overseas take for the first Madagascar ($244.2 million) and is now gunning for t...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates MAY 30-JUNE 1

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #22 of 2014 now looks like $161 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, 18% above the norm for this weekend now matching the same weekend last year.   Opening a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.12.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.7, and FOX’s MLS match adjusted to 0.4.  Elsewhere, FROSTY THE SNOWMAN gained 0.1 in final numbers, while reruns of ELLEN’S ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 10.22.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s MLB PLAYOFFS game was at 1.37.  ABC’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL was at 0.77.  CW premiered its Saturday line-up with MAGIC WITH THE STARS at 0.05 and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMAL...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED: Cable Ratings Update July 19-20

> Updating the cable hit chart (click “read more” to see it) with data from Tuesday and Wednesday, A&E’s Storage Wars joins the rankings of high-rated cable shows.  Other people’s junk is a very...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.3.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  The CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL special, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and THE NIGHT SHIFT all added 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Char...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Very little change in the studio rankings of worldwide box office for the year to date.  No studio changed its ranking this week, and the top four studios grossed a modest $60 to $101 million each...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.11.2020

  A lot of returns. 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 (...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.5.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.5.  In addition, 48 HOURS gained 0.1 in final numbers, and DATELINE lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nation...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Holiday Movie Season: Daily Box Office Track

The three weeks around Christmas (December 16-January 5) and especially the nine days including both the Christmas and New Year’s Day holiday (December 25-January 2) represent an enormous box office opportunity each year....
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 5.21.2017

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 still +7% above last year and now +11% above the avera...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.1.2019

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