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Weekend Box Office Predictions 10.24-26.2014 (Updated)

[UPDATE: The predictions for the films opening this weekend have been revised, reflecting corrections to some key computations.] Weekend #43 of 2014 is looking like $100 million $109 million for the top 12 films this weekend, ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS JULY 15-17

> Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 from Warner Brothers will open huge at the box office, propelling the weekend up more than 30% over this weekend last year (when Inception and the Nicolas Cage classic The Sorcerer&...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Updated with Broadcast: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.9.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER and 48 HOURS: SUSPICION gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE October 17-23

>Final box office grosses for the weekend came in late, and the top three movies were somewhat lower than projected on Sunday.  For example, the Paranormal Activity 3 opening weekend was projected to gross $54.0 million on...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Saturday Ratings 9.19.2015

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
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.12.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  SPEECHLESS and DATELINE each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fox Sports 1R...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Network Scorecard: 9.17.2014

  The first big volleys of the Fall TV season were… inconclusive. NBC:  The network would be delighted if MYSTERIES OF LAURA could duplicate last night’s 2.1 rating when it airs in its regular timeslot.  On t...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3.28.2017

  BONES had a finale boost. 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 ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.3.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Showtime benefited a bit from the lack...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12.18.2015

  Maybe everyone was out seeing STAR WARS. 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), audienc...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.13.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  As it did last week, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT adjusted up 0.1 in final numbers. In addition, both BLACK-ISH reruns lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationa...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 12.20.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ran again on both broadcast and cable, and ABC’s portion was at 1.68, down 0.18 from last week. CBS:  Reruns at 0.26/0.23/0.20. NBC:  A rerun of the ANNIE LIVE specia...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.1.2018

        NETWORK REPORT:  ABC:  Although ROSEANNE gained 0.1 in final numbers, its 2.6 was still down a huge 0.8 from its last new episode 2 weeks ago.  THE MIDDLE fell half a point from its last episode on Ap...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY DECEMBER 14 BOX OFFICE REPORT

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #50 is on pace to exceed the  multi-year average for this weekend by a very solid 27%, and the $142 million total for the top 12 films is the best since December 14-16, 2007 ($152 milli...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 7.21-22.2018

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday July 21-22, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and r...
by Mitch Metcalf