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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 9.7.2014

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  The studio rankings remain unchanged, and the most noteworthy change is that Universal now boasts a film in the $300+ million worldwide box (Lucy with $126 million domestic and $192 million overse...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: SATURDAY Ratings 9.6.2014

Saturday preliminary broadcast ratings in prime, including two college football games (#7-Michigan State at #3-Oregon on FOX from 6:30-10:00 and Michigan at #16-Notre Dame on NBC from 7:30-11:00 pm ET). DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL The c...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: FRIDAY Ratings 9.5.2014

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL The chart above goes beyond the adult 18-49 rating, adding other key advertiser sales demographics (adult 18-34 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares), and total vie...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #36 of 2014 looks like $50 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, 20% below the norm for this weekend ($66 million).  This weekend after Labor Day is usually the worst weekend of t...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Thursday Cable Originals: 9.4.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NFL FOOTBALL on NBC adjusted to a lower-than-expected 10.2, a hair under last year’s opening game.  Not that it matters much except in terms of percentages, but THE QUEST improved by 0.2 in final...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.4.2014

  The arrival of NFL Football swamped everything else on the night. NBC:  The opening game of NFL FOOTBALL, currently a 9.0 preliminary adult 18-49 rating from 8:30-11 pm, should go up to around a 10.6 official rating whe...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Wednesday Cable Originals: 9.3.2014

  Below are the ratings in key demos for Wednesday’s Top 25 original cable telecasts, along with a few lower-rated shows of interest.  If you’d like us to add any series to the latter list, please let us know.  S...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: WEDNESDAY Ratings 9.3.2014

Wednesday preliminary broadcast ratings (adult 18-49 ratings for last night, the same night last year and same night last week). DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL The chart above goes beyond the adult 18-49 rating, adding other key advertiser...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Tuesday Cable Originals: 9.2.2014

Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Tuesday:  
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions SEP 5-7

Weekend #36 of 2014 is looking like $54 million for the top 12 films this weekend, down 13% from the norm for this weekend, which is usually the weakest weekend of the year.  In the last two years, this weekend has produced Ri...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Monday Cable Originals: 9.1.2014

  Below are the ratings in key demos for Monday’s Top 25 original cable telecasts, along with a few lower-rated programs of interest.  If you’d like us to add any additional shows to the latter list, please let us...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: TUESDAY Ratings 9.2.2014

Tuesday preliminary broadcast ratings (adult 18-49 ratings for last night, the same night last year and same night last week). DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL The chart above goes beyond the adult 18-49 rating, adding other key advertiser s...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals: 8.31.2014

  Below are the ratings in key demos for Sunday’s Top 25 original cable telecasts, plus a few more of interest.  If you’d like additional lower-rated series included in the latter list, please let us know.  S...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Saturday Cable Originals: 8.30.2014

  This would be the place where we note that below are the Top 25 cable originals from Saturday night, but due to some technical glitch, BBCAmerica’s DOCTOR WHO didn’t make it onto the chart, although it was at...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Friday Cable Originals: 8.29.2014

  Below are the ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts from Friday night.  Note that due to the holiday weekend, THE KNICK took the week off on Cinemax, as did HBO’s original series on Sunday n...
by Mitch Metcalf