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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 9 and Sunday August 10, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television populatio...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has transformed Paramount into player status (now $2.0 billion worldwide year to date), with much more overseas revenue to come from the film.  With continued overseas...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates AUGUST 8-10

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #32 of 2014 still looks like a very good $173 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, well above our forecast ($152 million) and 26% above the norm for this wee...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY AUGUST 8 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #32 of 2014 looks like a very good $173 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, well above our forecast ($152 million) and 26% above the norm for this weekend ($138 million). Openin...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK THURSDAY SCORECARD – 8/7/14

  THURSDAY BROADCAST:  Because this morning’s numbers were so screwed up, we’ll just start fresh with the broadcast networks. CBS:  BIG BROTHER, after all the adjustments, was up 0.1 to 2.3.  Even after the ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Forecast AUGUST 8-10

Weekend #32 of 2014 is looking like $152 million for the top 12 films this weekend, up 11%from the norm for this weekend and the second up weekend in a row after six straight down weekends. Opening at over 3,700 theaters Frid...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK TUESDAY SCORECARD – 8/5/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL gained 0.1 in final numbers.  The ARROW rerun on CW lost 0.1. TUESDAY CABLE:  THE DEADLIEST CATCH (Discovery) was cable-watchers’ choice last night at a steady 0.99.  PRE...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK MONDAY SCORECARD – 8/4/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR each gained 0.1 in final numbers. MONDAY CABLE:  PARTNERS didn’t get off to much of a start for FX, with 0.35 in the demo for the first half-hour, ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK WEEKEND SCORECARD – 8/3-4/14

  SATURDAY NETWORK:  Not even the tiny number of CROSSBONES fans who watched on Fridays followed the show to Saturday for its finale, which was at a pathetic 0.2/0.2 for its 2 hours. SATURDAY CABLE:  The POWER season fi...
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 2 and Sunday August 3, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Guardians of the Galaxy has pushed Disney ahead of Warner Brothers in the 2014 to date totals for worldwide box office.  And there is much more upside to come for Guardians, which will push Disn...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Studio Estimates AUGUST 1-3

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #31 of 2014 looks like $173 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, well above our forecast ($150 million) and 33% above the norm for this weekend ($129 million...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY AUGUST 1 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #31 of 2014 looks like $173 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, well above our forecast ($150 million) and 34% above the norm for this weekend ($129 million). Opening at 4,080 t...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Scroll down for domestic and overseas grosses for each film individually so far in 2014. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2014 is still running -8% behind last year and ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK WEDNESDAY SCORECARD – 7/30/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  TAXI BROOKLYN dropped 0.1 in adjusted numbers (as usual), allowing EXTANT to claim victory in its new 10PM slot.  In addition, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1, as did several of the ABC reruns, including MODERN...
by Mitch Metcalf