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Weekend Box Office Predictions NOVEMBER 29-DECEMBER 1

The 48th weekend of the year is looking like $164 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, well below the normal pace for a normal Thanksgiving weekend. Opening at 3,742 theaters Wednesday (well above the 2,886 average theat...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS January 20-22

>The third weekend of the year should generate about $114 million for the top 12 films.  This would be a marked improvement from last year’s very weak comparable weekend, but in line with most other years for this we...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Broadcast News & Late Night Series 5.22-5.28.2023

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 22: May 22-28, 2023 Broadcast ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.3.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NFL game adjusted to 2.5 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, time is running out for ZOO, which fell 0.1 to a dreadful 0.4 (especially after a 1.9 lead-in from BIG BROTHER), ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 11.7-8.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday November 7 and Sunday November 8, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television popul...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Saturday Ratings 2.6.2016

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
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.25.2018

  A fair amount of original programming, but not much that anyone wanted to watch. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.1.2020

      NETWORK FINALS:  MODERN FAMILY gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the CHICAGO MED rerun lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIG...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Friday Night Ratings — Real Crime Drama Draws Viewers to Normally Dead Night

Not quite as exciting as a live freeway police pursuit but still very compelling and much more relevant, the coverage of the reaction to the capture of the remaining Boston Marathon Bombing suspect brought viewers to the normal...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 9.18.2016

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio. Warner Brothers moved into second place, pushing Fox into third place.  This is the first change in the studio rankings in weeks, thanks mostly to continued oversea...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: SATURDAY Ratings 1.31.2015

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
 

 
 

The Sked: MONDAY RATINGS April 30

> CBS won the first Monday of the May Sweep — not so much because it had an exceptional night but because NBC Monday continues to trend down as The Voice wheezes to the finish line.  See how Monday night’s rati...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.25.2019

  The WORLD SERIES once again failed to create ratings fireworks. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Studio Estimates DECEMBER 20-22

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #51 of 2013 now looks like $137 million for the top 12 films from Friday-Sunday, up substantially from the same weekend last year (see comparisons to previous years ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY 7.17.2015 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #29 of 2015 looks like $176 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, very close to the norm for this weekend but way above last year’s weak weekend. Opening at 3,856 theaters...
by Mitch Metcalf