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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.2.2020

      NETWORK FINALS:  The SUPER BOWL adjusted to 29.9, down 1.1 from last year’s final rating, and THE MASKED SINGER adjusted to 8.1.  In addition, the 10PM ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES rerun lost 0.1 in ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.16.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings for Sunday’s broadcast shows.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart      ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 11.28-12.4.2022

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday November 28 through Sunday December 4, 2022. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Prog...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Top Cable & Broadcast Shows of the Week

Better late than never — the weekly ranking of the top telecasts on television the last two weeks.
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: College Football Playoff Championship Ratings

Although the College Football Playoff semifinal games were up this year over last year (one game up +23% and the other up a more modest +3%), last night’s Championship game was down slightly from last year’s already...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Saturday Cable Originals: 3.21.2015

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): March Madness continued to reign over Saturday cable, as NCAA TOURNAMENT games took all of the Top 4 slots, pa...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY 5.22.2015 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #21 of 2015 looks like $145 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, significantly below the norm for this weekend.  A bit of a clunker Memorial Day Weekend at the box office. Ope...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions JUNE 6-8

Weekend #23 of 2014 is looking like a pretty typical $149 million for the top 12 films this weekend, within 1% of the norm for this weekend and 4% above the same weekend last year.   Opening at over 3,000 theaters Friday (well...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.27.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 5 of the WORLD SERIES adjusted to 2.7 (down 1.9 from 2018’s Game 5), and SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.7 (down 0.9 from last week).  The CBS football-related adjus...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Update #2 with Broadcast: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.10.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NFL opener adjusted to 6.7, down 0.4 from 2019’s final number.  In addition, BIG BROTHER and the HOLEY MOLEY season finale gained 0.1 in final numbers.       &...
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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES March 1-3

Based on Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #9 of 2013 is a little better than it appeared yesterday but still down 38% from the same weekend the last few years.  Jack the Giant Slayer opened reasonably well, but there are no o...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 11.28.2020

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 (women 18-49, men 18-49 an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 5.31.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A broadcast run of THE 1619 PROJECT was at 0.23. CBS:  Reruns at 0.30/0.20. NBC:  Reruns at 0.23/0.23/0.20/0.20. FOX:  MASTERCHEF rose 0.07 to 0.40, and FOOD STARS was up 0.02 to 0.29. CW:  Th...
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.15.2021

        BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:  Sunday on the broadcast networks is still tilted toward summer reruns, but original programming was dominated by CBS’s BIG BROTHER at 0.96, with LOVE ISLAND at 0.40.  A new...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.17.2015

  ABC:  On another dull summer Friday, WHAT WOULD YOU DO and 20/20 each fell 0.1 to twin 0.9s, after 0.7 for a SHARK TANK rerun. NBC:  Following 0.7 for an AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun, DATELINE dropped 0.2 to 0.9. C...
by Mitch Metcalf