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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES March 16-18

>The weekend studio estimates (based on Friday and Saturday actuals and projections for Sunday) are coming in slightly weaker than the weekend numbers posted yesterday (based on Friday actuals only).  The box office volume...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS August 17-19

Weekend #33 of 2012 looks like an unusually robust third weekend of August.  Four new films open, with The Expendables 2 an atypically strong entry for this late weekend.  The top 12 films this weekend should total $143 milli...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.29.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT telecast adjusted to 1.3/1.3/3.0 (the latter hour being the Duke game), compared to 1.4/1.1/2.4 on last year’s parallel night.  Elsewhere, DYNASTY...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 7.29-30.2017

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday July 29-30, 2017.  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
 

 

 

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
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2.27.2015

  On a night dotted with reruns, viewers weren’t really enthused about anything. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (ad...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 1.18.2015

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  The 2014 Scorecard, updated with additional overseas grosses, has been updated below.  The 2015 Scorecard will be introduced toward the end of January. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North Am...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 7.3.2016

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now -1% below last year and now +1% above the average for this point the past...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Monday Ratings: Revised Times

Broadcast primetime fast affiliate-based nationals for Monday 12.10.2018 are now expected around 1:30 pm 12:45 pm PT. Cable and broadcast live+same day nationals for Monday 12.10.2018 are now expected around 4:30 pm 4:00 pm PT....
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
 

 

 

Broadcast News & Late Night Series 1.10-1.16.2022

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 3: January 10-16, 2022 Broadca...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE October 31-November 6

>Year to date box office is now back down to -4.0% versus the comparable period last year, similar to where the comparison was back around Labor Day.  As late as mid-April the box office total was -20% behind 2010, but by ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.25.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted up to 0.9, and NBC’s NHL ALL-STAR GAME adjusted down to 0.5.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   &nbs...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.4.2021

  The CBS line-up felt the lack of an NCAA lead-in. 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 ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES November 2-4

The weekend looks like a decent $125 million for the top 12 films, a little better than it looked yesterday (now slightly beating the multi-year average for this weekend).  Each of the three openers had good Saturday grosses...
by Mitch Metcalf