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SKEDBALL: March Madness TV Ratings through Second Thursday

Updated ratings for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament through the second Thursday of March Madness (the first night of the Regional Semifinals). Two games have been added to the CBS averages, and two games have been ad...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS April 5-7

The box office is starting to stabilize after a rough first quarter of the year.  This weekend’s top 12 films should total about $120 million, within 3% of the same weekend in recent years and the second weekend in a row...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  20th Century Fox has broken away from the pack with over $2.8 billion worldwide to date for 2014, with another almost $400 million worldwide last week.  Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has enormou...
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
 

 

 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES: July 29-31

>Based on Friday and Saturday box office (and estimated Sunday numbers), The Smurfs and Cowboys & Aliens could not have closer opening weekends (both headed for $36.2 million at this point).  We will have to wait to se...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’S Monday 8.8.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE gained 0.03 to 0.75, and CLAIM TO FAME was down 0.05 to 0.34. CBS:  Reruns at 0.34/0.28/0.25/0.24. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR was steady at 0.37, and a WEAKEST LINK rerun was ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Update: 1.12.2016

    NETWORK UPDATE:  NEW GIRL gained 0.1 in final numbers, while HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT lost the same.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The newly rebranded Freeform net...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 5.6.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was 0.1 worth of good news under the afternoon ratings tree for THE GOLDBERGS, NASHVILLE and ARROW.  But CRIMINAL MINDS, BLACK-ISH, AMERICAN IDOL and SUPERNATURAL found 0.1 of coal instead.  CA...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.7.2018

        NETWORK REPORT: ABC:  DANCING WITH THE STARS dropped 0.1 from last week’s cycle premiere to 1.0, and THE CROSSING stayed at 0.5. CBS:  The season finale of KEVIN CAN WAIT climbed 0.2 from last we...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.28.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO&#...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Broadcast News & Late Night Series: 5.18-5.24.2020

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 21: May 18-May 24, 2020 Broadc...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Saturday Cable Originals: 4.11.2015

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Saturday was very slow on cable, with the highest 18-49 rating a 0.37 for BELLA AND THE BULLDOG on Nickelodeon...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 7.1-3.2016

Weekend #27 of 2016 forecasts for films opening wide and major returning films: NEW FILMS THIS WEEKEND July 1-3, 2016 Critics Positive ($ millions) Opening Weekend Forecast Four Day Fri-Sun Domestic Total Projection Overseas To...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Saturday Week 5 — Notre Dame Football Matches Popularity of World Series

Game 3 of the least-viewed World Series ever battled NCAA football (a very good Notre Dame vs Oklahoma game between two highly-ranked teams) last night.  In the fast nationals, college football on ABC edged Game 3 on FOX 2.5 t...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through October 28

Among films currently playing in North America, the big gainers overseas were Taken 2 and Hotel Transylvania (each up $23 million overseas since last week), as well as Paranormal Activity 4 (just behind at +$22 million). ...
by Mitch Metcalf