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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
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.12.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.7, and FOX’s MLS match adjusted to 0.4.  Elsewhere, FROSTY THE SNOWMAN gained 0.1 in final numbers, while reruns of ELLEN’S ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: World Series Ratings

The World Series begins tonight at historic Fenway Park, as the St Louis Cardinals take on the Boston Red Sox in a re-match of the 2004 Series.  Ratings for the World Series are very erratic.  Since 2003 (the last 10 Series),...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.31.2016

    NETWORK UPDATE:  GREASE LIVE held its preliminary 4.3 rating in final numbers.  There were no changes on any of the other networks, either. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGH...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

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

  The Network Scorecard was in transit this morning, so we’ll jump to final Tuesday numbers. ABC:  In final numbers, AGENTS OF SHIELD gained back 0.2 of the 0.3 it lost this morning, avoiding a series low.  However...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.15.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  The CBS and NBC line-ups dropped across the board in final numbers, with the NCIS: LA rerun down 0.1, and the 2 hours of 48 HOURS down 0.2/0.2, while all of NBC’s shows lost 0.1.�...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Broadcast Network Rankings through Week 7

SEASON TO DATE through seven full weeks (46 nights of official ratings and 3 nights of adjusted fast nationals), NBC is averaging a 2.85 rating in prime time (up 23% from the same period last year). CBS is in second place with...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.12.2020

  NOTE:  NBC’s numbers may decline in final ratings due to local preemption in New Orleans for MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preli...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 9.13-14.2014

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday September 13 and Sunday September 14, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television po...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Top Cable and Broadcast Programs of the Week

Duck Dynasty on A&E took control of television last week, #1 among all programs by a mile with an astounding 5.0 rating with adults 18-49.  Breaking Bad‘s brief reign last week ended with the second episode declining...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.16.2018

  A good night for THE BACHELORETTE. 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 skew...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 3.16.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 slipped 0.02 to 0.50, GREY’S ANATOMY was steady at 0.42, and ALASKA DAILY was up 0.02 to 0.23. CBS:  The first primetime broadcast games of the NCAA TOURNAMENT were at 0.80/0.88,...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 6.7.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Game 2 of the NBA FINALS adjusted up by 1.3 to 7.4, while the pre-game JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE special went down after time zones were taken into account by 1.7 to 1.0.  THE TONY AWARDS avoided setting a re...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Saturday Ratings 1.23.2016

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
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 9.29.2019

  WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2019 film slates by studio. BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2019 is still -5% below last year’s comparable span and still basically eve...
by Mitch Metcalf