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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 7.10.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.49, a night of premieres with CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD at 0.68, THE FINAL STRAW at 0.42, and THE $100,000 PYRAMID at 0.34. CBS:  After a rerun...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Saturday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 7.4.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Lots of 0.1 adjustments, with bumps for NBC’s 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR and FOX’s MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL coverage, and declines for the 8PM THE MILLERS and the 9PM THE MCCARTHYS burn...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY OCTOBER 7 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

> Real Steel is opening at forecast — at a very decent level, but will it be enough to cover the big visual effects costs and all the above-the-line talent expenses?  More on that in Box Office Footnotes.  In se...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 1.16.2021

Note: The preliminary numbers below for NBC contain viewing the Baltimore-Buffalo NFL Divisional playoff game in most of the country (the roughly 75% of the country living in the Eastern and Central time zones). The preliminary...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 2.25-26.2017

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday February 25-26, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY JULY 8 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

> Two comedies open above $20 million this weekend (one at forecast and one slightly below), while Transformers 3 stays at #1 and its ShowBuzzDaily Domestic Final has been upgraded.  However, the weekend as a whole is down...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.27.2020

NOTE: The numbers for FOX below will rise +25% or more in the official nationals when WORLD SERIES live viewing before 8PM PT in Southern California and the rest of the West Coast is factored in. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each b...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12.21.2017

  A pair of sitcoms got a taste of life without their lead-ins. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.11.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.  Note that BEING REUBEN’s ignominious run is apparently over, at least it’s not scheduled to air on the next two ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Thursday Official Nationals with Cable Ratings

The ratings for most network programs came back down to Earth in the official nationals (with the NFL preseason games filtered out of the early ratings, as we explained this morning).  As expected, Big Brother was least impa...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 6.12.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The 5th and final game of the NBA FINALS was at 3.98, almost identical to the 3.99 for 2022’s Game 5. CBS:  Reruns at 0.36/0.25/0.21/0.21. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR dropped 0.09 to 0.34...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.23.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  The WORLD SERIES adjusted to 3.7, down 0.2 from last year’s Game 1.  Elsewhere, NEW AMSTERDAM gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nati...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.12.2015

  MR. ROBINSON didn’t flunk out. 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 sk...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12.22.2020

  THE BACHELORETTE took the night, but it was down heavily from last season. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 9.20.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS;  The 2021-22 broadcast season officially began last night, and it didn’t exactly roar into action. ABC:  The season premiere of DANCING WITH THE STARS was at 0.92, considerably below last fall&#...
by Mitch Metcalf