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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.26.2016

        NETWORK FINALS:  Lots of adjustments today.  THE BACHELORETTE and AMERICA’S GOT TALENT each gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did CBS’s coverage of the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.  H...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 2.25.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Another 0.1 for EMPIRE pushed the blockbuster to 5.4 in final numbers, and AMERICAN IDOL gained a tenth as well.  In addition, SURVIVOR and ARROW gained 0.1.  However, BLACK-ISH, NASHVILLE and THE 100...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK TUESDAY SCORECARD – 7/22/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS and CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP each gained 0.1 in final numbers. TUESDAY CABLE:  THE DEADLIEST CATCH (Discovery), PRETTY LITTLE LIARS (ABCFamily) and RIZZOLI & ISLES (TNT) were bunched...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Sunday Ratings and Season to Date Update

NBC had a relatively weak Sunday night, but it still won the night handily.  CBS had a very good Sunday, as the 4:30 pm national NFL game went into overtime and ended closer to 8 pm than the expected 7:30 pm.  ABC bounced bac...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.25.2017

  NOTE:  This was another night where sports will lead to a high level of adjustments in final numbers, affecting CBS, FOX and CW. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below display...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 4.27.2019

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
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Update: 1.10.2016

    NETWORK UPDATE:  THE GOLDEN GLOBES adjusted to 5.5 in final numbers (0.3 below the finals for last year’s edition), and the ARRIVALS SHOW fell to 1.4.  After adjustment for the NFL WILD CARD game that ran ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.8.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  Sports adjustments put the PGA CHAMPIONSHIP on CBS at 0.5, the NHL game on NBC at 0.3, and PBC Boxing on FOX at 0.2.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Rat...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Box Office Year to Date and Studio Scorecards

Looking at wide-release films in North America (those that play on at least 400 screens at some point), 2013 now totals just over $3.1 billion, down 13% from 2012 and down 5% from the prior four-year average 2009-2012.  Still ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.8.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 7.5, the same rating as last year’s season premiere.  As expected, there were major adjustments at FOX, where a rerun of THE SIMPSON...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.30.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC had some local preemptions that pulled GREY’S ANATOMY and SCANDAL each down 0.1.  Elsewhere, THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers, but MOM, POWERLESS and the S...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.28.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 4 of THE WORLD SERIES adjusted to 3.7, and ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was at 0.9.  There were no other changes from preliminary numbers.         Bro...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY 8.28.2015 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #35 of 2015 looks like $63 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, well below the norm for this weekend and reaching into record low territory (see track below). Opening at 1,135 t...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 9.16.2018

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2018 dollars for films released in late 2017. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box offic...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Thursday Network Scorecard 3.11.2021

Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on network affiliates in 210 U.S. markets from 8-11 pm Eastern & Pacific or 7-10 pm Central & Mountain. The numbers are some combination of the network sch...
by Mitch Metcalf