Basketball, Soap and Drama dominated viewing on television throughout the world on Friday.
The Daily Diary Of Screens #dailydiaryofscreens 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇦🇺💻📱📺🎬🌎🗺️🇮🇳. For Friday, March 16, 2018.
6, 2018. This is your North America, Central America, South America, India, UK and Australian Daily Television Ratings Platform.
In the U.S., CBS #1 broadcast network as ‘NCAA Basketball Tournament‘ Round #1 was the top broadcast program.
In the UK, ITV #1 broadcast network as BBC One’s ‘MasterChef UK‘ was the top non-soap program as ‘Coronation Street‘ was #1 program/soap.
In Australia, Seven #1 broadcast network as ABC’s ‘Harrow‘ was the top broadcast program and ‘Seven News‘ #1 newscast.
‘Black Panther‘ was the #1 film at the domestic box office this weekend. See Below.
‘Black Panther‘ was the #1 film at the international box office this weekend. See Below.
In Canada, CTV Total #1 network week of 26 February 2018 as ‘The Academy Awards‘ was the #1 program in Canada.
In Argentina, Telefe #1 broadcast network as ‘El Sultan‘ was the top program 14 March 2018.
In Chile, MEGA #1 broadcast network as ‘PNP‘ premiere was the top program 14 March 2018.
In Perú, ‘AméricaTV‘ #1 broadcast network as ‘Ojitos hechiceros‘ series premiere top program 14 March 2018.
In Colombia, Caracol #1 broadcast network as ‘STSHP 2‘ top program 14 March 2018.
In México, Azteka 7 #1 broadcast network as ‘Mi Pareja puede‘ was the top Méxican program 14 March 2018 with 2.3 million viewers.
In India, Star Bharat #1 Hindi broadcast network as ZEE TV’s ‘Kumkum Bhagya‘ was the top program week and ‘Colors Infinity SD‘ #1 English broadcast network during #4 on 3 March 2018.
‘Black Panther‘ #1 at the U.S. box office weekend 2-4 March 2018. Complete box office Top Ten this weekend listed below.
Black Panther #1 at the International box office weekend 9-11 February 2018. Complete box office Top Ten this weekend listed below.
This Weekend in 1943, ‘Air Force‘ was directed Howard Hawks, that stars John Garfield, John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy, and Harry Carey. Made in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack, it was one of the first of the patriotic films of the war. Won the Academy Award for Editing; nominated for Best Writing-Original Screenplay; nominated Best Effects, Special Effects; nominated Best Cinematography, Black-and-White.
This weekend in 1943, ‘‘I’ve Heard That Song Before’‘ Harry James and His Orchestra with Helen Forrest was the #1 record. This was the third of 12 straight weeks at #1 on Billboard.
The latest social media stats include this: Americans spend 25% of their time on social media.YouTube has viewers now watch 1 billion hours of video each day. 85% of digital video viewers will be YouTube viewers as daily usage of YouTube, is estimated the video-sharing platform will reach 185.9 million monthly US users in 2017. YouTube overall, and even YouTube on mobile alone, reaches more 18-34 and 18-49 year-olds than any cable network in the U.S. Facebook having 2.047 billion monthly active users watching 8 billion videos each day. 100 million hours of video content are watched on Facebook daily. In addition, 81% of all shares come from Facebook. 41% of Millennials use Facebook every day. And, there are now 5 million active advertisers on its platform, up from 4 million in September 2016 and 2 million in February 2015. Instagram has 700 million users of which 250 million are daily users. 51% of Instagram users access the platform daily and 35% say they look at the platform several times per day. Most Instagram users are between 18-29 years old. 88% of Twitter users are on mobile. An average of 500 million tweets are sent every day with 330 million active users. Twitter had 9 million new members sign up in Q1 2017. 81% of millennials check Twitter at least once per day. The Google+1 button is hit 5 billion times per day. 80% of Internet users on Pinterest are female. Eighty-one percent of US consumers use Facebook regularly, compared with Google (79%), Twitter (43%) and Instagram (40%), System1 Research reported.
Pinterest has 110 million monthly active users. 93% of Pinterest users use the platform to plan or make purchases. Pinterest drives 25% of all retail website referral traffic. LinkedIn has 450 million registered members with 100 million active users who spend 17 minutes per month on the site. Tumblr has 555 million users and Weibo has 100 million daily users. Skype has 300 milllion active users and there are 1.000 billion users on Whatsapp. With 900 million active users on Facebook Messenger, 60 billion messages are sent via Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp every day, each with over 1 billion daily users. Netflix now has 75 million streaming subscribers. QQ has 853 million active users. WeChat has 697 million active users while QZone has 640 million. Baidu Tieba has 300 million active users while Viber has 249 million. Sina Weibo has 222 million active users while Line has 215 million. Snapchat has 200 million users and 150 million users are active each day, watching 10 billion videos each day. Over 400 million snaps are shared on Snapchat per day, and almost 9,000 photos are shared every second. YY has 122 million active users; VKontakte has 100 million active users as does BBM and Telegram. Of note, Almost 80% of time spent on social media platforms happens on mobile.
YouTube Rolls Out Search-based Targeting. Brands have a new search-based targeting option on YouTube that combines the ability to select from the top 5% of channels and then target viewers who have also Googled relevant products. The latest option is part of the year-old Google Preferred ad-buying program. For more, go to:http://bit.ly/YouTubeLaunchesSearchBasedTargeting031318
Remember, social media marketing isn’t always the tech. It’s the people.
Today, traditional TV still accounts for the lion’s share of video viewing, but online and mobile are where the growth is. When managed together, TV/digital/mobile hold the potential to drive real impact for advertisers—enabling them to maximize the customers they reach and/or reinforce key messaging across screens. After all, ‘It’s all about screens’.
The Home Of #dailydiaryofscreens
For Friday, March 16, 2018 (Posted on March 17, 2018)
According to Nielsen’s National Television Household Universe Estimates, there are 119.6 million TV homes in the U.S. for the 2017-18 TV season.
CBS
The Tiffany Network
8P ‘NCAA Basketball Tournament‘ round #1 finished #1 program Friday in prime time with an average 4.793 million viewers.
9P ‘NCAA Basketball Tournament‘ round #1 finished #1 in the time slot with an average 4.474 million viewers.
10P ‘NCAA Basketball Tournament‘ round #1 finished with an average 3.839 million viewers.
NBC
The Peacock Network
8P ‘Blindspot‘ finished with an average 3.384 million viewers.
9P ‘Taken‘ finished with an average 3.213 million viewers. Must See TV episode.
10P ‘Dateline NBC‘ finished #1 in the time slot with an average 3.841 million viewers.
FOX
The Animal Network of Broadcast
8P ‘MasterChef Jr‘ finished with an average 3.394 million viewers.
9P ‘9-1-1‘ rerun finished with an average 2.625 million viewers.
ABC
The Alphabet Network
8P ‘Once Upon A Time‘ finished with an average 2.545 million viewers.
9P ‘Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD‘ finished with an average 2.137 million viewers.
10P ‘20/20‘ finished with an average 3.483 million viewers.
The CW
The Little Network That Couldn’t …
8P ‘Dynasty‘ finished with an average 683,000 viewers.
9P ‘Jane The Virgin‘ finished with an average 619,000 viewers.
For The Record
CBS finished #1 Friday in prime time with an average 4.369 million viewers.
NBC finished with an average 3.479 million viewers.
FOX finished with an average 3.010 million viewers.
ABC finished with an average 2.722 million viewers.
The CW finished with an average 651,000 viewers.
Broadcast (Big Five) Networks finished with an estimated million viewers.
Today In Communication History
On this date in 1956, the 8th Emmy Awards were held, ‘The Ed Sullivan Show‘ won Best Program; ‘Phil Silvers’ Best Actor & Lucille Ball won best actress.
Quote Of The Day
‘The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.’
Lucille Ball
Cinema News
Box Office Weekend 2-4 March 2018 Domestic
#1 ‘Black Panther’ $ 66,306,935in 4,084 theaters
#2 ‘Red Sparrow’ $ 16,853,422 in 3,056 theaters
#3 ‘Death Wish’ $ 13,010,267 in 2,847 theaters
#4 ‘Game Night’ $ 10,412,496 in 3,502 theaters
#5 ‘Peter Rabbit’ $ 10,005,177 in 3,607 theaters
#6 ‘Annihilation’ $ 5,607,902 in 2,112 theaters
#7 ‘Jumanji:Welcome To The Jungle’ $ 4,438,090 in 2,313 theaters
#8 ‘Fifty Shades Freed’ $ 3,400,505 in 2,614 theaters
#9 ‘The Greatest Showman’ $ 2,703,357 in 1,407 theaters
#10’Early Man’ $ 1,542,354 in 1,669 theaters
Box Office Weekend 2-4 March 2018 (International)
#1 ‘Operation Red Sea’ $ 62,600,000 in 1 market
#2 ‘Black Panther’ $ 57,700,000 in 56 markets
#3 ‘Red Sparrow’ $ 26,600,000 in 57 markets
#4 ‘Peter Rabbit’ $ 17,900,000 in 12 markets
#5 ‘Fifty Shades Freed’ $ 12,400,000 in 61 markets
#6 ‘The Shape Of Water’ $ 9,500,000 in 55 markets
#7 ‘Game Night’ $ 8,500,000 in 46 markets
#8 ‘3 Billboards’ $ 5,800,000 in 55 markets
#9 ‘The Greatest Showman’ $ 5,500,000 in 35 markets
#10’Lady Bird’ $ 4,300,000 in 39 markets

From one of the longest living Fibromyalgia patients tells her story. ‘This Is Patient Zero’ now available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble:http://bit.ly/ThisIsPatientZero 🆕📚
Welcome to new viewers in all 50 States of the U.S., all of the Provinces in Canada, all of the States in Mexico, the UK, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Guernsey, Jersey, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Russian Federation, Belarus, Ukraine, Republic of Moldova, Poland, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Gibraltar, Spain, Monaco, Malta, Italy, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Macedonia the former Yugoslave Republic, Albania, Montenegro, Greece, Cyprus, Georgia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, State of Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, India, Myanmar (Burma), Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Hong Kong SAR China, Macao, Taiwan, Japan, Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Mauritius, Zambia, United Republic of Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Egypt, Malta, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Senegal, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Mozambique, Uganda, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaraqua, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvadore, Belize, Curaçao, Aruba, St. Lucia, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, Barbados, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Martinique, U.S. Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Bermuda (163). We are thankful to all of you with more than 73,905 views. Top areas in the world viewing overtheshouldermedia today came from the United States, Italy Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands, Australia, Croatia, South Korea, Brazil, Spain, Canada, France, Portugal, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Germany, Austria, Albania, Moldova, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong SAR China, Japan, Vietnam, New Zealand, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, South Africa, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, Dominican Republic and U.S. Virgin Islands. Top viewers this month are marked in bold.
In the UK, Peak time is defined as Early Peak is 17:30 to 20:00 and Late Peak is 20:00 to 23:00.
Across The Pond

ITV #1 broadcast network in the UK Friday as ‘Corrie’ top program/soap & BBC’s
‘MasterChef UK’ top non-soap program.
ITV
The Independent One finished #1 broadcast network in the UK Friday.
7P ‘Emmerdale‘ finished with an average 5.6 million viewers.
730P ‘Coronation Street‘ finished with an average 6.3 million viewers.
8P ‘Love Your Garden‘ finished with an average 2.9 million viewers.
830P ‘Coronation Street‘ finished with an average 6.2 million viewers.
9P ‘Lethal Weapon‘ (‘Wreck The Halls’) finished with an average 2.2 million viewers.
BBC One
The Big One
7P ‘The One Show‘
730P ‘MasterChef UK‘ finished with an average 3.5 million viewers.
8P ‘EastEnders‘ finished with an average 5.2 million viewers.
830P ‘Room 101‘
9P ‘Requiem‘ finished with an average 1.6 million viewers.
BBC Two
The Little Two
7P ‘Saving Lives At Sea‘
8P ‘Master Mind‘
830P ‘Gardeners’ World‘
9P ‘Pilgrimage: The Road to Santiago‘
Channel 4
The Big Four
730P ‘Winter Paralympics Today‘
8P ‘Scruffts‘
9P ‘Googlebox‘ finished with an average 3.2 million viewers.
Channel 5
The Viacom Five
7P ‘The Gadget Show‘
8P ‘The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard‘
9P ‘Jane McDonald and Friends‘ finished with an average 1.0 million viewers.
DOWN UNDER
NOTE: While Australian considers Prime Time 6P-Midnight, we use the US prime time system to measure television effectiveness in Australia. Thus 7P-10P is the standard from which this rating is based. Newscasts are considered only as newscasts and not television programs inside or outside of this period except in special periods. The % share is based on the Australian Prime Time 6P-Midnight period.
Seven
The Second Commercial Network in Australia finished with an average 496,500 viewers and a 32.2% share.
7P ‘Better Homes & Gardens‘ finished with an average 553,000 viewers.
830P ‘ Last Cab to Darwin‘ finished with an average 440,000 million viewers.
ABC
The Alphabet Network in Australia finished with an average 490,000 viewers and a 19.6% share.
732P ‘Gardening Australia‘ finished with an average 497,000 viewers.
830P ‘Harrow‘ finished #1 program Friday evening in Australia with an average 561,000 viewers.
924P ‘Silent Witness‘ finished with an average 334,000 viewers.
Ten
The CBS Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 15.7% share.
7P ‘The Project‘ finished with an average 349,000 viewers.
730P ‘The Living Room‘ finished with an average 394,000 viewers.
830P ‘Hughesy, We Have A Problem‘ finished with an average 259,000 viewers
930P ‘The Graham Norton Show‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
Nine
The First Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 27.5% share.
7P ‘A Current Affair‘ finished with an average 490,000 viewers.
730P ‘Vet On A Hill‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
835P ‘He’s Just Not That Into You‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
SBS
The Special Broadcast Service in Australia finished with a 7.0% share.
730P ‘Great British Railway Journeys‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
8P ‘Great British Railway Journeys’ did not finish in the top 20 programs
840P ‘Homeland‘ (‘Active Measures’) did not finish in the top 20 programs.
940P ‘Rain Man‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
Top Newscasts In Australia
#1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 836,000 viewers #1 in Adelaide & Perth
#2 SEVEN NEWS/TT Seven 782,000 viewers Melbourne top market
#3 NINE NEWS 6:30 Nine 778,000 viewers #1 in Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane
#4 NINE NEWS Nine 756,000 viewers Melbourne top market
#5 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 603,000 viewers Melbourne top market
#6 EYEWITNESS NEWS Ten 375,000 viewers Melbourne top market
SATURDAY AUSTRALIAN OVERNIGHT TV RATINGS
Saturday Australian Overnight TV Ratings
SATURDAY AUSTRALIAN OVERNIGHT TV RATINGS
DOWN UNDER
NOTE: While Australian considers Prime Time 6P-Midnight, we use the US prime time system to measure television effectiveness in Australia. Thus 7P-10P is the standard from which this rating is based. Newscasts are considered only as newscasts and not television programs inside or outside of this period except in special periods. The % share is based on the Australian Prime Time 6P-Midnight period.
ABC
The Alphabet Network in Australia finished #1 Saturday evening in Australia with an average 511,400 viewers and a 25.6% share.
731P ‘Death In Paradise‘ finished #1 Saturday evening in Australia with an average 745,000 viewers.
831P ‘Innocent‘ finished with an average 496,000 viewers.
919P ‘River‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs. 180 391
Nine
The First Commercial Network in Australia finished with an average 395,000 viewers and a 28.5% share.
7P ‘David Attenborough’s Blue Planet II‘ finished with an average 497,000 viewers.
812P ‘Forrest Gump ‘ finished with an average 330,000 viewers.
Seven
The Second Commercial Network in Australia finished with an average 320,667 viewers and a 26.0% share.
7P ‘The Jungle Book‘ finished with an average 354,000 viewers.
9P ‘I, Robot‘ finished with an average 254,000 viewers.
Ten
The CBS Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 10.6% share.
7P ‘Bondi Rescue‘ rerun finished with an average 231,000 viewers.
730P ‘Bondi Rescue‘ rerun finished with an average 228,000 viewers.
8P ‘The Guilt Trip ‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
SBS
The Special Broadcast Service in Australia finished with a 9.3% share.
730P ‘Stephen Hawking: A Brief History Of Mine‘ finished with an average 188,000 viewers.
915P ‘Building Chernobyl’s Mega Tomb‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
Top Newscasts In Australia
#1 SEVEN NEWS–SAT Seven 707,000 viewers #1 in Brisbane & Perth, #1T in Adelaide
#2 NINE NEWS SAT Nine 658,000 viewers #1 in Sydney & #1T in Adelaide
#3 ABC NEWS-SA ABC 613,000 viewers #1 in Melbourne
#4 EYEWITNESS NEWS Ten 293,000 viewers Sydney top market
For continual updates on all things ‘screens’, go to: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dailydiaryofscreens
In this week’s Media Notes Canonical, Can Social Media Create Brand Awareness and Drive in Customers?, go to:http://mailchi.mp/sophis1234/no-one-note-samba-1464605 🆕💡💭🌎 🆕💡 It’s FREE.
Today’s featured ‘Music To Read overtheshouldermedia By’ down at the bottom of the page
Dave Brubeck Live in 64