CBS #1 Saturday in the U.S. ITV #1 in the UK. ABC #1 in AU.


Basketball, Variety and Drama dominated viewing on television throughout the world on Saturday.
The Daily Diary Of Screens #dailydiaryofscreens 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇦🇺💻📱📺🎬🌎🗺️🇮🇳. For Saturday, March 17, 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 ‘Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway‘ was the top program.
In Australia, ABC #1 broadcast network as ‘Death In Paradise‘ 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’.

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For Saturday, March 17, 2018 (Posted on March 18, 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 #1 broadcast network Saturday as ‘NCAA Basketball Tournament’ top program.


CBS
The Tiffany Network

8P ‘NCAA Basketball Tournament‘ finished with an average 5.458 million viewers.

9P ‘NCAA Basketball Tournament‘ finished with an average 6.157 million viewers.

10P ‘NCAA Basketball Tournament‘ finished #1 program Saturday with an average 6.866 million viewers.
1030P’48 Hours‘ finished with an average 3.822 million viewers.

ABC
The Alphabet Network

8P ‘20/20‘ finished with an average 3.188 million viewers.
9P ‘Deception‘ finished with an average 2.209 million viewers.
10P ‘For The People‘ finished with an average 2.063 million viewers.

NBC
The Peacock Network

8P ‘Will & Grace‘ finished with an average 1.476 million viewers.
830P ‘Superstore‘ finished with an average 1.591 million viewers.
9P ‘Dateline NBC‘ finished with an average 3.215 million viewers.
10P ‘Saturday Night Live‘ rerun finished with an average 2.521 million viewers.

FOX
The Animal Network of Broadcast

8P ‘MasterChef Jr‘ rerun finished with an average 1.275 million viewers.
9P ‘Showtime At The Apollo‘ finished with an average 1.469 million viewers.

For The Record

CBS finished #1 broadcast network Saturday in prime time with an average 6.160 million viewers.
ABC finished with an average 2.487 million viewers.
NBC finished with an average 1.935 million viewers.
FOX finished with an average 1.372 million viewers.

Broadcast (Big Four) Networks finished with an estimated 11.954 million viewers.

Today In Communication History

On this date in 1985, Capital Cities Communications Inc acquired ABC Television Network.

Quote Of The Day

‘My understanding is that Leonard Goldenson specifically wanted to do business with Tom Murphy. That Capital Cities is the company he Goldenson wanted to marry his daughter to. He cares enormously where it goes.’
Warren Buffett

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

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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 Saturday as ‘Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway’ top program.


ITV
The Independent One

7P ‘Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway‘ finished #1 program in the UK Saturday evening with an average 7.3 million viewers.
830P ‘The Voice UK‘ finished with an average 4.7 million viewers.

BBC One
The Big One

725P ‘Pointless Celebrities‘ finished with an average 3.7 million viewers.
815P ‘Casualty‘ finished with an average 3.7 million viewers.
905P ‘Troy:Fall Of A City‘ finished with an average 1.3 million viewers.

BBC Two
The Little Two

7P ‘Amazing Hotels:Life Behind The Lobby
8P ‘David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities
830P ‘Dad’s Army
9P ‘Film Suite Francaise

Channel 4
The Big Four

7P ‘Penelope Keith’s Coastal Villages
8P ‘Britain Low Tide
9P ‘Fantastic Four

Channel 5
The Viacom Five

7P ‘FIA Formula E Live‘ from Uruguay
810P ‘Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away
9P ‘Football On 5:The Championship


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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 #1 broadcast network in Australia Saturday as ‘Death In Paradise’ top program.


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

SUNDAY AUSTRALIAN OVERNIGHT TV RATINGS
Sunday Australian Overnight TV Ratings
SUNDAY AUSTRALIAN OVERNIGHT TV RATINGS

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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.

Nine #1 broadcast network in Australia Sunday as ‘Married At First Sight’ top program.


Nine
The First Commercial Network in Australia finished #1 Sunday evening in Australia with a 35.8% share.

7P ‘Married At First Sight‘ finished with an average 1.446 million viewers.
839P ‘60 Minutes‘ finished with an average 775,000 viewers.
940P ‘Weinstein: The Inside Story‘ finished with an average 354,000 viewers.

Seven
The Second Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 31.8% share.

7P ‘My Kitchen Rules‘ finished with an average 1.061 viewers.
830P ‘Sunday Night‘ finished with an average 608,000 viewers.
930P ‘Crimes That Shook The World‘ finished with an average 316,000 viewers.

Ten
The CBS Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 10.0% share.

7P ‘The Project‘ finished with an average 250,000 viewers.
730P ‘All Star Family Feud‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
830P ‘NCIS‘ (‘Keep Your Friends Close’) finished with an average 290,000 viewers.
930P ‘SEAL Team‘ (‘The Exchange’) did not finish in the top 20 programs.

ABC
The Alphabet Network in Australia finished with a 16.0% share.

741P ‘Grand Designs‘ finished with an average 613,000 viewers.
830P ‘Howards End‘ finished with an average 423,000 viewers.
928P ‘Howards End‘ finished with an average 371,000 viewers.

SBS
The Special Broadcast Service in Australia finished with a 6.4% share.

730P ‘Eight Days That Made Rome‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
830P ‘That Sugar Film‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.

Top Newscasts In Australia

#1 SEVEN NEWS – SUN Seven 1,023,000 viewers #1 in Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth

#2 NINE NEWS SUNDAY Nine 1,007,000 viewers #1 in Sydney & Melbourne
#3 ABC NEWS SUNDAY-EV ABC 738,000 viewers Melbourne top market

#4 EYEWITNESS NEWS SUN Ten 293,000 viewers Melbourne top market

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