Drama, Soap/Musical? and more Drama dominated viewing on television throughout the world on Friday.
The Daily Diary Of Screens #dailydiaryofscreens 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇦🇺💻📱📺🎬🌎🗺️🇮🇳. For Friday, March 30, 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 ‘Blue Bloods‘ 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 ‘Corrie‘ #1 program/soap.
In Australia, ABC #1 broadcast network as ‘Harrow‘ was the top broadcast program and ‘Nine News‘ #1 newscast.
‘Pacific Rim Uprising‘ was the #1 film at the domestic box office this weekend. See Below.
‘Pacific Rim Uprising‘ was the #1 film at the international box office this weekend. See Below.
In Canada, CTV Total #1 network week of 12-18 March 2018 as ‘The Good Doctor‘ with 3.158 million viewers was the #1 program in Canada.
In Argentina, Telefe #1 broadcast network as ‘Sandro‘ finale was the top program 27 March 2018.
In Chile, MEGA #1 broadcast network as ‘PNP‘ premiere was the top program 27 March 2018.
In Perú, ‘AméricaTV‘ #1 broadcast network as ‘Futbol‘ series premiere top program 27 March 2018 with 2.2 million viewers.
In Colombia, Caracol #1 broadcast network as ‘La moma del 10‘ top program 27 March 2018.
In México, Las Estrellas #1 broadcast network as ‘La Rosa‘ was the top Méxican program 27 March 2018 with 3.0 million viewers.
In India, Zee Anmol #1 Hindi broadcast network as ZEE TV’s ‘Kumkum Bhagya‘ was the top program week and ‘Comedy Central‘ was the #1 English broadcast network during week #12 on 17 March 2018.
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‘Pacific Rim Uprising‘ #1 at the U.S. box office weekend 23-25 March 2018. Complete box office Top Ten this weekend listed below.
Pacific Rim Uprising #1 at the International box office weekend 23-25 March 2018. Complete box office Top Ten this weekend listed below.
This Weekend in 1943, ‘Slightly Dangerous‘ was directed Wesley Ruggles, that stars Lana Turner and Robert Young. On a budget of $918,000 it brought in a box office of $2,465,000, making MGM a handsome profit.
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 fifth 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.
Most US Digital Minutes Spent On Mobile, But Desktop Has More Visitors. Unique desktop visitors in the US still outnumber unique mobile visitors, but time spent with digital content is dominated by mobile users, comScore reports. Mobile accounted for more than 70% of all digital minutes consumed in the US in December last year, an increase from 66% in January 2016. See more, go to:https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/316573/desktop-gets-the-visitors-mobile-the-minutes.html
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 Friday, March 30, 2018 (Posted on March 31, 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 ‘Mac Gyver‘ (‘Riley + Airplane’) finished #1 in the time slot with an average 6.382 million viewers.
9P ‘Hawaii Five-0‘ (‘E ho’oko kuleana’ (To Do One’s Duty) finished #1 in the time slot with an average 7.689 million viewers.
10P ‘Blue Bloods‘ (‘Close Calls’) finished #1 program Friday in prime time with an average 8.339 million viewers.
ABC
The Alphabet Network
8P ‘Once Upon A Time‘ (‘Sisterhood’) finished with an average 2.078 million viewers.
9P ‘Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD‘ (‘Rise and Shine’) finished with an average 1.857 million viewers.
10P ‘20/20‘ (‘Dr. Leon Jacob’) finished with an average 2.223 million viewers.
NBC
The Peacock Network
8P ‘Blindspot‘ (‘Mum’s The Word’) finished with an average 2.912 million viewers.
9P ‘Taken‘ (‘Verum Nocet’) finished with an average million 2.122 viewers.
10P ‘Dateline NBC‘ (‘ A Crack in Everything’) finished with an average 3.311 million viewers.
FOX
The Animal Network of Broadcast
8P ‘MasterChef Jr.‘ finished with an average 3.042 million viewers.
9P ‘911‘ (‘A Whole New You’) rerun of season finale finished with an average 2.138 million viewers.
The CW
The Little Network That Couldn’t …
8P ‘Dynasty‘ (‘Enter Alexis’) finished with an average 994,000 viewers.
9P ‘Penn & Teller:Fool Us‘ finished with an average 961,000 viewers.
For The Record
CBS finished #1 Friday in prime time with an average 7.470 million viewers, equally 47% of the broadcast viewing audience on Friday.
ABC finished with an average 2.053 million viewers.
NBC finished with an average 2.782 million viewers.
FOX finished with an average 2.590 million viewers.
The CW finished with an average 977,500 viewers.
Broadcast (Big Five) Networks finished with an estimated 15.873 million viewers.
Today In Communication History
On this date in 1981, the 53rd Academy Awards: Best Film was “Ordinary People”. Best Actor was Robert De Niro. And, Best Actress was Sissy Spacek.
Quote Of The Day
‘I remember those cheers, they still ring in my ears, and for years they’ll remain in my thoughts, ’cause one night I took off my robe and what’d I do? I forgot to wear shorts. I recall every fall, every hook, every jab, the worst way a guy could get rid of his flab.’
Jake LaMotta
Cinema News
Box Office Weekend 23-25 March 2018 Domestic
#1 ‘Pacific Rim Uprising’ $ 28,003,000 in 3,708 theaters
#2 ‘Black Panther’ $ 16,658,000 in 3,370 theaters
#3 ‘I Can Only Imagine’ $ 13,837,495 in 2,253 theaters
#4 ‘Sherlock Gnomes’ $ 10,600,000 in 3,662 theaters
#5 ‘Tomb Raider’ $ 10,430,000 in 3,854 theaters
#6 ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ $ 8,044,000 in 3,423 theaters
#7 ‘Love Simon’ $ 7,800,000 in 2,434 theaters
#8 ‘Paul Apostle of Christ’ $ 5,000,000 in 1,473 theaters
#9 ‘Game Night’ $ 4,160,000 in 1,866 theaters
#10’Midnight Sun’ $ 4,119,000 in 2,173 theaters
Box Office Weekend 23-25 March 2018 (International)
#1 ‘Pacific Rim Uprising’ $122,500,000 in 62 markets
#2 ‘Tomb Raider’ $ 34,100,000 in 66 markets
#3 ‘Peter Rabbit’ $ 28,000,000 in 39 markets
#4 ‘Black Panther’ $ 12,900,000 in 56 markets
#5 ‘Red Sparrow’ $ 6,200,000 in 63 markets
#6 ‘The Shape of Water’ $ 5,200,000 in 47 markets
#7 ‘Coco’ $ 4,500,000 in 24 markets
#8 ‘The Greatest Showman’ $ 3,000,000 in 19 markets
#9 ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ $ 2,300,000 in 13 markets
#10’Sherlock Gnomes’ $ 2,100,000 in 19 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
The Independent One finished #1 broadcast network Friday evening in the UK with an estimated average 4.367 million viewers.
7P ‘Emmerdale‘ finished with an average 5.5 million viewers.
730P ‘Coronation Street‘ finished with an average 7.2 million viewers.
8P ‘Love Your Garden‘
830P ‘Coronation Street‘ finished #1 program in the UK Friday evening with an average 7.5 million viewers, peaking with 8.1 million viewers.
9P ‘Fast and Furious 7′
BBC One
The Big One finished with an estimated average 3.300 million viewers.
7P ‘The One Show‘
740P ‘The Silent Child‘ finished with an average 3.6 million viewers.
8P ‘EastEnders‘ finished with an average 5.2 million viewers.
830P ‘Room 101‘ finished with an average 3.2 million viewers.
9P ‘MasterChef UK‘ finished with an average 3.8 million viewers.
930P ‘Mrs Browns Boys‘
BBC Two
The Little Two
7P ‘The Repair Shop‘
730P ‘MasterMind‘
830P ‘Gardeners World‘
9P ‘Pilgrimage:The Road to Santiago‘
Channel 4
The Big Four
730P ‘Food Unwrapped‘
8P ‘Britain’s Favourite Food‘
9P ‘Googlebox‘ finished with an average 2.9 million viewers.
Channel 5
The Viacom Five
635P ‘Kensington Palace:Fit for a Princess‘
8P ‘Britain’s Great Cathedrals with Tony Robinson‘
9P ‘Jane McDonald and Friends‘
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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
The Alphabet Network in Australia finished with an average 466,200 viewers and a 19.1% share.
730P ‘Gardening Australia: Easter Special‘ finished with an average 454,000 viewers.
833P ‘Harrow‘ finished as the #1 program in Australia Friday evening with an average 546,000 viewers.
927P ‘Silent Witness‘ finished with an average 331,000 viewers.
Nine
The First Commercial Network in Australia finished with an estimated average 403,8333 viewers and a 27.4% share.
7P ‘A Current Affair‘ finished with an average 454,000 viewers.
730P ‘Nine’s Friday Night Football Preview‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
805P ‘Nine’s Live Friday Night Football‘ featuring Cronulla Sharks V Melbourne Storm finished with an average 436,000 viewers.
Seven
The Second Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 29.5% share.
7P ‘Better Homes & Gardens’ finished with an average 337,000 viewers.
730P ‘The Good Friday Appeal Super Show‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
Ten
The CBS Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 17.0% share.
7P ‘The Project‘ finished with an average 323,000 viewers.
730P ‘The Living Room‘ finished with an average 450,000 viewers.
830P ‘Hughesy, We Have A Problem‘ rerun did not finish in the top 20 programs.
930P ‘The Graham Norton Show‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
SBS
The Special Broadcast Service in Australia finished with a 7.1% share.
Great British Railway Journeys
730P ‘Great British Railway Journeys‘ finished with an average 230,000 viewers.
805P ‘Great British Railway Journeys‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
840P ‘Homeland‘ (‘Andante’) did not finish in the top 20 programs.
940P ‘The Right Stuff‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
Top Newscasts In Australia
#1 Nine News Nine 931,000 viewers #1 in Sydney & Adelaide; #1T in Melbourne
#2 NINE NEWS 6:30 Nine 875,000 viewers #1T in Melbourne
#3 SEVEN NEWS Seven 800,000 viewers #1 in Brisbane & Perth
#4 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 577,000 viewers Melbourne top market
#5 SEVEN NEWS/TT Seven 460,000 viewers Brisbane top market
#6 EYEWITNESS NEWS Ten 362,000 viewers Melbourne top market
AUSTRALIAN OVERNIGHT TV RATINGS
Australian Overnight TV Ratings
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.
ABC
The Alphabet Network in Australia finished with a 1% share.

731P ‘Father Brown‘ (‘The Jackdaw’s Revenge’) finished #1 program in Australia Saturday evening with an average 652,000 viewers.
818P ‘The Good Karma Hospital‘ finished with an average 532,000 viewers.
907P ‘Prime Suspect 1973‘ finished with an average 241,000 viewers.
Nine
The First Commercial Network in Australia finished with a % share.
7P ‘Hop‘ finished with an average 338,000 viewers.
902P ‘Charlie And The Chocolate Factory‘ finished with an average 217,000 viewers.
Seven
The Second Commercial Network in Australia finished with a % share.
7P ‘The Kick‘ finished with an average 211,000 viewers.
8PP ‘AFL Rnd 2: Fremantle v Essendon‘ finished with an average 259,000 million viewers.
Ten
The CBS Commercial Network in Australia finished with a % share.
630P ‘Show Me The Movie‘ finished with an average viewers.
730P ‘Bondi Rescue‘ rerun finished with an average viewers.
830P ‘NCIS‘ rerun (‘Keep Your Enemies Closer’) did not finish in the top 20 programs.
SBS
The Special Broadcast Service in Australia finished with a % share.
730P ‘Heston’s Dinner In Space‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
830P ‘Heston’s Dinner In Space‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
930P ‘Gadget Man‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
Top Newscasts In Australia
#1 NINE NEWS SAT Nine 651,000 viewers #1 in Sydney & Melbourne
#2 ABC NEWS-SA ABC 637,000 viewers #1 in Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth
#3 SEVEN NEWS–SAT Seven 630,000 viewers Melbourne top market
#4 EYEWITNESS NEWS Ten 223,000 viewers Sydney top market
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