Drama, Comedy/Soap and Sports dominated viewing on television throughout the world on Friday.
The Daily Diary Of Screens #dailydiaryofscreens 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇦🇺💻📱📺🎬🌎🗺️🇮🇳. For Friday, April 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 ‘Blue Bloods‘ was the top broadcast program.
In the UK, ITV #1 broadcast network as BBC One’s ‘HIGNFY‘ was the top non-soap program and ‘Coronation Street‘ was the top program/soap.
In Australia, Seven #1 broadcast network as ‘Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games‘ was the top broadcast program and ‘Seven 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 19-25 March 2018 as ‘The Good Doctor‘ with 3.168 million viewers was the #1 program in Canada.
In Canada, TVA #1 network week of 19-25 March 2018 as ‘La Voix‘ with 2,200 million viewers was the #1 program in Québec
In Argentina, Telefe #1 broadcast network as ‘El Sultan‘ finale was the top program 5 April 2018.
In Chile, MEGA #1 broadcast network as ‘PNP‘ premiere was the top program 3 April 2018.
In Perú, ‘AméricaTV‘ #1 broadcast network as ‘DVAB‘ debut series premiere top program 5 April 2018 with 1.1 million viewers.
In Colombia, Caracol #1 broadcast network as ‘La voz kids‘ top program 5 April 2018.
In México, Las Estrellas #1 broadcast network as ‘La Rosa‘ was the top Méxican program 4 April 2018 with 2.3 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, ‘The More The Merrier‘ was directed by George Stevens, starring Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea and Charles Coburn. Coburn won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor while Arthur was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Other nominations included Best Director, Best Picture, Best Writing, Original Story and Best Writing, Screenplay. The film had a box office of $1.8 million with a budget of $878,000.
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 sixth 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.
Pinterest Sees Boost In Small-Business Advertisers. The number of small and medium-sized businesses advertising on Pinterest has jumped 50% in just one year. Pinterest credits in part its Propel program, offering brands and agencies one-on-one creative support. For more, go to:https://marketingland.com/pinterest-reports-1-5m-global-advertisers-50-gain-yoy-in-smb-advertisers-237753
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, April 6, 2018 (Posted on April 7, 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 ‘MacGyver‘ finished with an average 6.708 million viewers.
9P ‘Hawaii Five-0‘ finished with an average 7.902 million viewers. This is a Must See TV/OnDemand/Live Stream episode.
10P ‘Blue Bloods‘ finished with an average 8.696 million viewers.
NBC
The Peacock Network
8P ‘Taken‘ finished with an average 3.031 million viewers.
9P ‘Dateline NBC‘ finished with an average 4.407 million viewers.
10P ‘Dateline NBC‘ finished with an average 4.961 million viewers.
FOX
The Animal Network of Broadcast
8P ‘MasterChef Jr‘ finished with an average 3.523 million viewers.
9P ‘The Resident‘ rerun finished with an average 1.696 million viewers.
ABC
The Alphabet Network
8P ‘Once Upon A Time‘ finished with an average 2.246 million viewers.
9P ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.‘ finished with an average 2.044 million viewers.
10P ‘20/20‘ finished with an average 2.368 million viewers.
The CW
The Little Network That Couldn’t …
8P ‘Dynasty‘ finished with an average 739,000 viewers.
9P ‘Jane The Virgin‘ finished with an average 559,000 viewers.
For The Record
CBS finished #1 broadcast network Friday in prime time with an average 7.769 million viewers, or 44.5% of the total broadcast network audience in prime time.
NBC finished with an average 4.133 million viewers.
FOX finished with an average 2.611 million viewers.
ABC finished with an average 2.219 million viewers.
The CW finished with an average 649,000 viewers.
Broadcast (Big Five) Networks finished with an estimated 17.381 million viewers.
Today In Communication History
On this date in 1927, the first long-distance TV transmission was sent from Washington, DC, to New York City. The audience saw an image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover.
Quote Of The Day
‘It was in fact the best demonstration of a mechanical television system ever made to this time. It would be several years before any other system could even begin to compare with it in picture quality.’
Albert Abramson, historian, on the significance of the Bell Labs demonstration
Box Office Weekend 30 March-1 April 2018 Domestic
#1 ‘Ready Player One’ $ 41,764,050 in 4,234 theaters
#2 ‘Tyler Perry’s Acrimony’ $ 17,170,707 in 2,006 theaters
#3 ‘Black Panther’ $ 11,486,915 in 2,988 theaters
#4 ‘I Can Only Imagine’ $ 10,445,994 in 2,648 theaters
#5 ‘Pacific Rim Uprising’ $ 9,370,405 in 3,708 theaters
#6 ‘Sherlock Gnomes’ $ 7,001,570 in 3,662 theaters
#7 ‘Tomb Raider’ $ 4,922,048 in 2,788 theaters
#8 ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ $ 4,842,624 in 2,367 theaters
#9 ‘Love Simon’ $ 4,767,488 in 2,024 theaters
#10’Paul Apostle of Christ’ $ 3,457,864 in 1,473 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.
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ITV
The Independent One
7P ‘Emmerdale‘ finished with an average 5.8 million viewers.
730P ‘Coronation Street‘ finished with an average 6.6 million viewers.
8P ‘Love Your Garden‘
830P ‘Coronation Street‘ finished with an average 6.2 million viewers.
9P ‘Lethal Weapon‘ (‘Funny Money’)
BBC One
The Big One
7P ‘The One Show‘
730P ‘Sounds Like Friday Night‘ finished with an average 1.7 million viewers.
8P ‘EastEnders‘ finished with an average 4.9 million viewers.
830P ‘Room 101‘
9P ‘MasterChef UK‘ finished with an average 3.9 million viewers.
930P ‘Have I Got News For You‘ season 55 premiere finished #1 non-soap program in the UK Friday evening with an average 4.2 million viewers.
BBC Two
The Little Two
7P ‘Match of the Day Live England v Wales‘ Women’s World Cup Qualifier
9P ‘The City & the City‘
Channel 4
The Big Four
8P ‘I Don’t Like Mondays‘ finished with an average 900,000 viewers.
9P ‘Googlebox‘ finished with an average 3.0 million viewers.
Channel 5
The Viacom Five
7P ‘The Gadget Show‘
8P ‘Britain’s Great Cathedrals with Tony Robinson‘
9P ‘Jane McDonald & 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.
Seven
The Second Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 45.9% share.
7P ‘Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games‘ finished #1 program Friday evening with an average 1.090 million viewers.
Nine
The First Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 21.5% share.
7P ‘A Current Affair‘ finished with an average 610,000 viewers.
729P ‘Vet On The Hill‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
836P ‘About A Boy‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
Ten
The CBS Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 13.2% share.
7P ‘The Project‘ finished with an average 342,000 viewers.
730P ‘Living room‘ finished with an average 358,000 viewers.
830P ‘Hughesy, We Have A Problem‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
930P ‘The Graham Norton Show‘ rerun did not finish in the top 20 programs.
ABC
The Alphabet Network in Australia finished with a 14.4% share.
730P ‘Gardening Australia‘ finished with an average 385,000 viewers.
832P ‘Harrow‘ finished with an average 462,000 viewers.
925P ‘Silent Witness‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
SBS
The Special Broadcast Service in Australia finished with a 5.0% 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‘ (‘Lies, Amplifiers, F__king Twitter’) did not finish in the top 20 programs.
940P ‘Saul fia: Son Of Saul‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
Top Newscasts In Australia
#1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 882,000 viewers #1 in Adelaide & Perth
#2 NINE NEWS Nine 865,000 viewers #1 in Sydney & Melbourne
#3 NINE NEWS 6:30 Nine 814,000 viewers Melbourne top market
#4 SEVEN NEWS/TT Seven 719,000 viewers #1 in Brisbane
#5 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 579,000 viewers Melbourne top market
#6 EYEWITNESS NEWS Ten 414,000 viewers Sydney top market
SATURDAY AUSTRALIAN OVERNIGHT TV RATINGS
Saturday Australian Overnight TV Ratings
SATURDAY 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.

Seven #1 broadcast network dominated Saturday in Australia as ‘2018 Commonwealth Games’ top program.
Seven
The Second Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 50.3% share.
7P ‘Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games‘ finished #1 Saturday evening with an average 979,000 viewers.
ABC
The Alphabet Network in Australia finished with a 17.1% share.
732P ‘Father Brown‘ (‘The Kembleford Dragon’) finished with an average 594,000 viewers.
818P ‘The Good Karma Hospital‘ finished with an average 505,000 viewers.
906P ‘Prime Suspect 1973‘ finished with ana average 223,000 viewers.
Nine
The First Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 19.1% share.
7P ‘No Reservations‘ finished with an average 235,000 viewers.
915P ‘Nine Presents‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
918P ‘Burnt‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
Ten
The CBS Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 7.3% share.
7P ‘Bondi Rescue‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
730P ‘NCIS‘ rerun (‘One Man’s Trash’) did not finish in the top 20 programs.
830P ‘Law & Order:SVU‘ rerun did not finish in the top 20 programs.
930P ‘Bachelor In Paradise‘ rerun did not finish in the top 20 programs.
SBS
The Special Broadcast Service in Australia finished with a 6.2% share.
730P ‘George Iii: The Genius Of The Mad King‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
830P ‘Travel Man‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
9P ‘Live Premier League Everton V Liverpool‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
Top Newscasts In Australia
#1 SEVEN NEWS – SAT Channel 7 940,000 199,000 287,000 258,000 73,000 122,000
#2 NINE NEWS SATURDAY Channel 9 678,000 198,000 230,000 98,000 73,000 79,000
#3 ABC NEWS-SA ABC 576,000 148,000 196,000 87,000 56,000 89,000
#4 TEN EYEWITNESS NEWS SAT Channel 10 250,000 63,000 67,000 57,000 21,000 42,000
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