Reality, Comedy/Soap and more Reality dominated viewing on television throughout the world on Wednesday.
The Daily Diary Of Screens #dailydiaryofscreens 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇦🇺💻📱📺🎬🌎🗺️🇮🇳. For Wednesday, May 2, 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 ‘Survivor‘ was the top program.
In the U.S., TEL #1 Hispanic network as ‘Enemigo Intimo,’ was the top Hispanic program.
In the UK, ITV #1 broadcast network as ‘Benidorm‘ as was the top non-soap program and ‘Coronation Street‘ was the top program/soap.
In Australia, Seven #1 broadcast network as ‘My Kitchen Rules‘ was the top broadcast program and ‘Seven News‘ #1 newscast.
‘Avengers: Infinity War‘ was the #1 film at the domestic box office this weekend. See Below.
‘Rampage‘ was the #1 film at the international box office this weekend. See Below.
In Canada, CTV Total #1 network week of 9-15 April 2018 as ‘The Big Bang Theory‘ with 3.215 million viewers was the #1 program in Canada.
In Canada, TVA #1 network week of 9-15 April 2018 as ‘La Voix‘ with 2.017 million viewers was the #1 program in Québec
In Argentina (AR), El Trece #1 broadcast network as ‘Simona‘ was the top program 2 May 2018.
In Uruguay (UL), Canal 10 was the #1 broadcast networks as ‘Escape Perfecto‘ was the top program 2 May 2018.
In Chile (CL), MEGA #1 broadcast network as ‘PNP‘ premiere was the top program 2 May 2018.
In Perú (PE), ‘AméricaTV‘ #1 broadcast network as ‘Ojitos hechiceros‘ top program 26 April 2018 with 1.3 million viewers.
In Colombia (CO), Caracol #1 broadcast network as ‘La Mamá del 10‘ top program 2 May 2018.
In México (MX), Las Estrellas #1 broadcast network as ‘La Rosa‘ finale was the top Méxican program 2 May 2018 with 3.1 million viewers.
In India, Sun TV #1 Hindi broadcast network as ZEE TV’s ‘Kumkum Bhagya‘ was the top program with 5.878 million impressions and ‘Comedy Central‘ was the #1 English broadcast network (339,000 impressions) during week #15 on 7-13 April 2018.
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‘Avengers:Infinity War‘ #1 at the U.S. box office weekend 27-29 April 2018. Complete box office Top Ten this weekend listed below.
Rampage #1 at the International box office weekend 13-15 April 2018. Complete box office Top Ten this weekend listed below.
This Weekend in 1943, ‘Sherlock Holmes in Washington‘ directed by Roy William Neill and starred Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce an Marjorie Lord. The film was the fifth in the series.
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 Ninth 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 6 million new members sign up in Q1 2018. It now has 336 million monthly active users. 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.
Twitter Releases Major Events Calendar for May to Assist with Strategic Planning. May is here already? To help with your strategic planning, and enable you to tap into relevant events, Twitter has released its latest monthly calendar, which outlines all the major dates to be aware of, along with their relative tweet volume, showing you where the platform’s audience is most engaged.
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 Wednesday, May 2, 2018 (Posted on May 3, 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 finished #1 Wednesday in prime time as ‘Survivor’ again was tops.
8P ‘Survivor‘ finished #1 program Wednesday in prime time with an average 7.767 million viewers.
9P ‘Seal Team‘ finished with an average 5.934 million viewers.
10P ‘Code Black‘ finished with an average 5.103 million viewers.
NBC
The Peacock Network
8P ‘The Blacklist‘ finished with an average 5.473 million viewers.
9P ‘Law & Order:SVU‘ finished #1 in the time slot with an average 6.271 million viewers.
10P ‘Chicago PD‘ finished #1 in the time slot with an average 6.061 million viewers.
FOX
The Animal Network of Broadcast
8P ‘Empire‘ finished with an average 5.251 million viewers.
9P ‘Star‘ finished with an average 3.881 million viewers.
ABC
The Alphabet Network
8P ‘The Goldbergs‘ finished with an average 4.887 million viewers.
830P ‘Alex, Inc.‘ finished with an average 3.225 million viewers.
9P ‘Modern Family‘ finished with an average 4.651 million viewers.
930P ‘American Housewife‘ finished with an average 3.746 million viewers.
10P ‘Designated Survivor‘ finished with an average 3.578 million viewers.
The CW
The Little Network That Couldn’t …
8P ‘Riverdale‘ finished with an average 1.114 million viewers.
9P ‘The Originals‘ finished with an average 929,000 viewers.
For The Record
CBS finished #1 broadcast network in prime time Wednesday with an average 6.268 million viewers.
NBC finished with an average 5.935 million viewers.
FOX finished with an average 4.566 million viewers.
ABC finished with an average 3.944 million viewers.
The CW finished with an average 1.052 million viewers.
UNI finished with an average 1.041 million viewers.
Broadcast (Big Five) Networks finished with an estimated 21.765 million viewers, DOWN -469,000 viewers (-2.1%) vs 22.234 million viewers SD 2017.
Today In Communication History
On this date in 1948, the very 1st broadcast of ‘CBS Evening News‘, today longest running network news show in the US, went on the air.
Quote Of The Day
‘I feel lucky.’
Douglas Edwards
Television News
Digital Will Overtake Television This Year In Consumer Consumption
Digital’s share of the amount of time global consumers spend with media in 2018 will hit 38% this year, overtaking linear TV for the first time, which will achieve a 37% share, GroupM reports. Per an article written by John Glenday in The Drum (050318), radio will take an 18% share, and print will account for 7% of time spent with media. Consumers will spend 9.73 hours with media in 2018, up from 9.68 hours in 2017, with online accounting for a 38% share (3.69 hours) of this total and linear TV falling a slightly behind at 37% (3.63 hours). This has been made possible by 15% growth in e-commerce, creating a market worth $2.442tn, the equivalent of 10% of all retail. Print and radio are predicted to account for 0.68 hours and 1.73 hours respectively for the year, equating to a share of 7& and 18% respectively.
Cinema News
Box Office Weekend 27-29 April 2018 Domestic
#1 ‘Avengers:Infinity War’ $257,698,183 in 4,474 theaters
#2 ‘A Quiet Place’ $ 11,004,977 in 3,565 theaters
#3 ‘I Feel Pretty’ $ 8,176,757 in 3,440 theaters
#4 ‘Rampage’ $ 7,205,315 in 3,508 theaters
#5 ‘Black Panther’ $ 4,736,428 in 1,650 theaters
#6 ‘Super Troopers 2’ $ 3,729,287 in 2,125 theaters
#7 ‘Truth Or Dare’ $ 3,268,145 in 2,420 theaters
#8 ‘Blockers’ $ 2,975,260 in 2,324 theaters
#9 ‘Ready Player One’ $ 2,563,325 in 2,365 theaters
#10’Traffik’ $ 1,654,694 in 1,046 theaters
Box Office Weekend 13-15 April 2018 (International)
#1 ‘Rampage’ $114.100,000 in 61 markets
#2 ‘Ready Player One’ $ 33,800,000 in 65 markets
#3 ‘A Quiet Place’ $ 22.300,000 in 56 markets
#4 ‘Peter Rabbit’ $ 12,700,000 in 59 markets
#5 ‘Pacific Rim Uprising’ $ 6,100,000 in 66 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 Wednesday as ‘Benidorm’ was the #1 non-soap program and ‘Corrie’ was the top program/soap.
ITV
The Independent One
7P ‘Emmerdale‘ finished with an average 5.5 million viewers.
730P ‘Coronation Street‘ finished with an average 6.3 million viewers.
8P ‘Heathrow: Britain’s Busiest Airport‘ finished with an average 3.3 million viewers.
830P ‘Coronation Street‘ finished with an average 5.7 million viewers.
9P ‘Benidorm‘ season finale finished with an average 3.3 million viewers. ITV stated, ‘No decision has been made regarding any further series of Benidorm.’
BBC One
The Big One
7P ‘The One Show‘ finished with an average 2.7 million viewers.
8P ‘Watchdog‘ finished with an average 2.6 million viewers.
9P ‘Britain’s Fat Fight with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall‘
BBC Two
The Little Two
7P ‘Snooker:The World Championship‘
8P ‘Top of the Shop with Tom Kerridge‘
9P ‘Love In The Countryside‘
Channel 4
The Big Four
8P ‘The Secret Life of the Zoo‘
9P ‘One Born Every Minute‘
Channel 5
The Viacom Five
7P ‘Police Interceptors‘
8P ‘GPs:Behind Closed Doors
9P ‘Rich House Poor House‘ finished with an average 1.2 million viewers.
BT Sports
The Sporting UK Network
7P ‘Roma v Liverpool‘ finished with an average 1.6 million viewers.
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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 an estimated average 867,333 viewers and a 33.2% share.
7P ‘Home and Away‘ finished with an average 741,000 viewers.
730P ‘My Kitchen Rules‘ finished with an average 1.221 million viewers.
9P ‘Modern Family‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
930P ‘Back With The Ex‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
Nine
The First Commercial Network in Australia finished with an estimated average 585,500 viewers and a 26.5% share.
7P ‘A Current Affair‘ finished with an average 808,000 viewers.
731P ‘Young Sheldon‘ finished with an average 737,000 viewers.
759P ‘The Big Bang Theory‘ finished with an average 643,000 viewers.
830P ‘Britain’s Got Talent‘ finished with an average 525,000 viewers.
902P ‘‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
ABC
The Alphabet Network in Australia finished with an average 582,000 viewers and a 18.7% share.
730P ‘7.30 Report‘ finished with an average 584,000 viewers.
801P ‘Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery‘ finished with an average 609,000 viewers.
833P ‘Gruen‘ finished with an average 734,000 viewers.
910P ‘The Weekly With Charlie Pickering‘ finished with an average 583,000 viewers.
939P ‘Corey White’s Roadmap To Paradise’ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
Ten
The CBS Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 14.6% share.
7P ‘The Project‘ finished with an average 507,000 viewers.
730P ‘Meghan Markle: A Modern Princess‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
830P ‘The Graham Norton Show‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
930P ‘This Is Us‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
SBS
The Special Broadcast Service in Australia finished with a 7.0% share.
730P ‘Great Continental Railway Journeys‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
835P ‘Clean Eating: The Dirty Truth‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
935P ‘The Good Fight‘ (‘Day 464’) did not finish in the top 20 programs.
Top Newscasts In Australia
#1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,028,000 viewers #1 in Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth
#2 SEVEN NEWS/TT Seven 996,000 viewers #1 in Sydney
#3 NINE NEWS Nine 899,000 viewers #1 in Melbourne
#4 NINE NEWS 6:30 Nine 862,000 viewers Melbourne top market
#5 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 699,000 viewers Melbourne top market
#6 EYEWITNESS NEWS Ten 409,000 viewers Melbourne top market
THURSDAY AUSTRALIAN OVERNIGHT TV RATINGS
Thursday Australian Overnight TV Ratings
THURSDAY 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
The Second Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 36.2% share.
7P ‘Home and Away‘ finished with an average 732,000 viewers.
730P ‘My Kitchen Rules‘ finished with an average 1.185 million viewers.
9P ‘The Front Bar‘ finished with an average viewers.
Nine
The First Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 26.8% share.
7P ‘A Current Affair‘ finished with an average 788,000 viewers.
730P ‘RBT‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
830P ‘The Footy Show‘ finished with an average 403,000 viewers.
Ten
The CBS Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 9.6% share.
7P ‘The Project‘ finished with an average 501,000 viewers.
730P ‘Show Me The Movie‘ finished with an average 362,000 viewers.
830P ‘Joel Creasey Fame Whore‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
ABC
The Alphabet Network in Australia finished with a 14.6% share.
730P ‘7.30 Report‘ finished with an average 535,000 viewers.
801P ‘Kiri‘ finished with an average 357,000 viewers.
850P ‘Wentworth‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
939P ‘QI‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
SBS
The Special Broadcast Service in Australia finished with a 7.5% share.
730P ‘Great British Railway Journeys‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
805P ‘Luke Nguyen’s Food Trail’ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
835P ‘The Handmaid’s Tale‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
940P ‘Next Of Kin‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
Top Newscasts In Australia
#1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 968,000 viewers #1 in Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth
#2 SEVEN NEWS/TT Seven 960,000 viewers Melbourne top market
#3 NINE NEWS 6:30 Nine 919,000 viewers #1 in Sydney & Melbourne
#4 NINE NEWS Nine 916,000 viewers Melbourne top market
#5 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 717,000 viewers Melbourne top market
#6 EYEWITNESS NEWS Ten 415,000 viewers Melbourne top market
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