Drama and Reality dominated viewing on television throughout the world on Friday.
The Daily Diary Of Screens #dailydiaryofscreens 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇦🇺💻📱📺🎬🌎🗺️🇮🇳. For Friday, May 11, 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 ‘The Big Bang Theory‘ was the top program with 15.001 million viewers.
In the UK, ratings delayed. Will be posted when available.
In Australia, Ten #1 broadcast network as ‘MasterChef AU‘ 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.
‘Avengers: Infinity War‘ was the #1 film at the international box office this weekend. See Below.
In Canada, CTV Total #1 network week of 16-22 April 2018 as ‘The Big Bang Theory‘ with 3.192 million viewers was the #1 program in Canada.
In Canada, TVA #1 network week of 16-22 April 2018 as ‘La Voix‘ with 1.784 million viewers was the #1 program in Québec
In Argentina (AR), Telefe #1 broadcast network as ‘100 dias‘ was the top program 10 May 2018.
In Uruguay (UL), Canal 10 was the #1 broadcast networks as ‘Uruguayos En El Mundo‘ was the top program 10 May 2018.
In Chile (CL), MEGA #1 broadcast network as ‘PNP‘ was the top program 10 May 2018.
In Perú (PE), ‘AméricaTV‘ #1 broadcast network as ‘Ojitos hechiceros‘ top program 9 May 2018 with 1.2 million viewers.
In Colombia (CO), Caracol #1 broadcast network as ‘La Mama del 10‘ top program 10 May 2018.
In México (MX), Las Estrellas #1 broadcast network as ‘La Rosa‘ finale was the top Méxican program 9 May 2018 with 2.9 million viewers.
In India (IN), Star Sports 1 Hindi #1 Hindi broadcast network as ZEE TV’s ‘Kundali Bhagya‘ was the top program with 6.892 million impressions and ‘Comedy Central‘ was the #1 English broadcast network (341,000 impressions) during week #17 on 21-27 April 2018.
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‘Avengers:Infinity War‘ #1 at the U.S. box office weekend 4-6 May 2018. Complete box office Top Ten this weekend listed below.
Rampage #1 at the International box office weekend 4-6 May 2018. Complete box office Top Ten this weekend listed below.
This Weekend in 1943, ‘Five Graves to Cairo‘ 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 Tenth 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.
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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, May 11, 2018 (Posted on May 12, 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 broadcast network Friday behind ‘BossHawaiiBlue’ leading the entire evening.
8P ‘Undercover Boss‘ season premiere finished #1 in the time slot with an average 5.038 million viewers.
9P ‘Hawaii Five-0‘ finished #1 in the time slot with an average 7.049 million viewers.
10P ‘Blue Bloods‘ season finale finished #1 program Friday in prime time with an average 8.744 million viewers. Absolute Must See TV/On Demand/Live Streaming episode. Finally, a season ending surprise that makes this one of the best programs on television.
ABC
The Alphabet Network
8P ‘Once Upon A Time‘ finished with an average 2.314 million viewers.
9P ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D‘ finished with an average 1.938 million viewers.
10P ‘20/20‘ finished with an average 2.450 million viewers.
NBC
The Peacock Network
8P ‘Blindspot‘ finished with an average 2.791 million viewers.
9P ‘Dateline NBC‘ finished with an average 3.907 million viewers.
10P ‘Dateline NBC‘ finished with an average 4.416 million viewers.
FOX
The Animal Network of Broadcast
8P ‘Meghan Markle:An American Princess‘ finished with an average 3.466 million viewers.
9P ‘Meghan Markle:An American Princess‘ finished with an average 3.854 million viewers.
The CW
The Little Network That Couldn’t …
8P ‘Dynasty‘ finished with an average 578,000 viewers.
9P ‘Life Sentence‘ finished with an average 376,000 viewers.
For The Record
CBS finished #1 broadcast network Friday in prime time with an average 6.944 million viewers.
NBC finished with an average 3.705 million viewers.
FOX finished with an average 3.660 million viewers.
ABC finished with an average 2.234 million viewers.
The CW finished with an average 477,000 viewers.
Broadcast (Big Five) Networks finished with an estimated 17.020 million viewers.
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SUNDAY NEWS PROGRAMING RATINGS May 6, 2018
#1 NBC ‘Meet the Press’ 3.420 million viewers.
#2 ABC ‘This Week’ 2.888 million viewers.
#3 CBS ‘Face the Nation 2.844 million viewers.
#4 FOX ‘Fox News Sunday’ 1.189 million viewers.
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Box Office Weekend 4-6 May 2018 Domestic
#1 ‘Avengers:Infinity War’ $114,6774,810 in 4,474 theaters
#2 ‘Overboard’ $ 14,711,101 in 1,623 theaters
#3 ‘A Quiet Place’ $ 7,763,085 in 3,413 theaters
#4 ‘I Feel Pretty’ $ 5,050,520 in 3,232 theaters
#5 ‘Rampage’ $ 4,637,400 in 3,151 theaters
#6 ‘Tully’ $ 3,282,610 in 1,353 theaters
#7 ‘Black Panther’ $ 3,254,977 in 1,641 theaters
#8 ‘Truth Or Dare’ $ 1,887,970 in 1,904 theaters
#9 ‘Super Troopers 2’ $ 1,871,303 in 2,118 theaters
#10 ‘Blockers’ $ 1,751,340 in 1,672 theaters
Box Office Weekend 27-29 April 2018 (International)
#1 ‘Avengers:Invinity War’ $382,700,000 in 52 markets
#2 ‘Rampage’ $ 16,200,000 in 61 markets
#3 ‘Ready Player One’ $ 8,600,000 in 63 markets
#4 ‘A Quiet Place’ $ 6,600,000 in 57 markets
#5 ‘Peter Rabbit’ $ 5,700,000 in 55 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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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 #1 broadcast network Friday with an average 578,000 viewers and a 32.6% share.
7P ‘Better Homes & Gardens‘ finished #1 program Friday evening with an average 593,000 viewers.
730P ‘AFL:Rnd 8: Hawthorn V Sydney‘ finished with an average 575,000 million viewers.
Nine
The First Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 24.8% share.
7P ‘A Current Affair‘ finished with an average 582,000 viewers.
730P ‘Vet On The Hill‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
836P ‘The Birdcage‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
Ten
The CBS Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 15.4% share.
7P ‘The Project‘ finished with an average 385,000 viewers.
730P ‘The Living Room‘ finished with an average 389,000 viewers.
830P ‘The Graham Norton Show‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
930P ‘Hughesy, We Have A Problem‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
ABC
The Alphabet Network in Australia finished with a 18.0% share.
730P ‘Gardening Australia‘ finished with an average 465,000 viewers.
830P ‘Harrow‘ finished with an average 571,000 viewers.
925P ‘Silent Witness‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
SBS
The Special Broadcast Service in Australia finished with an average 319,000 viewers and a 9.2% share.
730P ‘Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Semi Final‘ finished with an average 319,000 viewers.
Top Newscasts
#1 SEVEN NEWS Seven 946,000 viewers #1 in Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth
#2 SEVEN NEWS/TT Seven 894,000 viewers Melbourne top market
#3 NINE NEWS Nine 861,000 viewers #1 in Sydney & Melbourne
#4 NINE NEWS 6:30 Nine 796,000 viewers Melbourne top market
#5 ABC NEWS-EV ABC 641,000 viewers Melbourne top market
#6 EYEWITNESS NEWS Ten 450,000 viewers Melbourne top market
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.
ABC
The Alphabet Network in Australia finished #1 broadcast network Saturday evening with an estimated average 476,200 viewers and a 18.5% share.
730P ‘Father Brown‘ (‘The Cat Of Mastigatus’) finished #1 Saturday evening with an average 604,000 viewers.
817P ‘Royal Wives Of Windsor‘ finished with an average 454,000 viewers. 529
948P ‘Inspector George Gently‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs 340
Nine
The First Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 23.5% share.
7P ‘Mothers Day‘ finished with an average 396,000 viewers.
925P ‘Miss Congeniality‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
Seven
The Second Commercial Network in Australia finished with an estimated 379,667 viewers and a 38.2% share.
7P ‘The kick‘ finished with an average 361,000 viewers.
8P ‘AFL:Rnd 8: Fremantle V St Kilda‘ finished with an average 389,000 viewers.
Ten
The CBS Commercial Network in Australia finished with a 11.7% share.
630P ‘David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities‘ finished with an average viewers.
730P ‘Ambulance‘ finished with an average 272,000 viewers.
845P ‘Meghan Markle: The First American Princess‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
SBS
The Special Broadcast Service in Australia finished with a 8.1% share.
730P ‘Eurovision Top 40 Controversies‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
930P ‘Spice Girls: Live In Istanbul‘ did not finish in the top 20 programs.
Top Newscasts
#1 SEVEN NEWS–SAT Seven 960,000 viewers #1 in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth
#2 NINE NEWS SAT Nine 707,000 viewers #1 in Melbourne
#3 ABC NEWS-SA ABC 621,000 viewers Melbourne top market
#4 EYEWITNESS NEWS Ten 313,000 viewers Sydney top market
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