Sentence examples for initial showings from inspiring English sources

Mr. Schell said that "30 for 30" — which attracted an average of 1.2 million viewers for the initial showings of the documentaries — became a brand that was worth extending.

ENCINO, Calif., July 11 — In an unusually blunt session here on Wednesday, several of Hollywood's highest-ranking executives called for the end of the entertainment industry's decades-old system of paying so-called residuals for the reuse of movie and television programs after their initial showings.

According to consolidated figures the episode's BBC Three broadcast was watched by 0.97 million viewers, its BBC Two debut by 2.52 million viewers and the pre-watershed version by 1.00 million viewers, amounting to an aggregated total of 4.49 million viewers across its three initial showings.

According to consolidated figures the episode was viewed by 0.98 million viewers on BBC Three, 2.76 million viewers for its 12 March BBC Two showing and 1.02 million viewers for the pre-watershed repeat amounting to an aggregated 4.76 million viewers across its three initial showings.

According to consolidated figures the episode was viewed by 3.51 million viewers on BBC Two, 0.31 million viewers for its first BBC Three repeat and 1.15 million viewers for the pre-watershed repeat, amounting to an aggregated 4.97 million viewers across its three initial showings.

Both figures were for only the initial weekly showings on Sunday nights.

A query for 'Avatar' made it easy to find out how much the film grossed from its initial midnight showings, but didn't include its overall gross thus far (oddly, this fact was included when an 'Avatar' query was run from the site's Entertainment section).

Twitter's IPO comes after heavily hyped, but ultimately problematic, initial stock market showings from fellow social networking firms Facebook, Groupon and Zynga.

Its initial 10 episodes, in their premiere showings, each drew an average of about 1.3 million viewers in that age group, according to Nielsen Media Research.

There were conventions, live shows and repeat showings.

So far, Terminator: Genisys has banked $17 million worldwide after its initial limited weekday screenings in a few markets plus initial domestic showings.