Archive for February, 2026
 

 

The Sked: SUNDAY Ratings 9.7.2014

Sunday preliminary broadcast ratings (adult 18-49 ratings for last night, the same night last year and same night last week).  The NFL Sunday Night Football game on NBC is a preliminary 8.0 adult 18-49 rating but that should r...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “The Mindy Project”

  THE MINDY PROJECT:  Tuesday 9:30PM on FOX After an uneven season and a half that seemed to slide from one genre and tone to the next on a nearly weekly basis (it’s a rom-com!  it’s a workplace comedy!), lea...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.25.2014

  Shondaland is open for business. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment) Thursday, the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audien...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Monday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 9.22.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ABC benefited most from the adjusted ratings for Monday night, with both DANCING WITH THE STARS and the preview of FOREVER gaining 0.2.  The 8PM episode of THE BIG BANG THEORY found an extra 0.1 (unli...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Wednesday Cable Originals: 9.17.2014

NETWORK UPDATE:  THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA lost 0.1 in final numbers to 2.0.  With quarter-hour info, the spread between the end of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT (which gained 0.1 in adjusted numbers) and LAURA also got starker:  a 1....
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY NETWORK SCORECARD 9.18.2014

  Even football was subdued on a very quiet night. CBS:  A blowout win by Atlanta over Tampa Bay tested even NFL fans, as THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL crashed by 2.2 from last week to a 3.3 preliminary rating.  That will go u...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Once Upon A Time”

  ONCE UPON A TIME:  Sunday 8PM on ABC As everyone knows by now, Season 4 of ONCE UPON A TIME is aiming for a grand slam of corporate synergy, combining its Disney-owned network and Disney-owned TV series with Disney Anim...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: FRIDAY Ratings 9.5.2014

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL The chart above goes beyond the adult 18-49 rating, adding other key advertiser sales demographics (adult 18-34 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares), and total vie...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: WEDNESDAY Ratings 9.3.2014

Wednesday preliminary broadcast ratings (adult 18-49 ratings for last night, the same night last year and same night last week). DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL The chart above goes beyond the adult 18-49 rating, adding other key advertiser...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto 2014 Mini-Reviews

  As has been generally reported, this year’s Toronto Film Festival wasn’t a dominant one, lacking the kind of overwhelming favorites that The King’s Speech and Argo have been in recent years.  Some potentially majo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto 2014 Review: “This Is Where I Leave You”

  THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU (Warners) – Opens September 19 – Worth A Ticket Jonathan Tropper’s very successful day job is writing seriocomic novels about families and romance that are distinguished by the...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Nashville”

  NASHVILLE:  Wednesday 10PM on ABC NASHVILLE has both improved and flattened out over time.  When the series started, it was frustratingly uneven, but also trying to do something potentially exciting:  combine the appe...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates SEP 12-14, 2014

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #37 of 2014 looks like $79 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, only 5% below the norm for this weekend ($83 million). Opening at 2,175 theaters, No Good De...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Behind the Friday Box Office – 9/19/14

  OPENINGS:  As YA franchises go, the $11.3M opening day for THE MAZE RUNNER (20th) was ahead of the $9.6M for the first Percy Jackson, which ended up with a $31.2M weekend.  Maze is being pitched more to teens than to f...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 9.24.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  MODERN FAMILY gained 0.2 in final numbers, and both THE MIDDLE and THE GOLDBERGS climbed 0.1, although BLACK-ISH and NASHVILLE remained where they were.  SVU found an extra 0.1, as did RED BAND SOCIETY...
by Mitch Metcalf