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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Thursday Cable Originals (and Network Update): 8.28.2014

Posted August 29, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Now that the preseason football preemptions have been scrubbed out of the network ratings, we can see that it was an ugly night for ABC, where a 2-hour episode of THE QUEST dropped 0.2 from last week to a horrific 0.3.  It was followed by 0.6 for WORLD’S WILDEST COMMERCIALS.  The only new […]

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 8/30/13

Posted August 31, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  The $8.9M start for ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US (TriStar/Sony), which includes $2.7M from Thursday night, was behind only the Justin Bieber concert movie ($12.4M) among recent debuts in its genre, surpassing efforts devoted to Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Michael Jackson and The Jonas Brothers.  The Bieber picture declined on Saturday and slumped […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Goats”

Posted January 27, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  Virtually every screening at Sundance is followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker, and while these sessions can be informative and charming (although 3 questions that need never be asked again are How long did you shoot?  What was the budget? and How much was improvised?), they can also be quite sad.  Watching them, […]

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Box Office Year to Date and Studio Scorecards

Posted May 19, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Looking at wide-release films in North America (those that play on at least 400 screens at some point), 2013 now totals just over $3.1 billion, down 13% from 2012 and down 5% from the prior four-year average 2009-2012.  Still a very mediocre year.  Each year-to-date period below is defined as the first Monday after New […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Immortals”

Posted November 11, 2011 by Mitch Salem

  IMMORTALS:  Watch It At Home – Brainless, Violent and Weirdly Spectacular   There’s no question that the director Tarsem Singh has an eye.  Singh started as a director of commercials and music videos–his most famous is probably REM’s “Losing My Religion”–and his features The Cell and The Fall both had striking, memorable visuals.  Both […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.13.2021

Posted July 14, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Tuesday July 13, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.23.2019

Posted June 25, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of HOLEY MOLEY lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The night’s Viacom simulcast was the BET AWARDS.  At its home base, it was at 0.95 with what appear to be 2 after-shows at 0.86/0.44, […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.5.2020

Posted October 6, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

NOTE: The ABC numbers below will decline slightly in the official nationals this afternoon because of local pre-emptions in Kansas City and Milwaukee for NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (aired nationally on ESPN). The CBS numbers below for the NFL special game (rescheduled from Sunday afternoon) will rise in the official nationals when live viewing on […]

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