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THURSDAY BOXOFFICE: “Star Trek” Doesn’t Go So Boldly

Posted May 17, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  The Hollywood Reporter has the Thursday boxoffice for STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS (Paramount) at $13.5M, which given the strong reviews and general hype would be a tad disappointing.  Comparisons with the 2009 Star Trek are tricky, because that opened on Thursday night/Friday rather than Wednesday night/Thursday (Star Trek had a $30.9M opening for its […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 4/29/12

Posted April 29, 2012 by Mitch Salem

>   Hold all tickets for 2d place. OPENINGS:  As of now, THE PIRATES!  BAND OF MISFITS (Sony), THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT (Universal), THE LUCKY ONE (Warners) and THE HUNGER GAMES (Lionsgate/Summit) are all projected to gross within a $243,000 range for the weekend, with Pirates on top with $11.4M and Engagement bringing up the rear […]

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Fall Pilots

PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED PILOT REVIEW – CBS’s “Hostages”

Posted September 23, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here. HOSTAGES:  Monday 10PM on CBS starting September 23 – Potential DVR Alert HOSTAGES, like this summer’s Under the Dome, finds CBS stretching its legs, expanding its brand into new areas.  The serialized drama will have a limited run of 15 episodes this fall, sharing its timeslot with […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 3.26.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted March 29, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Even by Saturday standards, it was an extremely quiet night on the networs.  CW’s original was at 0.06.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On TBS, however, the NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at 2.82/1.88, and the network’s “sneak preview” lead-out of RAT IN THE KITCHEN was at 0.37.  […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.27.2016

Posted September 28, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes for BULL or THIS IS US in final numbers.  However, THE VOICE gained 0.1, while SCREAM QUEENS lost the same, the latter pushing the show down to a truly awful 0.7.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.22.2020

Posted July 23, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The reruns of CHICAGO MED and MASTERCHEF lost 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE was again at the top of Wednesday cable, despite a 0.11 drop to 0.45.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS […]

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THE SKED PILOT REPORT: ABC’s “Pan Am” – PREMIERING TONIGHT

Posted September 25, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall.  Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot.  So these critiques shouldn’t be taken as full TV pilot reviews, but rather as a guide to the general style and content […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2.7.2020

Posted February 8, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

  It was political wrestling over the physical kind. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings […]

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