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SHOWBUZZDAILY OSCAR WATCH: The WGA Nominations

Posted January 4, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  The Writers Guild of America, it should quickly be noted, operates under very strict eligibility rules, only allowing awards to go to films produced under WGA or WGA-affiliated contracts.  That disqualified a number of very prominent Oscar contenders this year, including Django Unchained, Les Miserables, Amour and Beasts of the Southern Wild, and left […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.24.2021

Posted July 27, 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: Saturday July 24, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.27.2019

Posted February 28, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  SURVIVOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE WORLD’S BEST lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader topped Wednesday cable at 0.78/0.60.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE ticked up to 0.53, with episodes of RIDICULOUSNESS at 0.20/0.18, compared […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 9.2.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals (UPDATED)

Posted September 3, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  CMA SUMMER JAM was at 0.46, down from the 0.8 for August 2019’s CMA FEST special. CBS:  BIG BROTHER dipped 0.07 to 0.92, followed by reruns at 0.17-0.31. NBC:  BROOKLYN NINE-NINE was at 0.28/0.25 compared to last week’s 0.40/0.33.  Reruns followed at 0.20/0.20. FOX:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL dominated the night at 1.71. […]

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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/21/13

Posted February 22, 2013 by Mitch Salem

Not the kind of history the major networks like to set. CW:  Last night may have been the first time a CW series beat not one, but two of the big networks, as THE VAMPIRE DIARIES climbed an impressive 0.3 to 1.3 and NBC and ABC fell.  At 9PM, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST was also […]

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Raven”

Posted April 27, 2012 by Mitch Salem

      THE RAVEN:  Watch It At Home – Not Much Tell-Tale Heart (Or Brain)   Sometimes less-than-great minds think alike, too.  The idea of Edgar Allen Poe as a detective investigating strange phenomena was at the center of ABC’s busted pilot Poe last year (see our pilot report here), but it seems the […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

Posted September 1, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

STUDIO SCORECARD. The worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date remain the same as last week’s. Reminder: the chart below has been reformatted and expanded to include a look at all releases from each studio, divided into three buckets: worldwide grosses of over $300 million, grosses between $100 million and $299 million, and films under […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.30.2016

Posted May 3, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s PREMIER BOXING lost 0.1 in final numbers, as did the NCIS rerun at 8PM.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports continued to ride high on cable, with TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game on top at 1.41, and ESPN’s afternoon coverage of the […]

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