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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.25.2021

Posted May 26, 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 May 25, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Drive”

Posted September 12, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> DRIVE is a self-conscious genre movie, and those are tricky propositions.  On the one hand, you need to make your existential or other textual statement with all the artistry at your command; on the other, you still have to fulfill the demands of the genre you’ve chosen.  If you do it right, you have […]

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 5.27.2018

Posted May 27, 2018 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  With the addition of Saturday and overseas numbers, SOLO (Lucasfilm/Disney) is starting to shift from a disappointment to a potential disaster.  In the US, Solo fell 30% on Saturday (by comparison, last year’s Memorial Day opening Pirates of the Caribbean 5, a movie no one particularly loved, dropped only 14% on its Saturday, […]

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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: ABC Midseason Trailer – “Mixology”

Posted May 14, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Another TBD for ABC’s midseason:  the high-concept comedy MIXOLOGY.  The entire season takes place in a single night, at a bar where 10 single people are looking for love (or a close substitute), which–if things don’t go well–has the potential of feeling like one long night.  Think of it as a sitcom 24, but […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 8.29.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals &; Network Finals (UPDATED)

Posted August 31, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS: ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.55, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD rose 0.04 to 0.57, THE CHASE dropped 0.13 to 0.47, and TO TELL THE TRUTH was down a tenth to 0.37. CBS:  BIG BROTHER lost 0.07 to 0.99.  It was preceded by a rerun 60 MINUTES at 0.70, and […]

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THURSDAY Ratings — Early Results

Posted September 16, 2011 by Mitch Salem

>Two shows premiered last night, both on The CW.  Vampire Diaries returned to a 1.4 Adult 18-49 rating, while Secret Circle debuted at almost the same level (1.3 rating).  Last year Vampire Diaries debuted with a 1.6 rating, and we’ll need to wait until next week to see if the Vampire Diaries can defend its […]

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THE SKED’s Fall TV Ratings Predictions – Friday

Posted May 23, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  We’ve arrived at Friday in our tour of the fall primetime schedule, and former head of NBC Scheduling Mitch Metcalf, former head of NBC Current Programming Ted Frank and I have our predictions ready.  (Here are our predictions for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.)  Friday is the least-watched (other than barely-programmed Saturday) and least dramatic […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.14.2021

Posted July 15, 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: Wednesday July 14, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

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