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Broadcast News & Late Night Series 3.1-3.7.2021

Posted March 9, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 10: March 1-7, 2021 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

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A MIDSUMMER STUDIO’S REPORT CARD: Universal

Posted July 11, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> With a summer movie season bracketed by the first weekend in May on one end, and Labor Day on the other, we’ve reached the midpoint of 2011’s array of blockbusters, and for the next week, here at SHOWBUZZDAILY, we’ll be providing our judgments on how the studios are doing.  US Grosses and Overseas Grosses […]

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THE SKED: Darkness for “Enlightened”

Posted March 19, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Even at HBO, someone has to watch your show.  The network announced today that ENLIGHTENED won’t be returning for a third season.  The Mike White/Laura Dern dramedy earned its share of praise, but its Season 2 finale was watched by 200,000 people–and that’s not 18-49s, that’s the total number of people in America who […]

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THE SKED: Are You Ready For Some (Thursday) Football?

Posted July 20, 2011 by Mitch Salem

>   At this point, it would be fairly shocking if the NFL and its players didn’t settle their labor dispute in time to have a full pro football season.  (That sound is NBC falling to its knees in relief.)  One issue that seems likely to remain unresolved in the new labor agreement is the […]

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/31/13

Posted April 1, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Considering all that was happening on cable last night, it’s not much of a surprise that hardly anyone showed up at the networks. ABC:  The network started the night with a ONCE UPON A TIME rerun, and its dismal 0.6 set the stage for ugly numbers for REVENGE (1.5, barely above the series low) and […]

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THE SKED: Cable Ratings July 19-25

Posted July 27, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>In the past seven days of cable programs, HBO’s TRUE BLOOD leads the way in Adults 18-49 rating.  The next ten spots in the chart is a cavalcade of white trash characters and concepts, from PAWN STARS to WWE wrestling.  Additionally, USA’s Thursday drama duo of BURN NOTICE and SUITS easily makes our list of […]

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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/9/13

Posted April 10, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  NBC’s curse continues. NBC:  The network really thought it had something with the dating show READY FOR LOVE, promoting it like crazy and clearing Tuesdays of Go On, The New Normal and Smash so it could pair 2-hour episodes with THE VOICE.  But last night’s blah result was a 1.6, and as Mitch Metcalf […]

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Festival Titles, Round 2

Posted August 3, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> The Toronto Film Festival has announced its second helping of titles for next month’s worldwide gathering of film professionals and fanatics.  These may be less star-studded than the last group of films announced, but there are still quite a few intriguing titles.  As part of our continuing coverage of the movie awards season that, […]

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