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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Major Crimes”

  MAJOR CRIMES has been doing for TNT what it was created to do–that is, fill the hole left by the departure of the network’s long-running hit The Closer–and it’s earned the Season 2 renewal it̵...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: Wednesday Network Scorecard 1.2.2019

  2019 may have its first big hit. 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), a...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “CSI: Cyber”

  CSI:  CYBER – Wednesday 10PM on CBS – If Nothing Else Is On… Nobody tunes into a CSI show to be surprised.  The franchise has been spectacularly successful for CBS, and even now, 15 years into its run...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: Sun/Mon Cable Ratings Scorecard – 7/21-22

  SUNDAY HBO:  It’s still TRUE BLOOD season, and even though the show slipped 0.1 to 2.4 among 18-49s, holding more or less even in total viewers at 4.5M, that was by far the biggest cable rating of the night.  In ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 6.9.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  1/6 Committee coverage at 0.66 was followed by the special PRIDE TO BE SEEN at 0.25. CBS:  Committee coverage at 0.38 was followed by a BULL rerun at 0.23. NBC:  Committee coverage at 0.48 was f...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.18.2017

  NBC effectively had the night to itself. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audienc...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: CW Finds “Beauty & the Beast” Lovely Enough

  This is the time of year when tiny upticks in the ratings are taken for signs of health, and thus last night’s 0.1 increase for BEAUTY & THE BEAST bought it a full season back-order today, much as the previous ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Everything Is Awesome For “The Lego Movie”

  2014 has its first smash hit, as preliminary numbers at Deadline give THE LEGO MOVIE (Warners) a huge $18M Friday.  Since Saturday matinees should only boost the family-oriented animated comedy-adventure, that should br...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2.26.2019

  Veterans returned to NBC. 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...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 8/19/12

  A lot of product made for a decent weekend total, but none of the new films fared particularly well. OPENINGS:  THE EXPENDABLES 2 (Lionsgate) opened 20% behind its predecessor, when sequels usually open bigger (and the...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’s Sat-Mon Cable Ratings Scorecard: 6/1-3/13

  SATURDAY BBCAMERICA:  The ORPHAN BLACK season finale didn’t push it anywhere near the ratings big leagues, but at least it rounded up to a 0.2 in 18-49s, and it skewed fairly young, with that demo making up more t...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Hart of Dixie”

  HART OF DIXIE barely survived the hunger games known as network scheduling season this year–it won’t be back until midseason, with an abbreviated (and probably final) set of episodes, and even then only so it...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/28/11

> The only shows last night with ratings north of a 3 were reruns. FOX:  Even with weaker competition on both CBS and ABC, TERRA NOVA couldn’t climb more than 0.1 from last week’s season low, and with only 2 ep...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Crazy Stupid Love”

      CRAZY STUPID LOVE – Worth A Ticket:  It All Works     Without further ado:  CRAZY STUPID LOVE is the comedy of the summer.  Also the drama.  There are certainly spectacles out there now prov...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/30/12

> Frontloading strikes again. THE HUNGER GAMES (Lionsgate/Summit), with $18.9M on its 2nd Friday, is behaving like a sequel, even though it isn’t one.  It’s down 72% from opening day, which is consistent with t...
by Mitch Salem