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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 11.3.2024

  OPENINGS:  Despite being the only high-profile arrival of the week, and having a pedigree and visual style that guaranteed it media attention, Robert Zemeckis’s HERE (Miramax/TriStar/Sony) bombed with $5M.  It...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The 100″”

  Season 1 of CW’s THE 100 worked better than logic suggested it should, considering that it was basically a thrift shop of plotlines and tropes from other, more ambitious fantasies, some aimed at teens (The Hunger G...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere (-ish) Review: “Hart of Dixie”

  CW is treating Season 4 of HART OF DIXIE as carelessly as its characters tend to treat each other.  The show’s return has been delayed until midseason, moved to the nether reaches of Friday nights, and its order c...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: “The Avengers” Conquers the World

> Marvel spent a great deal of time and effort setting the stage for its full-house-of-heroes extravaganza THE AVENGERS, and it’s all paying off.  The movie opened in 39 international territories this past week (some...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 5.17.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  HOLEY MOLEY ticked down to 0.36, THE CHASE dropped 0.08 to 0.27, and WHO DO YOU BELIEVE ws down 0.04 to 0.18. CBS:  FBI dipped 0.03 to 0.56, FBI: INTERNATIONAL gained 0.03 to 0.54, and FBI: MOST ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “American Fiction,” “The Critic” & “Mother, Couch”

  AMERICAN FICTION (Orion/MGM/Amazon – Nov. 17):  The Toronto People’s Choice Award has been something of a golden ticket to a Best Picture nomination over the years, and this year the prize went to Cord Jeff...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 6.5.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 2 of the NBA FINALS was at 3.71, roughly the same as Game 1.  CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.22/0.21/0.22. NBC:  Reruns at 0.12/0.25 were followed by a JURASSIC WORLD tie-in special at 0.28. FOX:�...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 2/8/13

  The early Friday numbers this week are likely to be even less reliable than usual, since weather conditions on the East Coast make estimates very dicey.  That being said, the preliminary numbers at Deadline make it clea...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “Sharp Objects”

  The HBO miniseries version of Gillian Flynn’s novel SHARP OBJECTS proved to be a fascinating exercise in adaptation.  Although the TV credits reported the show to be “created by” showrunner Marti Noxon...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: Sunday Network Scorecard 3.25.2018

  A very big night for 60 MINUTES. 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), audience skews ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/29/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The adjustments were mixed for the networks.  AGENTS OF SHIELD found a nice bump, up 0.2 to 2.1, and THE GOLDBERGS and TROPHY WIFE each went up 0.1.  Afternoon 0.1 hikes kept GLEE and NEW GIRL from thei...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 7/1/12

  We speculated yesterday that HBO might have carefully timed its renewal of THE NEWSROOM not to coincide with the show’s Episode 2 ratings, and we may have been right. HBO:  The Newsroom took a substantial hit from...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED REVIEW: SNL with Kevin Hart

  Comic crumbs were hard to come by on tonight’s mostly dreadful SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.  It’s a particular disappointment because after two episodes struggling with non-comedy hosts Adam Levine and Justin Bieber...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/6/12

> For one night, at least, all NBC’s dreams came true. NBC:  THE VOICE blew away its competition, especially in the 9-10PM hour.  Its 6.6 rating over 2 hours was naturally way down from Sunday night, where it ha...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 12.21.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of THE BACHELORETTE was at 0.74, up 0.05 from last week but down sharply from last year’s 1.4.  An AFTER-SHOW followed at 0.58. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.30. NBC:  Reruns a...
by Mitch Salem