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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.12.2018

  A quiet new arrival. 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 (women 18-49...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.14.2020

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Festivities began fo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

CHRISTMAS EVE BOX OFFICE: Not Entirely Silent Night For “Into the Woods” and “The Hobbit”

  December 24, along with December 31, will be the lowest box office days of the holiday season, because so many people have non-movie plans those nights.  Nevertheless, INTO THE WOODS (Disney) had a highly promising star...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Elementary”

  Luckily for ELEMENTARY, appearances by the BBC’s celebrated Sherlock are so sporadic and brief (this season’s 3 episodes were the first in 2 years), that the two series only infrequently need to be judged aga...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: SMASHWatch Update – Back To Even

> Don’t get too excited about that increase in SMASH‘s 18-49 rating last night, because it just vanished.  In the final Nielsen numbers, Smash came back down to the same 2.3 number it had last week.  (Cast...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED REVIEW: “Saturday Night Live” with Christoph Waltz

  You would have thought that if there was one SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE host who’d escape the cliche of a musical monologue, it would be Christoph Waltz, but you’d be wrong.  “Smile, Damn It, Smile” was...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

OSCARLAND: Xmas at Marty’s

  The big news this week in Oscarland was the confirmation that Martin Scorsese’s WOLF OF WALL STREET (Paramount), starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Jonah Hill and many more, which wasn’t finish...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/28/13

  The only entertainment America wanted with its turkey last night was football. NBC:  NFL FOOTBALL swamped the night, with what we expect will be a 7.0 rating when numbers are adjusted early next week.  That would be just a...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 9/21/14

  OPENINGS:  THE MAZE RUNNER (20th) is off to a healthy start worldwide, leading the US with $32.5M and overseas with $37.9M, the latter in 47 territories (and such major areas as Western Europe and China still to come).�...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED REVIEW: THE TONY AWARDS

Even the acceptance speeches are classier on THE TONY AWARDS.  Tonight’s telecast featured a eloquent salute to “All those who say ‘Yes'” in the name of theatre from the lead producer of Best Play winne...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/16/12

> A generally lousy week for network TV continues. ABC: Despite its crossover with PRIVATE PRACTICE, GREY’S ANATOMY (which was admittedly facing American Idol this week) swooned to a season low 3.1, down almost 25% from l...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Cinderella” On Its Way To A Fairy Tale Weekend

  CINDERELLA (Disney) had an enchanted Friday, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, with $23M (that includes $2.3M from Thursday night), and since its target audience is all about weekend matinees, it should be at...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/27/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BELIEVE lost 0.2 in final Sunday numbers, so instead of being up 0.1 from last week, it was actually down to a new low 1.0.  The other adjustments were of 0.1, with THE SIMPSONS, ONCE UPON A TIME and REVEN...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY PRELIMINARY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.10.2017

NOTE: The preliminary ratings below are inflated by multiple major-market pre-emptions for NFL preseason games, impacting each network. We’re not going to attempt any analysis of the numbers until the finals are in this a...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.4.2018

  The FOX line-up shrank from last week’s midseason premieres. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 a...
by Mitch Salem