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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.18.2016

  People may be excited about TV these days, but they weren’t about last night’s EMMYS. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser dem...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 2.4.2018

  OPENINGS:  WINCHESTER (CBS/Lionsgate) didn’t benefit from having the weekend to itself, with a $9.3M opening that was undistinguished even by the standards of low-budget horror Super Bowl Weekend arrivals.  (The ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY BROADWAY JOURNAL: “How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying”

> Few things bring audiences as much joy as the sight of a well-known actor or actress revealing a side of their talent that’s never been seen before.  (It’s not just general audiences, either–those roles...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 10/4/13

  OPENINGS:  With a $17.5M Friday that should get it close to $50M for the weekend, GRAVITY (Warners) is the first of the year’s Oscar hopefuls to get both rapturous reviews (98% on Rotten Tomatoes) and strong audie...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 4/22/12

> VEEP, properly enough, was #2 on HBO’s Sunday ticket. HBO:  VEEP premiered with a fairly strong 0.6 in 18-49s on its initial Sunday airing, plus another .14 for its repeat later that night (remember, HBO ratings re...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “How I Met Your Mother”

  Every fan of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER came into tonight’s Season 9 premiere knowing three things.  This will be not just the ninth, but the final season of the series; last season’s finale introduced us, at lon...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 6.13.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.40/0.26/0.19. CBS:  Reruns at 0.27/0.25/0.26. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT dipped 0.05 to 0.63, and HOT WHEELS was down 0.04 to 0.26. FOX:  BEAT SHAZAM dropped 0.09 to 0.17, and...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “Band Aid,” “The Discovery” & “Golden Exits”

  THE DISCOVERY (Netflix):  Charlie McDowell’s first film was the ingenious metaphysical farce The One I Love, so there was plenty of reason to eagerly anticipate his follow-up.  He (and, once again, co-writer Just...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Campaign”

  THE CAMPAIGN:  Not At Any Price – Abstain THE CAMPAIGN, like many a politician before it, tries to be all things to all people, and winds up delivering almost nothing. There was reason to be hopeful about The Camp...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED REVIEW: SNL With Will Ferrell

  Tonight’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE marked the return of movie-star alumnus Will Ferrell as host, but he had a minimal amount to do with the clear highlight of the night.  That would be the show’s 100th Digital Sh...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Netflix Review: “House Of Cards” Season 2 (Eps 8-10)

  House of Cards Season 2 Eps 1-3 Review Here. Eps 4-7 Review Here. At the three-quarters mark, this season of HOUSE OF CARDS has a somewhat different feel, not just from the English original but from the initial Netflix s...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Mr. Robot”

  MR. ROBOT – Wednesday 10PM on USA Previously… on MR. ROBOT:  Elliot (Rami Malek) is a master hacker with an assortment of antisocial and other disturbing quirks, including paranoia, depression, and perhaps s...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

NIELSENWAR: Olympics Post-Mortem, and Top 5 Midseason Storylines

  SQUIRREL!  NBC, and its media enablers, will do their best to focus discussion of the WINTER OLYMPICS ratings on total viewers, daytime and online numbers, and–SQUIRREL!–anything other than the evident fact...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/25/14

  UPDATE:  The season finale of LAST MAN STANDING found a 0.1 bump in adjusted Friday ratings (to a very decent 1.4), as did SHARK TANK, HAWAII 5-0 and BLUE BLOODS.  But the news was bad at NBC (which had been preempted ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Adventures of Tintin”

  THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN:  Worth A Ticket – The Return of Steven Spielberg   Remember how lousy the last Indiana Jones movie was?  Remember watching it and wondering sadly what had become of Steven Spielberg...
by Mitch Salem