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THE SKED: The Sun Doesn’t Set On “Downton Abbey”

  Viewership for the Season 3 finale of DOWNTON ABBEY wasn’t hurt at all (and may have been helped a bit) by the fact that its “surprise” death had been out there in the internet ether since the show aire...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Guilty,” “Lakewood” & “The Starling”

  THE GUILTY (Netflix – Oct. 1):  One way to cope with the challenges and costs of movie production during Covid is to limit the number of actors who have to be in front of the camera.  That’s tough for a thr...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/19/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  NBC wasn’t able to exclude the 8PM half-hour of its WINTER OLYMPICS coverage, and consequently its rating stayed at 5.0, just barely above the 2d-lowest night of Turin  And without getting too ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “The Dark Tower” Short, “Kidnap” OK, “Detroit” Low

  THE DARK TOWER (MRC/Columbia/Sony) will probably win the weekend, but in unimpressive fashion.  It had a $7.7M opening day (including $1.8M from Thursday night), putting it on track for a $19M weekend.  The production ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2.24.2019

    UPDATE:  THE OSCARS had a very healthy adjustment to a 7.7 final rating, up 1.1 from the preliminary number.  Last year, the adjustment was only 0.4 for a final 6.8.  Total viewers ended up at 29.6M, up from la...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: The (Last) Return of “Entourage” and Cable Sundays

> On summer Sunday nights, the 4 broadcast networks air a grand total of zero hours of original scripted programming; instead, viewers get a strict diet of animated repeats (FOX) and unscripted series like Big Brother (CBS), Am...
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
 

 
 

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES” – Take the Train

> Watch It At Home; Dreary Franchise Moviemaking. In the 137 minutes of Pirates of the Caribbean:  On Stranger Tides, the 4th installment in Disney’s hugely successful franchise (and yes, you have to sit through all ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “The Good Wife”

  It’s a little churlish, in the face of tonight’s mostly splendid Season 4 finale of THE GOOD WIFE, to point out that for the most part, the rest of the season didn’t quite live up to its high level of ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.26.2018

  The declines continued. 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...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The Carrie Diaries”

  In fairness, I should note up front that I didn’t keep up with THE CARRIE DIARIES very often after its season premiere, so this won’t pretend to be an authoritative look at its second season.  Still, checkin...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10.23.2022

  OPENINGS:  BLACK ADAM (DC/New Line/Warners) arrived within moderate expectations at $67M.  That’s the highest weekend we’ve seen since Thor: Love & Thunder in July, but as a superhero epic with a $300M+...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.20.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD and 9-1-1: LONE STAR gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Fernando Meirelles’ “360”

> If Arthur Schnitzler had only been a member of the WGA in 1900, when he wrote the play La Ronde, and he’d had the benefit of the format rights guild members receive today, he and his descendants would be very rich indee...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/16/12

> Basketball. CBS:  On a night when the other networks mostly didn’t choose to compete, some enormous upsets in the NCAA TOURNAMENT gave CBS a slam-dunk victory for the night with a (preliminary) 2.2, way higher than...
by Mitch Salem