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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 9.11.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.37, the line-up returned from an off-week with CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD up 0.07 to 0.58, THE $100,000 PYRAMID up 0.02 to 0.44, and THE FINAL ST...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” & “Corsage”

  WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY (Roku – November 4):  A comic book fantasia of a celebrity “biography,” Eric Appel’s Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (co-written with Yankovic himself, who’s also ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 9.9.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CON was at 0.28, followed by 20/20 at 0.32. CBS:  SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION rose 0.07 to 0.25, followed by reruns at 0.18/0.18. NBC:  COLLEGE BOWL was at 0.24/0.25, followed by a DATELINE ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Inspection” & “Emily”

  THE INSPECTION (A24 – November 14):  Back in 1983, Robert Altman directed the film version of David Rabe’s play Streamers, about a Vietnam-era boot camp that turned even more violent and vicious with the cat...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 9.7.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED w/ Broadcast Finals

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.26/0.20/0.22/0.19/0.20. CBS:  BIG BROTHER was steady at 0.81, and THE CHALLENGE was up 0.07 to 0.40, followed by a SWAT rerun at 0.24. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.05 to...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 9.5.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE dipped 0.05 to 0.73, and CLAIM TO FAME ticked down to 0.32. CBS:  Reruns at 0.28/0.23/0.26/0.19. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR fell 0.09 to 0.37, and WEAKEST LINK was down 0.03 t...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 9.3.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was dominant at 2.58.  CBS’s TAYLOR HAWKINS TRIBUTE CONCERT was at 0.13.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.14.    Broadcast Official Nationals Program Rati...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 9.1.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  PRESS YOUR LUCK dipped 0.06 to 0.43, GENERATION GAP dropped 0.09 to 0.30, and THE CON was down 0.08 to 0.23. CBS:  BIG BROTHER slipped 0.03 to 0.76, sandwiched between reruns at 0.29/0.28/0.17. N...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 8.31.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.28/0.21/0.21/0.14/0.17. CBS:  BIG BROTHER dropped 0.06 to 0.81, and THE CHALLENGE was down 0.06 to 0.33, followed by a SWAT rerun at 0.17. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT fell 0.08 ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 8.29.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE gained 0.02 to 0.78, and CLAIM TO FAME slipped 0.02 to 0.33. CBS:  Reruns at 0.31/0.26/0.22/0.17. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rose 0.07 to 0.46, and WEAKEST LINK was up 0.04 to...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 8.27.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.24.  CW’s new MASTERS OF ILLUSIONS was up 0.02 to 0.06.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE G...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8.28.2022

  OPENINGS:  The box office may not have hit bottom yet (see “Next Weekend” below), but it’s getting close, with the horror movie THE INVITATION (Screen Gems/Sony) topping the weekend at a painful $7M. ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 8.25.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  PRESS YOUR LUCK slipped 0.02 to 0.49, GENERATION GAP ticked up to 0.39, and THE CON was up 0.06 to 0.31. CBS:  BIG BROTHER rose 0.08 to 0.79.  The rest of the night had reruns at 0.30/0.28/0.21....
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 8.23.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The network tried to create a late-summer event night, but CINDERELLA: THE REUNION was at 0.30, and the 25th anniversary re-airing of CINDERELLA was at 0.24. CBS:  Reruns at 0.32/0.25/0.21. NBC:�...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 8.21.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.46, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD dropped 0.05 to 0.52, THE $100,000 PYRAMID ticked up to 0.45, and THE FINAL STRAW was up a tick to 0.30. CBS:  BI...
by Mitch Salem