Showbuzz Daily


 
Author Archive
Recent
Most Commented
Random
 

 
Daily Ratings Reports

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/23/13

  “Silent Night” arrived early this week.  (And that’s before local NFL coverage has been adjusted from the network totals.) NBC:  The finale of THE SING-OFF, at 1.3, was down 0.3 from last year’s...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 
 
Current Release

SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “47 Ronin”

  47 RONIN:  Not Even For Free – Another Big-Budget Hollywood Folly, Gift-Wrapped For Christmas 47 RONIN blows into town on unusually fetid winds of bad buzz.  It began filming something like 2 1/2 years ago under ...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 

 
Current Release

SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Grudge Match”

  GRUDGE MATCH:  Watch It At Home – Far From A Knock-Out 1976 was the year of both Taxi Driver and Rocky.  Sylvester Stallone would go on to make innumerable millions, but he’d never be taken as seriously ag...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 
 
Articles

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/24/13

  On Christmas Eve, all the gifts under the broadcast networks’ tree were used. ABC:  The original animated HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS, followed by the sad Jim Carrey/Ron Howard live-action version, scored 1.2/1...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 

 
Articles

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/25/13

  Reruns decked the halls on Christmas night. ABC:  THE MIDDLE and MODERN FAMILY led the way with1.3s, giving ABC the win. NBC:  Nothing in the network’s mix of rerun holiday specials and a repeat of Monday’s...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 
 
Articles

UPDATED: CHRISTMAS DAY BOX OFFICE: “Wolf” Slips To 2d Place

  DEC. 26 UPDATE:  A mere adjustment to overaggressive estimation or an early sign, in this instant word-of-internet age, that audiences aren’t having a good time?  The major change from last night’s early nu...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 

 
Articles

THE SKED THURSDAY NETWORK/WEDNESDAY CABLE SCORECARD – 12/25-26/13

  Because of the holidays, all numbers other than morning network ratings are coming in a day late, so this post combines last night’s network with Wednesday’s cable results. WEDNESDAY CABLE TBS was the unquest...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 
 
Articles

UPDATED: THURSDAY BOX OFFICE

  UPDATE:  There were no major changes in final Thursday box office figures.  FROZEN was even higher than the initial estimate at $9.1M, and ANCHORMAN 2 even steadier, down just 9% from Wednesday to $7.4M.  THE WOLF OF ...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 

 
Reviews

THE SKED Series Finale Review: “Nikita”

  There was one last super-powerful conspiracy for NIKITA (Maggie Q) to bring down in tonight’s series finale, and a climactic showdown with arch-villainess Amanda (Melinda Clarke) to survive, as CW’s low-rated...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 
 
Articles

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Status Mostly Quo

  Preliminary numbers at Deadline present a Friday box office in which few titles moved more than 10% from Thursday, typical for the Christmas-to-New Year’s period.  The top 2, once again, were FROZEN (Disney) and T...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 

 
Articles

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/27/13

  RIP, Nikita. CW:  Nobody cared very much about NIKITA while it aired, and its series finale, virtually buried on a holiday week Friday (Univision topped all the English-language networks last night), got just as little ...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 
 
Articles

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 12/27/13

  OPENINGS:  THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (Paramount/Red Granite) fell behind American Hustle on Friday, dropping 6% to $6.3M, but considering that it’s a polarizing, 3-hour, hard-R saga that people aren’t even sur...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 

 
Articles

EARLY SATURDAY BOX OFFICE: “Hobbit” Back On Top, “American Hustle” Strong

  Preliminary numbers at Deadline suggest that more adults showed up at the multiplexes for the Saturday of this holiday weekend, boosting some of the less family-centric attractions.  THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG ...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 
 
Articles

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 12/29/13

  Truth be told, “weekend” box office doesn’t mean much in a week where Friday/Saturday/Sunday are no stronger than the weekdays that surround them, and virtually all the openings took place on Wednesday....
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 

 
Reviews

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Getting On”

  HBO’s GETTING ON was generally close to unwatchable, and that’s meant as sort of a compliment.  Even in the world of pay-TV, where ratings aren’t always at the forefront of a network’s expectatio...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 

 
 

 

Search

 

 

Archive

 

 

Newsletter Sign-up