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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Boss Baby” & “Beauty” Duel, “Ghost” Vanishes, “Zookeeper’s Wife” OK

  This weekend is looking like a battle of the family films, with no clear victor at this point.  THE BOSS BABY (DreamWorks Animation/20th) is performing quite a bit better than expected, with preliminary numbers at Deadl...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 11.5.2016

  OPENINGS:  THOR: RAGNAROK (Marvel/Disney) exceeded high expectations, which is no mean feat for a Marvel blockbuster.  In the US, its weekend was $121M, 42% ahead of both Thor: The Dark World and last November’s ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED WITH CHARTS: THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/27/13

  Remember when The Voice was a big hit? NBC:  We won’t know until fall if it really means anything–certainly there are fewer people watching TV in general now that the regular season is over–but THE VOI...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: MONDAY RATINGS December 12 — Fear Factor Returns Big

>CBS Monday won the night yet again with a 3.6 rating.  The night was all originals, except for the benching of How I Met Your Mother.  Freshman hit 2 Broke Girls aired at 8:00 pm and scored a 4.1 Adult 18-49 rating, ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Sundance 2024 Film Reviews: “Little Death” & “Good One”

  LITTLE DEATH (no distrib):  Jack Begert’s first feature (co-written with Dani Goffstein) is a diptych about Los Angeles, put together in sharply contrasting ways.  The first half is about sitcom writer Martin (Da...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.6.2018

  A fairly steady night for all. 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 (w...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol”

  MISSION:  IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL:  Worth A Ticket – Routine But Spectacular   With MISSION:   IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL, Brad Bird makes the very unusual transition from animation auteur...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/26/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  As usual, AMERICAN IDOL went up 0.1 in final numbers.  Also slightly up:  MODERN FAMILY and SUBURGATORY.  But MIXOLOGY fell another 0.1, hurting its chances for survival.  The CSI rerun also slipped 0...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED WEEKEND CABLE RATINGS ROUND-UP – 4/12-14/13

  FRIDAY STARZ:  It doesn’t appear as though DA VINCI’S DEMONS is going to be a gamechanger for Starz, as the series debuted with a tame 0.4 in 18-49s, about half of the total viewership of 1M.  That was comi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 6.7.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 3 of the NBA FINALS was at 3.43, down 0.22 from 2022’s Game 3. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.29/0.16. NBC:  Reruns at 0.26/0.19/0.20/0.17. FOX:  MASTERCHEF ticked down to 0.39, and FOOD STA...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The Walking Dead”

  There were so many ads for summer blockbuster movies during tonight’s Season 4 finale of AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD, it was almost like watching the Super Bowl.  One by one, the latest installments of Planet of ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 10/18/13

  OPENINGS:  When Paramount pushed the next Paranormal Activity to 2014, it seemed to give CARRIE (Screen Gems/Sony/MGM) an open field to own the Halloween movie season.  But audiences weren’t interested, and Carri...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2.18.2019

  No bumps for the night’s exits. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 rating...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.12.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 3.4, down 1.6 from last week’s game.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHL...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9/17/12

NBC would like last night to repeat over and over, a la Groundhog Day; FOX wishes it never happened. NBC:  With a 4.1 rating, REVOLUTION opened big.  V big.  The Bionic Woman big.  Wait, those were fantasy adventures that h...
by Mitch Salem