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SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Minority Report”

  MINORITY REPORT:  Monday 9PM on FOX Previously… on MINORITY REPORT:  In 2065, 11 years after the events of Steven Spielberg’s film, the “precog” program, in which a trio of psychically gifted em...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.17.2019

  A low season exit for HAWAII 5-0. 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 ratings), ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.21.2019

  BH90210 continued downward. 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 ratings), audien...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: Tuesday Network Scorecard 10.24.2017

  After 2 strong years, THE WORLD SERIES crashed to earth. 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 r...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Mockingjay 2″” Flies Low, “Spotlight” Expands, “Carol” Opens Big

  As with Spectre 2 weeks ago, THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2 (Lionsgate) is making a tremendous amount of money in its opening weekend–but not as much as had been expected in light of what its franchise predece...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3.27.2019

  OK numbers for the night’s newcomers. 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 ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Once Upon A Time”

  ONCE UPON A TIME:  Friday 8PM on ABC This season’s Version 2.0 of ONCE UPON A TIME exists because of dwindling ratings, which led to a reduced budget and consequently a cast dump.  (The show was also moved to a ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3.7.2019

  The returnees were quiet. 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 ratings), audience...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY 2019 GOLDEN GLOBES LIVE-BLOG

6:30 We’ve arrived at that strangest phenomenon of awards season, the night when we collectively grant the 88 nonentities of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (none of them filmmakers, many of them not even critics,...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “Hannibal”

  In real life, serial killers are not infrequently foiled by mistakes as mundane as unpaid traffic tickets, and while Hannibal Lecter may be eternal, the NBC television series version of Hannibal–despite an inexpens...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Public Morals”

  PUBLIC MORALS:  Tuesday 10PM on TNT – Change the Channel Unless its pilot turns out to be misleading, PUBLIC MORALS looks to be fairly woeful stuff.  The show’s auteur–its star as well as the series c...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.29.2017

  Most original network content headed upwards. 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), au...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.19.2018

      NETWORK FINALS:  The SURVIVOR REUNION special dropped 0.2 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s BLACK IN...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “American Horror Story: Hotel”

  AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL:  Wednesday 10PM on FX Even by the lavish standards of its franchise, the first installment of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL is crazily incoherent.  It plays mostly as a collection of extend...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah”

  THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH:  Mon-Thurs 11PM on Comedy Central After one night of THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH, we conclusively know this:  Comedy Central isn’t bleeping the word “shit” anymore...
by Mitch Salem