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THE BIJOU’S AWARD BAIT REPORT: Warners’ Contenders

> Deadline reports that Warners has set the release schedule for its 2 Oscar contenders.  Clint Eastwood’s biography of FBI patriarch (and cross-dresser) J. EDGAR, starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role, is ope...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Is “Insurgent” Heading For a Less Than Dauntless Start?

  Franchise sequels are typically more frontloaded than the original installments, because there’s an established fanbase that wants to catch up with the latest update to the story.  For example, the first Hunger Ga...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 11.25.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL at 1.60. CBS:  A night of Christmas special reruns at 0.39/0.31/0.20. NBC:  Christmas special reruns at 0.55/0.33, followed by a DATELINE rerun at 0.32. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN sli...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Studio Summer Movie Guide: Sony

  We’re just days away from the launch of the summer movie season, the most important part of the year for all of the major studios.  Literally billions of dollars will be on the line over the next several months, w...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 5/12/12

  THE AVENGERS (Disney) just won’t slow down.  If preliminary numbers at Deadline hold, Avengers made $44.5M on Saturday, up 50% from the prior day and down only 36% from the Saturday of its opening weekend, an extr...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: Thursday Network Scorecard 10.25.2018

  A slow night at CW. 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 skews...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

STATUETTE STAKES: National Board of Review Has Its Day

> The National Board of Review is an organization with a virtually unknown membership that exists in public consciousness for precisely one day per year, and this is their day:  the announcement of their film awards. ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.8.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers, and SEAL TEAM lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: “Big Bang Theory” Isn’t Going Anywhere

  CBS has reportedly closed a deal with Warner Bros Television to renew THE BIG BANG THEORY for 3 more seasons, which (pending renegotiation of expiring cast deals) would bring the show through Season 10.  This was a no-b...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/1/14

  OPENINGS:  GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (Marvel/Disney) has something the summer’s other blockbusters could only dream of:  weeks ahead without any A-level competition.  When the biggest titles coming up are the rebo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 4.23.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS, with a boost from the 1.15/2.18 NBA PLAYOFFS games that preceded it, rose 0.18 to 0.66.  A 3-hour AMERICAN IDOL was up 0.04 to 0.68. CBS:  60 MINUTES droppe...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Outlander”

  The second season of Starz’s OUTLANDER was often disconcerting for a viewer unfamiliar with Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling novels.  That may be one reason why the series, embraced by Starz (along with the hit ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: “About A Boy” Has Blah Post-Olympics Preview

  Everyone knows that the shine of a post-Olympics “preview” berth doesn’t last long–just ask 2012’s Go On and Animal Practice.  But it’s at least supposed to provide a new show with a ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

TV RATINGS: Summer Reality

> At ShowBuzzDaily we won’t cover television ratings every day, but we will check in on the Nielsen ratings from time to time at key points: when new shows premiere, when the schedule changes, or during big events.  ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: MONDAYS This Fall

>In one week, the curtain goes up on the new television season.  To get you ready for the madness of Premiere Week on broadcast television, we have summarized the ShowBuzzDaily ratings estimates for MONDAYS this Fall. ...
by Mitch Salem