Showbuzz Daily


 
Author Archive
Recent
Most Commented
Random
 

 
Current Release

SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones”

  THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES –  Not Even For Free –  An Incoherent Compendium of YA Tropes THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES isn’t so much a movie as it is a mash-up.  They’re all ...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 
 
Articles

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/24/12

We don’t have numbers for The Newsroom yet, but the show certainly won’t be able to blame the broadcast network competition if its ratings disappoint. NBC:  The network won the night with 1.2s across the board, inc...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 

 
Midseason Premiere

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Preacher”

  PREACHER:  Sunday 9PM on AMC – Potential DVR Alert It’s not quite clear what on earth AMC’s new PREACHER is after watching its pilot, but it’s certainly intriguing.  Based on a celebrated comic ...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 
 
Articles

THE SKED REVIEW: SNL With Mick Jagger

  Mick Jagger isn’t exactly known for his comedy stylings.  But the man knows a little bit about performing, and he was an extremely game host for tonight’s 37th season finale of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.  He didn...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 

 
Pilot + 1

SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Mr. Robot”

  MR. ROBOT – Wednesday 10PM on USA Previously… on MR. ROBOT:  Elliot (Rami Malek) is a master hacker with an assortment of antisocial and other disturbing quirks, including paranoia, depression, and perhaps s...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 
 
Articles

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 12.17.2022 Top 150 Cable Original s & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl game was at 0.34.  CW’s I HEARTRADIO JINGLE BALL was at 0.05.  In late night, NBC’s SNL fell 0.17 to 0.68.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program R...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 

 
Articles

The Sked: Sunday Network Scorecard 1.7.2018

  Despite the massive attention paid to them in the media, the GOLDEN GLOBES were slightly down. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demogr...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 
 
Reviews

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “The Leftovers”

  There was a lot of attention paid to the amount of attention paid to the series finale of HBO’s THE LEFTOVERS, almost all of it because its co-creator was Damon Lindelof, and the last time he brought a series to it...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 

 
Current Release

SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “Monsters University”

  MONSTERS UNIVERSITY:  Watch It At Home – No Dean’s List For Pixar’s Latest There’s a wonderfully charming, imaginative Pixar movie opening on Friday, one that will restore your faith in the studi...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 
 
Articles

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: 7/6/13

  OPENINGS:  DESPICABLE ME 2 (Universal) had an even better weekend overseas than it did in the US, with $88.8M (in 45 markets, with plenty more major ones to come) vs $82.5M.  (Of course, in the US it also had the benef...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 

 
Pilot Reports

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Librarians”

  THE LIBRARIANS:  Sunday 8PM on TNT – If Nothing Else Is On… TNT’s THE LIBRARIANS is a reboot, of a sort.  It’s based on a trio of Indiana Jones-ian original movies the network aired starting in ...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 
 
Articles

THE BIJOU: Early Weekend Boxoffice With Benefits – 7/23/11

> Deadline has rough estimates for the weekend boxoffice, and they’re pretty much in keeping with Friday’s numbers.  The biggest surprise, if the number holds, would be that Paramount is estimating CAPTAIN AMER...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 

 
Articles

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “The Marked Ones” Kicks Off 2014

  The franchise spin-off PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES (Paramount) pulled in $1.2M at 10PM shows last night.  That was far below the $4.5M that Paranormal Activity 4 made on its Thursday in October 2012, but it was...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 
 
Articles

THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “In Plain Sight”

Although IN PLAIN SIGHT was never one of USA’s breakout hits or signature shows like Monk or Burn Notice, it gave the network 5 sturdy seasons, holding down slots on 3 different nights in the course of its run, and tonigh...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 

 
Pilot Reports

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Red Line”

  THE RED LINE:  Sunday 8PM on CBS CBS waited until the final few weeks of the regular broadcast season to do something very un-CBS:  over the next 4 Sundays, it will air all 8 hours of the limited series THE RED LINE, a...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 

 
 

 

Search

 

 

Archive

 

 

Newsletter Sign-up