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SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Jane the Virgin”

  JANE THE VIRGIN:  Monday 9PM on CW Previously… on JANE THE VIRGIN:  Jane (Gina Rodriguez) is what the title says she is, much to the relief of her grandmother Alba (Ivonne Coli), yet still pregnant, thanks to the...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: Broadcast Ratings September 12-18

>The week before the big network Premiere Week has NBC in first with about a 2.7 Adult 18-49 rating for the week and the other three major broadcasters at about a 1.7 rating.  NBC was helped by another very ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/14/11

> Monday has become a real problem for one network and a guaranteed victory for another. FOX:  Due to the nature of Season 1 production on TERRA NOVA, it was always clear that there wouldn’t be any back-order this ye...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED–THE SKED: “Smash” Moves Waaaay Off-Broadway And Other NBC Schedule Changes

  NOTE:  updated to reflect NBC’s revised Tuesday listings for March 19 and 26. The curtain has started to come down for SMASH.  Although technically the show hasn’t been canceled yet, on April 6 it moves to ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “The Last Jedi” Conquers The Cosmos, “Ferdinand” Meek, “Shape of Water” Expands

  STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (Lucasfilm/Disney) was expected to be gigantic, but not quite as huge as 2015’s The Force Awakens, which benefited from a decade of pent-up expectations.  That’s exactly where itR...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/16/12

Football isn’t even back yet, and it’s already a winner. FOX:  PRESEASON NFL FOOTBALL carried the night with 1.9. CBS:  Only the 1.1 for a PERSON OF INTEREST rerun kept CBS from the evening crown, as BIG BROTHER d...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The League”

  Incivility, narcissism, oafishness, insensitivity and general offensiveness is rarely as breezily funny as it regularly is on THE LEAGUE, which finished its fifth season on the new FXX network tonight.  The semi-improvi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 5.20.2018

  OPENINGS:  Although unquestionably huge, and sure to be enormously profitable against roughly $250M in production/marketing costs, DEADPOOL 2 (20th) opened on the low end of expectations, about 5% below the first Deadpo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2.3.2019

  The SUPER BOWL continued to slide. 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 THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.21.2016

  A strong but not stellar start for LEGENDS OF TOMORROW. 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 ra...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED REBOOT REVIEW: “Law & Order: SVU”

> Until now, LAW & ORDER:  SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT has been unique to the franchise in not having undergone a periodic reshuffling of its cast.  For 12 seasons, SVU had been the only one of the series to be star-driv...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Home” Is Where the Money Is; “Get Hard” Also Strong

  HOME (DreamWorks Animation/20th) should soothe the embattled studio and its investors a bit.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, Home earned $15M on Friday, almost double the $8M start for DWA’s Mr. Pea...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 2.7.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC earned bragging rights on the STATE OF THE UNION broadcast ratings with 0.61/4.4M. ABC:  Prior to the speech, the network aired a rerun at 0.26. CBS:  A rerun at 0.33 NBC:  NIGHT COURT was stea...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Mirror Mirror”



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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