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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Nancy Drew”

  NANCY DREW:  Wednesday 9PM on CW Although NANCY DREW doesn’t hail from CW’s go-to producer Greg Berlanti (its showrunners are Gossip Girl‘s Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, who created the show with...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.7.2019

  Note that MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL preemptions in Cleveland and San Francisco could lead to adjustments in finals. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.4.2019

  Wrestling returned to broadcast TV in a big way. 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 2...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Joker” Has The Last Laugh

  Everything has broken right for JOKER (BRON/Village Roadshow/DC/Warners).  Its combination of gold-standard IP with a gritty, violent, R-rated aesthetic has been largely accepted critically and earned it film festival k...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: Wednesday Network Scorecard 10.2.2019

  FOX had the biggest hit of the night, but still didn’t have a great evening. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Almost Family”

  ALMOST FAMILY:  Wednesday 9PM on FOX Whether we like it or not, the strongest lead-in on broadcast television right now is The Masked Singer, which makes it somewhat surprising that FOX has given the precious slot after...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 9.29.2019

  OPENINGS:  ABOMINABLE (Pearl/DreamWorks/Universal) seized a weekend on the calendar that had a dearth of new children’s movies (and with 2 weeks until The Addams Family opens), and pushed it to a fair $20.9M openi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.25.2019

  Football aside, network TV’s biggest hit is THE MASKED SINGER. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adul...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.24.2019

  Everything continued to drop. 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), audi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.23.2019

  The broadcast network elevator continued to go down. 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 a...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.22.2019

  The EMMY AWARDS didn’t bode well for the season to come. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-3...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.17.2019

  A 3-hour BACHELOR IN PARADISE finale couldn’t take the night. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.13.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  The BLUE BLOODS rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Review: “Lucy In the Sky”

  LUCY IN THE SKY (Fox Searchlight/Disney – October 4):  Lucy In the Sky may be Noah Hawley’s first feature film, but he’s already establishing himself as quite the overdirector.  Hawley’s X-Men o...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Jojo Rabbit” & “Seberg”

  JOJO RABBIT (Fox Searchlight – October 4):  The discourse about Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit has quickly become a debate between those who think its Nazi-era black comedy is authentically daring, and those wh...
by Mitch Salem