SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Of Kings and Prophets”
OF KINGS AND PROPHETS: Tuesday 10PM on ABC – Change the Channel ABC’s biblical saga OF KINGS AND PROPHETS was a big swing for the network administration headed by Paul Lee, but the fact that he’s not ...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Legends of Tomorrow”
LEGENDS OF TOMORROW‘s destiny as the goofball discard pile of CW’s DC/Greg Berlanti universe may have reached its apotheosis with tonight’s Season 3 finale, written by co-creator/Executive Producers Mat...
THE SKED: Thoughts on CBS’s Schedule (and Our Predictions)
> NEW SHOWS in CAPS. New Time Periods in Italics WHAT WE LIKE: With five new shows, CBS provides lead-ins to four of them, asking only A Gifted Man (Patrick Wilson as a surgeon whose dead ex-wife returns) to open a night (Frida...
Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 9.24.2017
OPENINGS: KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE (MARV/20th) took the weekend, but at $39M it was below Fox’s minimal target number of $40M. Since sequels burn out faster than initial films in a series, Golden Circle will p...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Trust”
TRUST: Sunday 10PM on FX – DVR Alert TRUST is distinguished initially by what it isn’t. Despite its placement on FX and the fact that it’s a saga of real-life celebrity crime and scandal, it’s...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Designated Survivor”
DESIGNATED SURVIVOR: Wednesday 10PM on ABC ABC’s DESIGNATED SURVIVOR had what the trades like to call a “troubled” off-season. Remarkably for a show that’s just aired its twenty-third episode,...
Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 4/3/16
THE MAIN EVENT: As the roof caved in on BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (DC/RatPac/Warners), the studio had two last-ditch goals: to avoid a Weekend 2 result that dropped 70% from last week or dipped below $50M ...
EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Wrinkle In Time” Narrowly Takes Day, But “Black Panther” Heads for Weekend Win (Again)
A WRINKLE IN TIME (Disney) has likely taken the only box office title it will ever have. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, Wrinkle had a narrow victory on Friday with $11.3M ($1.2M of that from Thursday nig...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Sleepy Hollow”
SLEEPY HOLLOW has been trying very hard to justify its survival this season under new showrunner Clifton Campbell. In addition to telling its core story arc about Pandora (Shannyn Sossamon) gathering sundry demons to s...
EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “American Made,” “Kingsman 2” & “It” Duel For #1
There’s going to be a crowd at the top of the box office this weekend, but there’s not much good news in it for anyone. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, AMERICAN MADE (Cross Creek/Universal) to...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Hunters”
HUNTERS: Monday 10PM on Syfy – If Nothing Else Is On… HUNTERS has production values that suggest it’s intended as one of Syfy’s more A-level entries (it’s shot in Australia rather than Can...
THE SKED: Monday Ratings Projections
> A few notes: these projections are for original episodes (no repeats) aired in the 4th quarter of 2011. Series premieres will likely be .3-.4 higher, thanks to network marketing pushes, and then tend to go down over tim...
THE SKED: Tuesday Ratings Projections
> A few notes: these projections are for original episodes (no repeats) aired in the 4th quarter of 2011. Series premieres will likely be .3-.4 higher, thanks to network marketing pushes, and then tend to go down over tim...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Designated Survivor”
DESIGNATED SURVIVOR: Wednesday 10PM on ABC Previously… on DESIGNATED SURVIVOR: When the US government gathers in a single location, one low-ranking official is kept apart in case of catastrophe. Thus Secretar...