Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED Pilot Review – “Save Me”

  SAVE ME:  Thursday 8PM on NBC – Change the Channel Note:  This review was originally written after last year’s Upfronts, before it was known that SAVE ME would be held by NBC until the summer.  It’s ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Deadpool” Flings Aside “Risen,” “The Witch” & “Race”

  None of the weekend’s openings were expected to come near last week’s blockbuster opening, and none will.  The target Christian audience is turning out for RISEN (Affirm/Columbia/Sony), with preliminary numb...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Monday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 12.1.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only adjustment from preliminary numbers was a 0.1 increase for THE VOICE. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Viewer...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.7.2019

  Not a good night for anyone. 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), audie...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 12.11.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Primetime was led by ABC’s NBA game at 0.75, although the highest-rated programming of the day was CBS’s afternoon COLLEGE FOOTBALL game at 1.31.  The first fresh episode of NBC’s S...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Hollywood Takes The Holiday Off

  Labor Day weekend is always the exhausted last gasp of the summer movie season, but this year the studios didn’t even try.  Partly it’s the effect of August having generally been a disaster in 2015 (last yea...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.20.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE TITAN GAMES gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TLC’s 90 DAY FIANCE franc...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “The Strain”

  THE STRAIN:  Sunday 10PM on FX The decision to make Season 4 of FX’s THE STRAIN its last (a year earlier than the originally announced plan) meant that there was a lot of story to cram into 10 hours, and tonight&#...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Sony Blinks: “After Earth” Flies Away from Superman

  With hundreds of millions of dollars on the line, the opening dates for blockbuster movies are carefully calculated months–sometimes years–in advance.  So a last minute change doesn’t come from nowhere...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.31.2014

  The networks found little that was tasty in their Halloween bags last night. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-3...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.16.2015

  The AMERICA’S GOT TALENT finale won the night, but is showing its age. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-3...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.1.2019

  The BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS carried the night. 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 25-5...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.7.2021

        NETWORK FINALS:  Nielsen never posted preliminary ratings for Sunday and went straight to finals.  Of course, the only network that mattered was CBS, where the SUPER BOWL’s 26.48 in the 18-49 dem...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 2.24-3.1.2020

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday February 24 through Sunday March 1, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 5.8-10.2015

Weekend #19 of 2015 is looking like $126 million for the top 12 films this weekend, somewhat below the norm for this weekend. Opening at around 2,700 theaters Friday (slightly below the 2,886 average theater count for opening ...
by Mitch Metcalf