Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.8.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Monday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Scorpion”

  SCORPION:  Monday 9PM on CBS Previously… on SCORPION:  Walter O’Brien (Elyes Gabel) is the leader of a group of geniuses–behaviorist Toby (Eddie Kaye Thomas), mathematician Sylvester (Ari Stidham), an...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 9.3-4.2016

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday September 3-4, 2016.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.11.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE FOUR, THE BIG BANG THEORY and YOUNG SHELDON each gained 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.9.2019

  NOTE: CBS, NBC and FOX numbers below inflated slightly by a few major-market pre-emptions for NFL Preseason games. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary l...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 4.21-22.2018

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday April 21-22, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions SEPTEMBER 13-15

The 37th weekend of the year is looking like $81 million for the top 12 films, very close to the multi-year average for this weekend. Opening at around 2,900 theaters Friday (just above the 2,886 average theater count for open...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/11/13

The Bachelor dominates the night.  (Also, a housekeeping note:  as you’ll see below, we’ve now including not just nightly and year-ago charts in these daily reports, but also the 6-week track of all the night̵...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 12.22.24

  OPENINGS:  SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 (Sega/Paramount) was within expectations at $62M, although that was lower than the $72.2M for Sonic 2 in 2022, and while Sonic 2 had a 2% Friday-to-Saturday gain, Sonic 3 slumped by 24% o...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.27.2015

  Another pair of unscripted summer series with underwhelming premieres. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 6.9.2019

  OPENINGS:  THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2 (Illumination/Universal) had a better launch than this weekend’s other big arrival, but it was a major box office disappointment in its own right.  The $47.1M weekend was down...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: The Value of Sports Programming and Updated Full Season Forecasts

What does football mean to the broadcast networks?  For NBC and CBS, NFL coverage (along with other sports, mostly an occasional college football game) accounts for about 20-30% of the entire primetime rating for the network. ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 3.4.2018

  OPENINGS:  Both of the weekend’s R-rated arrivals had fair Saturday bumps, reflecting their older audiences.  However, that’s also the demo for Oscar viewing, so we’ll see if their Sunday estimates ar...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: Showtime Premiere Dates

  It’s Showtime’s turn at TCA, so along with announcing some series pick-ups (Happyish with Philips Seymour Hoffman, and the probably self-explanatory The Affair), some premiere dates were unveiled. On Sunday, ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Sabotage”

  SABOTAGE:  Not Even For Free – A Bloody Waste SABOTAGE is a lot bloodier than you’re expecting.  A lot bloodier.  I mention this upfront because although an R-rated Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle carries wi...
by Mitch Salem