Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Breathe” & “3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

  BREATHE (Bleecker Street – Oct 13):  BREATHE wasn’t the favored Triumph of the Human Spirit drama at Toronto this year; that title went to Stronger, with Jake Gyllanhaal as a survivor of the Boston Marathon ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Update: 12.15.2015

    NETWORK UPDATE:  NCIS: NEW ORLEANS gained 0.1 in final numbers.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The REPUBLICAN DEBATES continue to be the hottest shows on televi...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: CBS Featurette – “The Crazy Ones”

  CBS–because it’s CBS–doesn’t release trailers for its new series, but instead provides 3-4 minute behind-the-scenes featurettes.  These are about as informative as the puff pieces you’d fin...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.29.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of SCHOOLED lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season premiere of ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 7.19.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only adjustment from preliminary numbers was a 0.1 dip for the rerun of THE SIMPSONS. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s NAKED AND AFRAID once again led Sunday cable, with 2 episodes at 1.22 and...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Animal Kingdom”

  ANIMAL KINGDOM:  Tuesday 9PM on TNT ANIMAL KINGDOM has been a key part of TNT’s rebranding as a hipper TV destination than the home of Major Crimes and The Last Ship, and tonight’s Season 2 premiere promised...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.4.2015

  The CMAs were less tuneful this year. 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 ratings), audience s...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 11.11.2018

  OPENINGS:  THE GRINCH (Illumination/Universal) rode its family movie 47% Saturday bump to a $66M weekend, 20% better than 2000’s How The Grinch Stole Christmas.  There are relatively few recent mid-November famil...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/15/12

Network Programmer conversation today:  “OK, Niagara Falls on a high wire worked–next time, let’s do someone walking on his hands across the Grand Canyon.” “Hopping across the Sahara Desert!”...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 5.2-5.8.2022

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday May 2 through Sunday May 8, 2022. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are gr...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12.21.2020

  THE BACHELORETTE dominated as it approached its finale. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-4...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

PREMIERING TONIGHT–THE SKED’S FALL PILOT REPORT: FOX’s “The Mob Doctor”

  THE MOB DOCTOR:  Monday 9PM on FOX – Worth A Look   THE MOB DOCTOR may be the busiest pilot of the season.  The idea hatched by creators Josh Berman and Rob Wright (previously of Drop Dead Diva and a host of...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS March 1-3

The 9th weekend of 2013 looks like a problem: $96 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down 37% from the same weekend last year.  One movie should open decently, while all the holdovers are wilting.  The last six weeks...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.5.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  The SVU rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD again r...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

International Box Office through December 22

Updated worldwide box office chart for 2013 North American films.  The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug and to some extent The Hunger Games: Catching Fire are the top American performers overseas by far.  Also, click here for...
by Mitch Metcalf