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Weekend Box Office Predictions JAN 31-FEB 2

Weekend #5 of 2014 is looking like $74 million for the top 12 films, a significant 17% below the average for this challenging weekend the past few years.  Super Bowl weekend is always a tough one, with the distraction of the ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12.15.2015

  The number of networks offering fresh programming is dwindling as we head to the holidays. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Psych”

  PSYCH:  Wednesday 10PM on USA It’s sort of fitting that PSYCH, a show now a little past its prime, kicked off its 8th and perhaps final season with a parody of late 1990s Guy Ritchie lad thrillers like Lock, Stock...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 10.6.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  THE GOLDBERGS gained 0.03 to 0.58, THE WONDER YEARS dipped 0.03 to 0.47, THE CONNERS ticked up to 0.52, and HOME ECONOMICS ticked down to 0.35.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS fell 0.08 to 0.23, and ev...
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
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.1.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 2.2.  In addition, CBS’s late afternoon game caused adjustments to THE NEIGHBORHOOD (down 0.6) and HAPPY TOGETHER (down 0.1).  ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.2.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  The DATELINE and SHARK TANK reruns gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the 8:30PM MASTERS OF ILLUSION, PENN & TELLER: FOOL US and NCIS: LA reruns lost the same        ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.12.2015

  CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND didn’t shake anything up. 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 rating...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Banshee”

  Was this the season that Cinemax’s comparatively low-rent BANSHEE surpassed Justified?  In the subgenre of cop show pulp, the FX series has been the unquestioned class entry, with its distinguished Elmore Leonard ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “The Heat” Scores, “White House” Really Is Down

  Preliminary box office numbers at Deadline have THE HEAT (20th) overperforming with a $15M Friday, which could give it a $40M opening weekend, almost as much as the movie cost to produce.  That means the first 3 days fo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions NOVEMBER 15-17

The 46th weekend of the year is looking like $115 million for the top 12 films, around 50% below this weekend the last few years.  Usually this weekend is a big warm-up to the long Thanksgiving weekend the following week, but ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY DECEMBER 6 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #49 of 2013 looks like $87 million for the top 12 films from Friday-Sunday, right on target for the usually slow post-Thanksgiving weekend.   Opening at 2,101 theaters Friday, Out of t...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekly Network Ratings & Summer to Date Standings

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). With two preseason NFL games this past week (Friday and Saturday), CBS jumped to the top of the networ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Saturday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 5.30.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 1.5, and FOX’s regional MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL coverage adjusted to 0.4 nationwide. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Lifetime’s MARILYN: THE SECRET LIFE OF MARILY...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Salem”

  SALEM:  Sunday 10PM on WGNAmerica SALEM, WGNAmerica’s first original scripted series, developed into an enjoyably gonzo exercise in old-time witchy horror during the course of its first season, more than willing t...
by Mitch Salem