Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

ShowbuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT: August 19 Update

With all the movies in the ShowbuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft now open, it is fair to say Team Metcalf’s total of $1.346 billion will not change significantly. Team Weil, currently at $962 million, probably has about $55 mi...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Major Crimes”

  MAJOR CRIMES:  Monday 9PM on TNT MAJOR CRIMES, TNT’s spin-off of The Closer, will always have a weakness at its center, caused by the odd decision to build the show around the character of Sharon Raydor (Mary McDo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Ratings Delays Due to Memorial Day Holiday

The Memorial Day holiday weekend will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  This is how the ratings should roll out the next several days. We will update this schedule...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Box Office Year to Date Scorecard — New Format

Looking at wide-release films in North America (those that play on at least 400 screens at some point), 2013 now totals $2.37 billion, down 15% from 2012 and down 8% from the prior four-year average 2009-2012.  Each year-to-da...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Monday Cable Originals Report – 8/11/14

  For anyone who missed this morning’s introduction:  below are last night’s Top 25 original cable telecasts, which in this case gets us all the way to the 159th-most watched show on cable Monday night, becau...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Broadcast News & Late Night Series 3.22-3.28.2021

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 13: March 22-28, 2021 Broadcas...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Tuesday Network Scorecard 5.8.2018

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 skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ s...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Shots Fired”

  SHOTS FIRED:  Wednesday 8PM on FOX – Potential DVR Alert As issue-oriented network dramas go, FOX’s new SHOTS FIRED is considerably less ascetic than ABC’s American Crime.  That show is a worthy saga ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Vikings”

  VIKINGS had a strong second season, both in the ratings (despite a move to a new night, and the loss of the blockbuster The Bible as its lead-in) and creatively.  The season, written start to finish by series creator Mi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Anna Kendrick

  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE went musical in a big way for its host, Anna Kendrick, and that mostly wasn’t a bad thing.  Kendrick is a genuine musical-comedy performer, with not just the novelty hit “Cups” from...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 7.4-7.10.2022

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday July 4 through Sunday July 10, 2022. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.10.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  The BLUE BLOODS rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, with 0.1 declines for 20/20: IN AN INSTANT and the 10PM 48 HOURS.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Rosewood”

  ROSEWOOD:  Wednesday 8PM on FOX – If Nothing Else Is On… If there’s one overriding theme running through the network television premieres this fall, it’s their almost defiant lack of ambition.  ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: Friday Night Ratings — Real Crime Drama Draws Viewers to Normally Dead Night

Not quite as exciting as a live freeway police pursuit but still very compelling and much more relevant, the coverage of the reaction to the capture of the remaining Boston Marathon Bombing suspect brought viewers to the normal...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “White Collar”

  WHITE COLLAR didn’t do anything very remarkable with its final season.  Only 6 episodes were ordered, and the season was almost entirely serialized, although it did find time for one tangential hour that allowed ...
by Mitch Salem