Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.21.2019

  NOTE:  The live AMERICAN IDOL may rise in final numbers once west coast viewing is calculated in. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.2.2021

  A gain for the venerable BLUE BLOODS. 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 rating...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Happy Endings”

  Here lies HAPPY ENDINGS, one of the funniest comedies on all of television–foully murdered by some of the worst scheduling moves in recent network memory.  ABC began the season by sending the show (along with Don&...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY EMMY AWARDS LIVE BLOG

7 Welcome to SHOWBUZZDAILY’s live coverage of the 2013 Emmy Awards!  Will this be the year Netflix storms the barricades with House of Cards?  Will the Academy decide it can love a sit-com as much as it does Modern Fami...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Rick Ludwin: A Remembrance

Both of the proprietors of this website had the privilege of working with Rick Ludwin at NBC.  Rick was a giant, both at the network where he worked for over 3 decades, and in the world of television comedy as a whole, especia...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 7.8-10.2016

Weekend #28 of 2016 forecasts for films opening wide and major returning films: NEW FILMS THIS WEEKEND July 8-10, 2016 Critics Positive ($ millions) Opening Weekend Forecast Domestic Total Projection Overseas Total Projection W...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Behind the Friday Box Office – 7/25/14

  OPENINGS:  Despite all the testosterone flowing through the Avengers-verse, the biggest star to emerge from the mega-franchise is turning out to be Scarlett Johansson, the latest warrior woman at the front of the box of...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: Saturday Ratings 10.24.2015

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 FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD -11.18.2016

  The necks are dwindling for THE VAMPIRE DIARIES. 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),...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED: Preliminary Sunday Ratings for True Detective, Lindsay & Cosmos

  Sunday’s numbers won’t be fully in until tomorrow, but bits of information are starting to arrive about some of last night’s event telecasts: In its simulcast airing on 9 cable networks owned by FOX, CO...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Red Widow”

  RED WIDOW spent its season about two inches away from being a really enjoyable dark farce.  All the ingredients were there:  plotting that had a vague, circular logic but was basically nonsensical, and a cast of moroni...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.9.2015

  The SUPERGIRL experiment is officially less than a roaring success. NOTE: Minimal impact on the Monday fast nationals by local broadcast coverage of NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (aired nationally on ESPN). In Chicago the ga...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 8/12/12

  Status was mostly quo in the Sunday night cable ratings. HBO:  The craziness that is TRUE BLOOD was down just a tick from last week, still overwhelmingly beating the rest of cable with 2.6 (and almost 80% of its viewers...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Monday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 3.23.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Final ratings brought a a 0.1 shift at NBC, with THE VOICE up and THE NIGHT SHIFT down.  In addition, both MIKE & MOLLY and SCORPION rose 0.1, as did the first hour of THE FOLLOWING.  The reruns o...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 9.13.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals

  BROADCAST FINALS (FYI the chart will be posted later today): ABC:  The season’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL premiere was simulcast on ABC and ESPN, and the broadcast portion was at 3.95. CBS:  Reruns at 0.25-0.45. NBC:...
by Mitch Metcalf