Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

THE SKED MIDSEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Beauty & the Beast”

  The midseason finale of the purported romantic thriller BEAUTY & THE BEAST delivered almost all romance, no thrills, as it continues to have only a glancing relationship with its title. Plotting has been this show...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Paramount again had the biggest week of all the major studios (up $177 million worldwide since last week) exclusively because of continued overseas grosses for Transformers: Age of Extinction.  F...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY JUNE 14 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #24 of 2013 looks like a really good $192 million for the top 12 films, not quite the $200+ million we forecast but still up 27% from the average for this weekend the past few years. Man...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Broadcast News & Late Night Series 9.13-9.19.2021

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 38: September 13-19, 2021 Broa...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/28/13

  The World Series had surprisingly little meaningful effect on the other networks. FOX:  WORLD SERIES GAME 5 had a preliminary 3.8, which probably won’t go much beyond a 4 in final numbers.  There hasn’t been a ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.7.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  The bad start for LIFE SENTENCE got worse, as it fell 0.1 in final numbers to a dismal 0.2, even as lead-in RIVERDALE rose 0.1 to 0.5.  Also down 0.1:  CHICAGO PD, while THE GOLDB...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Hostages”

  The failures of HOSTAGES were many, and they separate into two dimensions.  One–the more important to CBS–was commercial; the show proved to be dead in the water from the night it premiered against the launc...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office Report – 12.20.2020

  OPENINGS:  Sony is one of the last remaining studios to honor the full conventional theatrical distribution window, so MONSTER HUNTER (Screen Gems/Sony) will have roughly 3 months to sell tickets before it’s avail...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY NETWORK SCORECARD 9.18.2014

  Even football was subdued on a very quiet night. CBS:  A blowout win by Atlanta over Tampa Bay tested even NFL fans, as THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL crashed by 2.2 from last week to a 3.3 preliminary rating.  That will go u...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.22.2021

        NETWORK FINALS:  The primetime CBS NCAA TOURNAMENT games adjusted to 1.35/1.14.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: FX’s BR...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.19.2018

  I FEEL BAD felt OK at best. 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 (wome...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: NBC Fall Premiere Dates

  NBC has struck first in releasing the dates of its fall premieres.  Most of its new shows will launch during the official Premiere Week starting Monday September 22, but there are a few exceptions (new series are in ALL...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 9.18.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The entire CW line-up was down in final numbers, MASTERS OF ILLUSION by 0.1 and the reruns of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and PENN & TELLER: FOOL US by 0.2, suggesting that sports preemptions may have i...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 6/29/12

  The calendar may say the 4th of July is approaching, but it’s looking an awful lot like Christmas at the boxoffice this weekend.  Preliminary numbers at Deadline have both TED (Universal) and MAGIC MIKE (Warne...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.15.2018

  Time ran out for LIFE SENTENCE, but we won’t know its true final rating until Monday. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demograph...
by Mitch Metcalf