Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Better Call Saul”

  BETTER CALL SAUL reminds us that a gripping tale about well-drawn characters can hold audiences even if it’s not the story they thought they wanted to see.  Although it’s an off-shoot of Breaking Bad, Saul r...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Ratings Delays Caused by Christmas & New Year’s Holidays

The Christmas and New Year’s holidays 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 two weeks. Thursday 12/23 nationals...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 1.8.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS dropped 0.09 to 0.39, followed by a rerun WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY at 0.30 and an ABBOTT ELEMENTARY rerun at 0.12. CBS:  60 MINUTES gained 0.11 to 1.27.  Th...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 11.26.2023

  OPENINGS:  NAPOLEON (Apple/Sony) launched at the higher end of expectations, with $20.4M over the 3-day weekend and $32.5M for the 5-day holiday.  As with Apple’s Killers of the Flower Moon, however, that leaves ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 1.28-29.2017

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday January 28-29, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.20.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  Everything on CBS had an adjustment, as ZOO and the reruns of LIFE IN PIECES and THE BIG BANG THEORY all lost 0.1 in final numbers, but BIG BROTHER gained the same.  In addition, H...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “The Conjuring” Materializes a Huge Weekend

  Based on preliminary numbers at Deadline, THE CONJURING (Warners) might be headed for the biggest horror opening of the year.  It reportedly pulled in $16.5M on Thursday night/Friday, neck-and-neck with the $16.8M that...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10.8.2023

  OPENINGS:  THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER (Blumhouse/Morgan Creek/Universal) was at the low end of expectations with $27.2M, and it was also below projections internationally with $17.9M in 52 markets.  It’s hard to tell...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The Bridge”

  The line can be thin between an ambitious, wide-ranging drama series and a mess, and honestly, you could argue THE BRIDGE both ways.  It was resistant to being pigeonholed to a fault, and it seemed to resist, too, the c...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.23.2020

  A crossover helped re-launch the ABC line-up. 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 25-5...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 7.15-7.22.2019

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday July 15 through Sunday July 21, 2019.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Monday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 5.18.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:   There were 0.1 bumps for DANCING WITH THE STARS, MIKE & MOLLY, and STALKER in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  LOVE & HIP-HOP ATLANTA (VH1) topped Monday cable, up 0.12 from last week to 1....
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.22.2021

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show:...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Updated with Broadcast: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.17.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Wednesday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Although FX’s A...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2.12.2017

  The GRAMMY AWARDS were steady–with an asterisk. 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 rati...
by Mitch Metcalf