Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW: “Under the Skin”

  A film festival is certainly the place for a feature-length semi-linear flow of unscripted dialogue and bizarre imagery if anywhere is, so welcome to UNDER THE SKIN.  The writer/director Jonathan Glazer has gradually b...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/3/12

This airing against no competition thing is fun! CBS:  On Thursday it was the Eye’s turn to be the only network with original regular programming, and as with NBC the night before, it provided some lovely numbers.  THE ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3.20.2015

  It wasn’t much of a curtain call for GLEE. 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
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 7.21.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  The  JANUARY 6 HEARINGS occupied primetime on the Big 3 networks, with ratings of 0.44 on ABC, 0.26 on CBS, and 0.41 on NBC.  On the other networks: FOX:  Reruns at 0.16/0.12/0.11. CW:  Reruns at ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.14.2016

  There was moderate interest in an hour about current events. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/3/13

  Happy 4th of July! No one was watching television last night. CBS:  Somebody had to win last night, and it was CBS, with a whopping 1.2 evening average.  BIG BROTHER hit an all-time low 1.6 (down 0.6 from last week).  Aft...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

FRIDAY MARCH 21 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #12 of 2014 looks like $131 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, very similar to the same weekend last year and 8% below the average for this weekend the past several years.   Op...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.3.2016

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Sunday numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It’s an awfull...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Billions”

  BILLIONS:  Sunday 9PM on Showtime The fourth season of a successful series can be an inflection point.  By the time Season 4 begins, the show’s makers know what works, but it’s still early enough that the t...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: WORLD CUP SKEDBALL: Day 14 and ABC Ratings from Sunday

Ratings for Wednesday’s matches on ESPN and ESPN2 have arrived and the two on ESPN2 are the lowest-rated matches of 2014 so far (ranking #43 and #44), while the 3:30 pm telecast on ESPN (Ecuador and France in a fascinatin...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED NETFLIX REVIEW: “House of Cards” (Full Season)

  It took me just under 6 weeks to get through the 13 hours of HOUSE OF CARDS, the first original Netflix series.  That’s a little less than half the time a regular weekly run would have taken, although nowhere near...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Jane the Virgin”

  JANE THE VIRGIN:  Monday 9PM on CW Previously… on JANE THE VIRGIN:  Jane (Gina Rodriguez) is what the title says she is, much to the relief of her grandmother Alba (Ivonne Coli), yet still pregnant, thanks to the...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: “The Voice” Keeps Singing

  Wasting no time–and why should they?–NBC jumped on the strong ratings for last night’s first regular season episode of THE VOICE to renew the show for both Spring and Fall 2013.  The Spring renewal was...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.19.2021

        BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS: ABC:  The line-up declined:  HOLEY MOLEY by 0.04 to 0.40, WHEN NATURE CALLS by 0.04 to 0.20, and THE HUSTLER by a tick to 0.25.  CBS:  BIG BROTHER rose 0.09 to 1.01.  Reruns fo...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 6.16.2018

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