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THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Vegas”

  There was a sequence late in the one and only season of VEGAS that suggested what the show could have been.  It wasn’t a big deal:  deputy sheriff Dixon Lamb (Taylor Handley) needed a favor from the entertainment...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Box Office Year to Date & Studio Scorecard

STUDIO SCORECARD. Warner Brothers has jumped into second place in worldwide box office for the year to date, thanks to the opening of Man of Steel and to some extent continued overseas business for Great Gatsby and Hangover 3.�...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS October 19-21

This weekend is on track to be the fourth weekend in a row to be up over the previous years.  Paranormal Activity 4 opens very large but will play out very quickly as the young, horror audience flocks to the first weekend.  T...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.22.2020

  Nothing moved more than a tenth. 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 ratings), a...
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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 10.21.2018

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2018 dollars for films released in late 2017. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box offic...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Broadcast Weekly & Season Averages: 4th of July Blues

The broadcast networks combined for a lowly 4.53 combined 18-49 rating in prime time from July 2-8, 18% below the 42nd week last year (which also included the 4th of July holiday — on Monday).  This is a significantly bi...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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ShowbuzzDaily Series Premiere Review: “American Gods”

  AMERICAN GODS:  Sunday 9PM on Starz – Potential DVR Alert It seems only fair to note upfront, upon the arrival of Bryan Fuller’s new Starz series AMERICAN GODS (created with Michael Green, and based on the n...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES April 26-28

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #17 of 2013 is looking like $81 million for the top 12 films, down 33% from the average the past few years for this weekend and down 16% from the same weekend last ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SKEDBALL: MLB Homerun Derby Clears the Fences

ESPN and MLB tinkered with the Homerun Derby format this year, adding a clock and moving to a bracket format.  It all worked, with the best persons 2+ audience for the ESPN special (7.1 million) since 2009 (8.25 million).  Th...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports Ratings Bowl

SUNDAY SPORTS.  The second game of an NBA doubleheader on ABC drew decent ratings Sunday (Lakers at Heat), hitting a 5.0 household rating and 10 share in the 54 markets which were able to be measured over the weekend.  (The b...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3.2.2016

  THE REAL O’NEALS had a solid start. 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), audien...
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The Sked: Saturday Ratings 5.28.2016

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...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 4.1.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA lost 0.1 in final numbers to a miserable 0.9.  The afternoon news was better at ABC, where THE MIDDLE, THE GOLDBERGS and MODERN FAMILY all got 0.1 bumps, as did AMERICAN IDOL and...
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 3.18.2018

  OPENINGS:  TOMB RAIDER (MGM/Warners) was a reboot that no one asked for, and although franchise movies aren’t star vehicles, the casting of Alicia Vikander in the lead didn’t excite anyone either.  Its $23....
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 7.20.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The 2022 ESPY AWARDS were at 0.42.  That was up 0.18 from the 2021 edition, which aired on a Saturday. CBS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.04 to 0.70, and THE CHALLENGE was up 0.04 to 0.40.  A SWAT reru...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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