Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates 4.3-5.2015

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #14 of 2015 looks like $215 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, way above the norms for this weekend and setting a new record for early April. Opening at 4,...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.1.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  It was a good night for CBS in adjustments, with 0.1 bumps for MAN WITH A PLAN, SUPERIOR DONUTS and SCORPION.  (But not THE GREAT INDOORS.)  THE VOICE also gained 0.1.   &nbs...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Update: 1.9.2016

    NETWORK UPDATE:  The AFC NFL WILD CARD game on CBS adjusted up to 10.1 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, the 8:30PM BLACKISH rerun lost 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIG...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions JANUARY 17-19

Weekend #3 of 2014 is looking like $130 million for the top 12 films for the traditional Friday-Sunday portion of the long MLK weekend, up 14% from the average for this weekend the past few years. Opening at around 2,200 theate...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS May 4-6

Weekend #18 of 2012 (the first weekend of May and the unofficial start of the summer movie season) looks like it will be about $214 million for the top 12 films, up 38% from last year’s comparable weekend and up 46% from ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8.20.2023

  OPENINGS:  Although BLUE BEETLE (DC/Warners) won the weekend over a tiring Barbie, it landed at the low end of expectations with $25.4M–and given the heavy 15% Friday-to-Saturday drop (much steeper than the 4%/6% ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Rookie Blue”

  ROOKIE BLUE:  Thursday 9PM on ABC It’s quite an accomplishment for a scripted summer series on one of the broadcast networks to last five seasons on the air, and the ABC/Canadian co-production ROOKIE BLUE is now...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 11.10.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  It was fall finale night, and STATION 19 gained 0.05 to 0.50, with GREY’S ANATOMY up 0.11 to 0.51.  Both will return on February 23.  A promo run of Hulu’s REASONABLE DOUBT was at 0....
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Box Office – 9.22.2024

  OPENINGS:  TRANSFORMERS ONE (Hasbro/Paramount) underdelivered vs projections by about 20%, and its dim $25M start didn’t even give it the weekend’s #1 ranking at the box office.  Paramount was taking a calc...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.19.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up to 1.7.  In addition, the 8PM MASKED SINGER rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Red Band Society”

  RED BAND SOCIETY:  Wednesday 9PM on FOX Previously… on RED BAND SOCIETY:  In a Los Angeles hospital, a half-dozen adolescents struggle with their health and with the general problems of being teenagers.  Kara (Z...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Last Ship”

  Despite an underwhelming season finale that favored sentiment over action until the closing seconds, THE LAST SHIP had a fairly smooth second voyage.  (The show, one of TNT’s highest-rated originals, has already b...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.1.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up 0.1 to 3.2 in final numbers, while FOX’s game adjusted down 0.1 to 0.4.  The 9:30PM rerun of THE GOOD PLACE was also down 0.1.   &...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED REVIEW: “Saturday Night Live” with Jennifer Lawrence

  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE had a generally dispiriting start to the second half of its season, with an episode proving once again that just giving the writers some time off in no way guarantees that they’ll come back with...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 7.5.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The WOMENS WORLD CUP FINALS adjusted up 0.6 to 7.0 in final numbers.  The primetime NASCAR telecast turned out to be a very long rain delay, and it lost 0.1 to 0.7.  In addition, BIG BROTHER and CELE...
by Mitch Metcalf