Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 7.15.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers.  (Footnote:  after EXTANT sets its series low 0.6 this morning, CBS announced that beginning next week, it will move to 9PM with BIG BROTHER as its lead-in, r...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Rookie Blue”

  It’s no small thing to be a scripted success on the broadcast networks during the summer, and while it’s never been a breakout hit, the fact that the Canadian series ROOKIE BLUE has made it to a 4th season on...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Broadcast News & Late Night Series: 6.1-6.7.2020

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 23: June 1-7, 2020 Broadcast N...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.27.2016

  For the most part, the networks are taking Memorial Day weekend off. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates FEBRUARY 21-23

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #8 of 2014 looks now like $98 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, slightly below this weekend’s average the past several years but well above last year...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “Blinded By The Light” & “Judy and Punch”

  BLINDED BY THE LIGHT (New Line/Warners):  Sundance was somewhat awash in feel-good movies this year, which is unusual but not unprecedented.  One of the most successful in previous years was 2002’s Bend It Like B...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.26.2017

  ABC’s summer Mondays are still in flux. 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), au...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 5.24.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The night’s only adjustment was a 0.1 bump for the rerun of CASTLE. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The holiday weekend shook the crown of GAME OF THRONES, which fell 0.61 from last week to 2.53, dropping it ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10/16/16

  OPENINGS:  The biggest arrival of the weekend is still 2 weeks away from reaching the US.  INFERNO (Columbia/Sony), the latest in the DaVinci Code/Angels & Demons franchise, opened in 53 markets comprising about 2/...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 12.1.2024

  OPENINGS:  It was the Thanksgiving holiday of Hollywood’s dreams, spearheaded by the record-breaking performance of MOANA 2 (Disney), which shoveled in $221M during the Wed-Sun period and $135.5M for the weekend i...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 8/11/13

  Here’s an instructive piece of box office math, courtesy of Disney and The Lone Ranger.  Ranger cost (including worldwide marketing) about $350M all told, and it’s going to have global theatrical revenues of...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 12.20.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ran again on both broadcast and cable, and ABC’s portion was at 1.68, down 0.18 from last week. CBS:  Reruns at 0.26/0.23/0.20. NBC:  A rerun of the ANNIE LIVE specia...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED: “Rizzoli & Isles” and “Perception” Start Strong

  RIZZOLI & ISLES has been one of TNT’s most reliable hits, and it launched Season 4 last night in very healthy fashion.  The show was up from its Season 3 premiere in all measurements, with 6.6M total viewers (...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 1/15/17

  OPENINGS:  It wasn’t so much that THE BYE BYE MAN (STX) overperformed at $13.4M for the 3-day weekend (that number should rise to $15M on Monday thanks to the Martin Luther King Day holiday), but that everything a...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.9.2019

  NOTE: CBS, NBC and FOX numbers below inflated slightly by a few major-market pre-emptions for NFL Preseason games. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary l...
by Mitch Metcalf