Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.28.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s PRESEASON NFL game and CBS’s BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the reruns of MADAM SECRETARY, THE SIMPSONS and BROOKLYN NINE-NINE lost the same.     ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.27.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s national PRESEASON NFL game held at 1.0 in final numbers, as did FOX’s 0.8 for UFC FIGHT NIGHT.  Local NFL preemptions were likely responsible for most if not all of the...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.26.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment, CBS’s PRESEASON NFL game fell 0.2 to 1.1.  Local preemptions for other preseason games led to additional changes.  On ABC, the entire line-up fell 0.1 in final nu...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.28.2016

  More preseason football. 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 1...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “The Night Of”

  Last year, the cop novel “The Whites” was published as the work of Harry Brandt–except that “Harry Brandt” was actually a pseudonym for Richard Price.  This seemed odd at first, because unl...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Roadies”

  In recent years, Cameron Crowe has had trouble keeping his scripts coherent even when they only have to last 2 hours.  It probably shouldn’t have come as a surprise that giving him 10 hours to play with was asking...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “The Strain”

  THE STRAIN:  Sunday 10PM on FX FX’s goofiest drama, THE STRAIN, is back for its third season, long-tongued vampiric monsters and Eastern European mythology intact.  Season 2 may have been less notable for killing...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8/28/16

  OPENINGS:  DON’T BREATHE (Screen Gems/Sony) had an unusually strong Saturday for a horror movie, down just 1% from Friday (which, remember, these days includes Thursday night).  By way of comparison, Lights Out f...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 8.26-28.2016

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is still +4% above last year and still +5% above the average for this point the...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Saturday Ratings 8.27.2016

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...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.26.2016

  The NFL’s preseason isn’t as dominant as the league will shortly become, but it does the job. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advert...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Don’t Breathe” Inhales Audiences, “Mechanic” Breaks Down

  DON’T BREATHE (Screen Gems/Sony) is the 2d horror movie of the late summer, after Lights Out, to benefit from an effectively marketed premise (monsters in the dark and the quiet) and strong reviews.  According to ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.25.2016

        The technical issues are worked out.  We appreciate your patience.  Here are the Thursday numbers. NETWORK FINALS:  The national NFL PRESEASON game on NBC adjusted up 0.2 to 1.8.  Changes elsewhe...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.25.2016

  Note that although NBC aired a national PRESEASON NFL game last night, other local stations aired competing local games, so there may be an unusual number of adjustments this afternoon. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broa...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.24.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the 8PM rerun of THE GOLDBERGS lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE ...
by Mitch Metcalf