Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Whispers”

  THE WHISPERS never made much sense, and that went triple for tonight’s finale.  On a macro level, it was probably unwise to end the season with a cliffhanger, since reports are that although the ratings were no wo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2.14.2020

  BLUE BLOODS returned from a month off. 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 ratin...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

No changes in the studio rankings this week, the top two studios had enormous weeks (each around $250 million) from The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug (Warner Brothers) and Frozen (Disney), with each film experiencing a signifi...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Studio Summer Movie Guide: Sony

  We’re just days away from the launch of the summer movie season, the most important part of the year for all of the major studios.  Literally billions of dollars will be on the line over the next several months, w...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 6.5.2016

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +2% above last year and still +2% above the average for this point the pas...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.25.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted up to 0.9, and NBC’s NHL ALL-STAR GAME adjusted down to 0.5.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   &nbs...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.7.2021

        NOTE:  Over time, we’ll be publishing posts like this for the gap period in which ShowbuzzDaily wasn’t operational.  Those posts will not have analysis.         Broadcas...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 4.10.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.03 to 0.56, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.06 to 0.35. CBS:  Back from a 2-week break, THE NEIGHBORHOOD fell 0.08 to 0.46, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA ticked down to 0.37, NCIS grew ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Zone Of Interest,” “Expats” & “Finestkind”

  THE ZONE OF INTEREST (A24 – TBD):  Jonathan Glazer has only directed 4 feature films in his 23-year career (the most recent was Under the Skin a decade ago).  His latest, The Zone of Interest, is a work of for...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 4.17-19.2015

Weekend #16 of 2015 is looking like $119 million for the top 12 films this weekend, right in line with the norm for this weekend. Opening at around 3,600 theaters Friday (above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weeke...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.1.2016

  The year was new, but the content wasn’t. 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
 

 
 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Quartet”

  QUARTET:  Watch It At Home – AARP’s Version of a Rock Concert Reunion Movie It may come as a surprise to some of the directors who’ve tangled with Dustin Hoffman to hear that QUARTET is supposed to mar...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR – Week 3

  Another week’s worth of ratings are in, and once again, we ask:  what do we know now that we didn’t know a week ago? NEXT CALLER MUST HAVE BEEN A REALLY, REALLY BAD SHOW.  Last week NBC stopped production o...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.4.2015

  The NBA FINALS made a meal of HANNIBAL. 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...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Irma Delays the Ratings: Update #6

Update #6 Friday 9.15.2017 10 am PT: With Wednesday cable and broadcast nationals in this morning, the Thursday nationals are expected to be on time at 1 pm today, ending the disruption caused by Hurricane Irma. Update #5 Wedn...
by Mitch Metcalf