Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Scandal”

  SCANDAL:  Thursday 9PM on ABC How tough is Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington), newly minted as both Chief of Staff to President Mellie Grant (Bellamy Young), and head of secret intelligence and torture bureau B613?  As Sea...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.17.2015

  An unimpressive night for shows that were hoping to impress. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Miniseries Premiere Review: “The X-Files”

  THE X-FILES:  Monday 8PM on FOX With its densely serialized mythology and mostly pre-internet rabidly enthusiastic fans, THE X-FILES was a key signpost on the road to today’s pop culture.  By the time it left the...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD 10.27.2015

  Game 1 of THE WORLD SERIES scored in an epic at-bat. 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 ratin...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 9/14/12

OPENINGS:  Both RESIDENT EVIL:  RETRIBUTION (Screen Gems/Sony) and FINDING NEMO 3D (Pixar/Disney) are softer than expected.  Evil is likely to have a $21M weekend, which would be the lowest opening in the series since the 20...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

WORLD CUP SKEDBALL: Day 15 & Group Stage Summary

Ratings for Thursday’s matches on ESPN and ESPN2 are in and of course the Germany vs USA match was the highest-rated match of the day, but only the third-highest USA match in World Cup 2014 because ESPN rated 187 minutes...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Update: 10.22.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 5.9 in final numbers, a point above last week’s game.  Elsewhere, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER gained 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.14.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Thursday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TLC’s...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED FALL PILOT REPORT: CW’s “Beauty & the Beast”

  BEAUTY & THE BEAST: Thursday 9PM starting 10/11 on CW – If Nothing Else Is On… Disclaimer: Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall. Pilots are often ree...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/15/12

CBS dominates, without a singing competition to be seen. CBS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY, 2 1/2 MEN and PERSON OF INTEREST all had their best outings of the season.  Big Bang was particularly impressive, up 0.4 to a huge 5.5 that a...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

NOTE TO READERS: Delayed Text

  Due to our coverage of the Toronto Film Festival beginning tomorrow, over the next week, while morning and afternoon charts will be posted on schedule (Nielsen permitting, as yesterday’s and today’s delays un...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through April 21

Updated International Box Office Chart:
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 2.18-2.24.2019

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday February 18 through Sunday February 24, 2019.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Prog...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED: Showtime’s Big Night

  The Sunday cable numbers will mostly be released tomorrow, but Showtime was in an understandable hurry to get out the fast news about last night’s numbers. In total audience (the 18-49 demo numbers are still in pro...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 2.13-15.2015

Weekend #7 of 2015 is looking like $179 million for the top 12 films this weekend (Friday-Sunday), well above the normal volume for this weekend and above last year, which was also a strong Presidents Day Weekend (see track bel...
by Mitch Metcalf