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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “Hannibal”

  In real life, serial killers are not infrequently foiled by mistakes as mundane as unpaid traffic tickets, and while Hannibal Lecter may be eternal, the NBC television series version of Hannibal–despite an inexpens...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.14.2015

  Some veterans looked a bit shaky last night. 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), aud...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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2017-18 TV Season

UPDATED WITH ANALYSIS: NIELSENWAR: The FOX Fall 2017 Schedule

See our commentary on the NBC fall schedule here. FOX had a terrible 2016-17 season (blurred a bit by airing the Super Bowl and a historic World Series).  The closest thing it had to a new hit was Lethal Weapon, and it watch...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.2.2021

        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
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 8.6.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.35.    Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s PREMIER LEAGUE match was at 0.24, and a NASCAR race was at 0.15.  ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “The 100”

  THE 100 stood apart from its CW fantasy-adventure counterparts, unique both in its often unexpected (and sometimes ruthless) narrative choices, and in the sense it imparted of true auteurship by series creator Jason Roth...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Weekend Box Office Predictions 9.30-10.2.2016

Weekend #40 of 2016 forecasts for films opening wide and major returning films: NEW FILMS THIS WEEKEND September 30-October 2, 2016 Critics Positive ($ millions) Opening Weekend Forecast Domestic Total Projection Overseas Tota...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Pilot Reports

THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “King & Maxwell”

  KING & MAXWELL:  Monday 10PM on TNT – Change the Channel Jon Tenney and Rebecca Romijn are an attractive, appealing pair of series leads, but they’re not enough to make the markedly sub-par new procedura...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Cable Ratings

THE SKED SUNDAY CABLE SCORECARD – 10/21/12

  No surprise what’s gnawing at the top of the ratings. AMC:  The typical post-premiere decline for a big returning show seems to have been made up by AMC’s settlement of its lawsuit with DISH Network and the ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.12.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.8, up 0.9 from last week’s game.  In addition, WISDOM OF THE CROWD lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Offici...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.1.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER and THE WALL gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the FAMILY GUY rerun lost 0.2, and LET’S BE REAL, PRESS YOUR LUCK, MATCH GAME and the MASKED SINGER rerun were down 0.1...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s State of the Studio: 20th Century Fox

  Our parade of studio summers continues. We’ve reviewed Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount, and Sony, and today’s focus is on 20th Century Fox. Fox has had a distinct strategy this summer, counterprogramming with ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY WED NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.12.2014

  NBC did November sweeps the old school way last night. 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 rat...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Midseason Finale

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Black Sails”

  From the viewpoint of its newly-concluded third season, the first 2 years of Starz’s BLACK SAILS feel like a very long and somewhat misguided prologue to where the series is now.  With Michael Bay as its leading E...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3.31.2017

  Lots of finales. 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, me...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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