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TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW: “Rush”

  The writer Peter Morgan is a whiz at boring into little-remembered (and in the US, sometimes little-known) crannies of recent history and scooping out the rich drama inside, with scripts like The Deal, Frost/Nixon and Th...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2.18.2019

  No bumps for the night’s exits. 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 rating...
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AUDIENCE MAP: Big Ticket Sporting Events

Today we continue our AUDIENCE MAP series, which started with a look at the debut of FOX’s Empire and the premiere night trends for American Idol.  This week we take a look at some of the biggest sports telecasts in the past...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Weekend Box Office Predictions AUGUST 16-18

The 33rd weekend of the year is looking like $133 million for the top 12 films, up a sizable 17% from the average for a normally extremely sleepy weekend.  Opening at around 2,800 2,940 theaters Friday (very close to the 2,8...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.9.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  Local college basketball tournament adjustments weren’t kind to the networks.  BLUE BLOODS fell 0.2 in final numbers, while AGENTS OF SHIELD, TAKEN, and CONFRONTING PUTIN all...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 5.5.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The line-up aired new episodes for the first time in a month, with STATION 19 down 0.03 to 0.60, GREY’S ANATOMY up 0.02 to 0.65, and BIG SKY down 0.03 to 0.26. CBS:  After reruns at 0.36/0....
by Mitch Salem
 
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TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL Day 6 Capsule Reviews: “La La Land,” “Deepwater Horizon, “Brimstone” & “Wakefield”

  LA LA LAND (Summit/Lionsgate – December 2):  No film arrived at Toronto this year with more hype to live up to than Damien Chazelle’s La La Land, the follow-up to the filmmakers’s Oscar-winning Whiplas...
by Mitch Salem
 
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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through January 20

Big movers overseas this week include Django Unchained (now with $48 million overseas to date), Life of Pi (another $36 million overseas this past week to an astounding $393 million overseas and projected worldwide just und...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.13.2019

  The Tuesday battle between NBC and ABC tightened. 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 ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 5.23.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  An NBA PLAYOFFS game at 1.93. CBS;  The season finale of THE NEIGHBORHOOD was at 0.56, up 0.02 from last week and down two-tenths from the 2021 finale.  The season finale of BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Banshee”

  BANSHEE:  Friday 10PM on Cinemax Previously… on BANSHEE:  Through a series of coincidences not worth recounting, an ex-con (Antony Starr) has taken on the identity of Lucas Hood, who was killed on his way to beco...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10/30/16

  OPENINGS:  As is frequently the case these days, the biggest opening numbers are outside the US.  DOCTOR STRANGE (Marvel/Disney) won’t arrive here until Thursday night, but it’s already racked up $86M in 33...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “The Wolverine”

  THE WOLVERINE:  Watch It At Home – The Clawed Superhero’s Latest is Distinctive But Unthrilling THE WOLVERINE, wanting to be both more and less than a typical superhero spectacle, demonstrates the perils of ...
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.28.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Saturday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&ER...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Yellowstone”

  The first season of YELLOWSTONE was a feat of auteurship.  Every episode of the recently-rebooted Paramount Network’s prestige series was written and directed solely by series creator Taylor Sheridan, something no...
by Mitch Salem
 
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