Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.2.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:   BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the FAMILY GUY rerun slipped by 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The biggest ratings news of the night was the awful swoon by E!’s I AM CAIT, which lost mor...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Saturday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.1.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only change from preliminary numbers was a 0.1 dip for AQUARIUS to an even-worse 0.2. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  We’re informed by fans that the Adult Swim late-night Saturday line-up is full of sho...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Significant Mother”

  SIGNIFICANT MOTHER:  Monday 9:30PM on CW – Change the Channel CW doesn’t air scripted half-hours in its regular season line-up, and it’s been trying its hand with them over the summer when there’...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 7.31.2015

  NOTE TO READERS:  This week, afternoon charts will likely be posted initially in preliminary form, to be updated and in the full regular format later in the day.  The Top 40 Cable Originals Chart has been updated. NETW...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.2.2015

  The title BACHELOR IN PARADISE didn’t refer to its ratings. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 8.1-2.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 1 and Sunday August 2, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Halt and Catch Fire”

  HALT AND CATCH FIRE is in part a show about the cold realities of business, and business logic suggests that a third season for the series is unlikely.  The ratings, cool in Season 1, were icy this year; the show neithe...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8/2/15

  OPENINGS:  MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION (Skydance/China Film Channel/Alibaba/Paramount) had a solid Saturday hold, down 3% from Friday, and the studio is projecting a $56M weekend in the US, well ahead of the $47.7M...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 8.2.2015

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.       YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +8% above last year and now +3% above the average for this point the past four years ($6.066...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Studio Estimates 7.31-8.2.2015

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #31 of 2015 looks like $140 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, a touch below the norm for this weekend (see track below). Opening at 3,956 theaters Friday, Mission: Impossible ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.1.2015

  The ratings for AQUARIUS were slightly less embarrassing this week. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY 7.31.2015 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #31 of 2015 looks like $143 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, near the norm for this weekend (see track below). Opening at 3,956 theaters Friday, Mission: Impossible — R...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.31.2015

  Another all but empty summer Friday. 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 sk...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: $50M Weekend For “Mission” Possible; “Vacation” Dreary

  MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION (Skydance/China Film Channel/Alibaba/Paramount) set its sights at a $50M opening weekend in the US (you could tell because the studio claimed the target was in the $40Ms), and it seems li...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 7.30.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER received an extra 0.1 in final numbers, as did FOOD FIGHTERS. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Despite a two-tenths drop from last week to 0.81, MTV’s TEEN MOM was again the Thursday cable leader.�...
by Mitch Metcalf