Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 4.30.2017

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2017 film slates by studio. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2017 to date is now +10% above last year and now +16% above the averag...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED REVIEW: “The Sound of Music Live”

  Creative risk-taking should always be applauded, especially in the conservative world of network television, and tonight NBC (in the particular person of its President Robert Greenblatt) and Executive Producers Craig Zad...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/6/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Everything on CBS except THE CRAZY ONES moved by 0.1, with THE BIG BANG THEORY and ELEMENTARY up, and THE MILLERS and 2 1/2 MEN down.  ONCE UPON A TIME IN WONDERLAND found an extra 0.1, not that it’...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 6/14/15

  OPENINGS:  JURASSIC WORLD (Legendary/Universal) took its place in the history books with the biggest worldwide opening of all time, its $511.8M ahead of the final Harry Potter‘s $483.2M.  That particular record r...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.26.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  A couple of notes:  because the PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE aired without commercials, it’s not included by Nielsen in their final broadcast numbers.  Also, it appears that FOX didn’...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.11.2016

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers.  But CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND got hit badly when the adjustment for Chicago preemption was figured in, down by half to a paltry 0.2, with JANE THE...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 11.10.2019

  OPENINGS:  MIDWAY (AGC/Bona/Lionsgate) was mildly ahead of expectations with $17.5M in the US, and it should perform well on Veterans Day Monday.  However, with around $150M in production and worldwide marketing costs,...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 10.22.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s MLB PLAYOFFS game was at 1.37.  ABC’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL was at 0.77.  CW premiered its Saturday line-up with MAGIC WITH THE STARS at 0.05 and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMAL...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Saturday Ratings 5.7.2016

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, men 18-49 and adults 50+ s...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.14.2019

  OPENINGS:  CRAWL (Paramount) may be an example of a studio outsmarting itself.  Paramount held no critics screenings, presumably because disdain was expected, and thus was unable to create any advance buzz around a res...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.29.2016

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE and FRESH OFF THE BOAT gained 0.1 in final numbers, but NO TOMORROW dropped the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Cha...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Behind the Weekend Box Office – 1/12/14

  OPENINGS:  A bit surprisingly, LONE SURVIVOR (Universal) had no Saturday bump to speak of (under 1%), giving it a more frontloaded weekend than a movie appealing to an older audience (which tends not to run out on openi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Series Premiere Review: “Looking”

  LOOKING:  Sunday 10:30PM on HBO – Worth A Look HBO’s LOOKING is distinctive for the obvious reason that it’s a dramedy about gay characters, of a completely different order than the network universe of...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.8.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS adjusted up 0.1 in finals.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Both the...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.1.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 1.2 in final numbers.  In addition, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ra...
by Mitch Metcalf