Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Monday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 3.23.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Final ratings brought a a 0.1 shift at NBC, with THE VOICE up and THE NIGHT SHIFT down.  In addition, both MIKE & MOLLY and SCORPION rose 0.1, as did the first hour of THE FOLLOWING.  The reruns o...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD (Updated With Late-Night Ratings) – 3.23.2015

  THE NIGHT SHIFT had an unusually perky night.  In addition, note that in the post-midnight realm, LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN had a solid start with older audiences, premiering at 1.4 in total households, ahead of ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: March Madness TV Ratings through First Sunday

During the NCAA Basketball Tournament’s Round of 32 Saturday and Sunday, almost every game on each network was in line with ratings for the same games the past few years.  (We do not have result from the CBS games in the...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 3.22.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  60 MINUTES adjusted down 0.2 once the NCAA TOURNAMENT overrun was taken into account.  The rest of the CBS line-up stayed where it was in preliminary results.  In addition, ONCE UPON A TIME gained 0.1...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Saturday Cable Originals: 3.21.2015

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): March Madness continued to reign over Saturday cable, as NCAA TOURNAMENT games took all of the Top 4 slots, pa...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Fosters”

  There’s a reason why serialized dramas usually have some sort of “franchise” powering them:  a mystery to be solved, patients to be cured, a quest to be undertaken, etc.  Generating compelling stories...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Chasing Life”

  Not to be cynical, but no show on TV could have an easier time coming up with a season-ending cliffhanger than CHASING LIFE, a YA soap whose heroine is battling leukemia.  For most of the back half of the series’ ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: March Madness TV Ratings through the First Friday (Updated with Tournament Averages to Date)

A very normal set of ratings for the NCAA Basketball Tournament on Friday, March 20, the second and final day of the Round of 64.  After a very exciting Thursday with many upsets and close games, Friday was more by the book, w...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 3.20.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was no adjustment for the GLEE finale, and in fact the only change was a 0.1 dip for the rerun of IZOMBIE’s pilot. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few ot...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3.22.2015

  A moderately good night for some newcomers. 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), audi...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 3.21-22.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 21 and Sunday March 22, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Girls”

  In its 4th season, the geist of GIRLS no longer seemed to be hitting the zeit the way it used to.  Ratings were down, and so was the sense of buzz.  Some of that was simply the fact that shows of the moment don’t...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “The Royals”

  THE ROYALS:  Sunday 10PM on E! Previously… on THE ROYALS:  The (fictional) British monarchy is a mess.  The Prince of Wales has died in mysterious circumstances, and the next in line to the crown is now his brot...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 3/22/15

  OPENINGS:  INSURGENT (Summit/Lionsgate) had a stronger Saturday hold than Divergent (down 7% instead of 13%), and based on that, Liosgate is also claiming a stronger Sunday hold (down 35% instead of 40%).  That gives I...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 3.22.2015

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +4% above last year and +6% above the average for this point the past four years ($1.794 billion).  Over the sam...
by Mitch Metcalf