Top Cable and Broadcast Programs of the Week
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 4.10.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.03 to 0.56, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.06 to 0.35. CBS: Back from a 2-week break, THE NEIGHBORHOOD fell 0.08 to 0.46, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA ticked down to 0.37, NCIS grew ...
A SHOWBUZZDAILY Guide to Movie Profitability (Or Not) – Part I: Budget
Let’s start with something simple: anyone who claims to have reliable knowledge about the profitability of a specific film, without having detailed access to its production budgets, financing documents and key ta...
SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 9.20.2015
NETWORK UPDATE: THE EMMY AWARDS gained 0.4 in final numbers to 3.6, and SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 9.7. After football adjustment, 60 MINUTES fell 0.4 to 1.2, and the MADAM SECRETARY rerun was down 0.2. CABLE H...
OSCARS MINUS 6: The “Argo”-ness of It All
So, is it over? It certainly feels over. Voting for the Academy Awards ends tomorrow, and last night’s win at the Writers Guild for Best Adapted Screenplay cemented Argo’s astonishing streak of victories ov...
SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 3.6.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: THE BACHELOR was steady at 0.59, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.02 to 0.32. CBS: Reruns at 0.36/0.29/0.26/0.22. NBC: The season premiere of THE VOICE was at 0.69, up 0.02 from its September 2022...
SKEDBALL: Winter Olympic Ratings Update
The first Sunday night of Olympic coverage averaged a 6.9 adult 18-49 rating on NBC from 7:00-11:00 pm. This is well below the 7.5 rating on the same night in Turin and even slightly below the relatively weak night in Vancouv...
SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.5.2017
True crime is still an audience draw. 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 s...
THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/21/12
On the network’s menus for Thanksgiving Eve: heaping platters of series lows. (It should probably be noted that the reason it made sense for 3 networks to air new episodes last night, despite the anticipated lack of a...
NIELSENWAR: How The Networks Learned To Stop Worrying & Love the Bombs
1.3. 0.9. 1.4. 1.1. 0.7. 1.2. 1.3. 1.2. Those are, respectively, the most recent Live + Same Day ratings for Quantico, Grandfathered, Code Black (which actually had a bump for the week thanks to a higher than...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “The New Normal”
A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and the production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have ha...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Beautiful Boy,” “Homecoming” & “Vox Lux”
BEAUTIFUL BOY (Amazon/October 12): A true-life story of drug addiction told with sincerity and superb acting, but which can’t shake the feel of generic problem drama. Felix Van Groeningen’s film (co-writt...
EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Aladdin” Grants Disney’s Wish, “Brightburn” & “Booksmart” Slow
ALADDIN (Disney) marked a rebound from the opening day of Dumbo, with preliminary numbers at Deadline projecting $30.8M on Friday (including $7M from Thursday afternoon/evening), compared to $15.3M for Dumbo. The Memor...
UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.24.2021
NETWORK FINALS: The AFC CHAMPIONSHIP game adjusted to 11.83, down a bit from the final 12.2 for 2020’s primetime NFC game. FBI, which began at 10:30PM, had a 1.98 rating. In addition, there w...
Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 2.27.2022
OPENINGS: The major studios took the weekend off in anticipation of next week’s The Batman overwhelming the market. STUDIO 666 (Open Road) didn’t find much of a crowd for its Foo Fighters horror with a $1...