Showbuzz Daily


 
Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
Recent
Most Commented
Random
 

 
Reviews

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The Night Shift”

  For scripted network shows, a summer season is like a dog year, far more weighty than the regular kind.  The mortality rate is so high that just getting a renewal is a considerable feat, and a show like Rookie Blue, ext...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 
 
Articles

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 11.18-19.2017

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday November 18-19, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
Full Story »

 

 
Articles

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.3.2017

      NETWORK FINALS:  DATELINE gained 0.1 in final numbers, and both THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and BLUE BLOODS fell 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
Full Story »

 
 
Articles

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #9 of 2014 looks like $109 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, somewhat better than we forecast Wednesday ($100 million) but still 17% below the average for this weekend. Opening...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
Full Story »

 

 
Articles

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 2.6.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  With the WINTER OLYMPICS airing, most of the other networks were in rerun mode.  Here that meant 0.53/0.49/0.44/0.24. CBS:  60 MINUTES was at 0.39, and BIG BROTHER: CELEBRITY EDITION was at 0.47...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
Full Story »

 
 
Articles

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS May 10-12

As Dark Shadows followed The Avengers last year in the second weekend of May, The Great Gatsby will try to follow Iron Man 3’s huge opening last weekend.  Let’s face it, the TV spots for Gatsby make the film look l...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
Full Story »

 

 
Articles

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.7.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  9-1-1 gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was up...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
Full Story »

 
 
Articles

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.29.2017

  STAR-CROSSED was putting it mildly. 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 ske...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 

 
Articles

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 11.27.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was dominant at 1.63, with FOX’s game at 0.68.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was again ESPN’s CO...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
Full Story »

 
 
Current Release

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “42”

  42:  Watch It At Home – The Hallmark Baseball Hall of Fame It may well be that 42 is the Jackie Robinson movie audiences want.  It’s a straightforward, handsomely-produced, inspirational telling of a genuin...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 

 
Articles

FRIDAY JULY 18 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #29 of 2014 looks like $129 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, -30% below the norm for this weekend and below our forecast ($147 million).  This is the fifth really sub-par wee...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
Full Story »

 
 
Articles

The Sked: SUNDAY Ratings

Sunday preliminary broadcast ratings: 60 Minutes and the CBS 7:00-7:30 half hour specifically inflated by 10 minutes of the end of Masters coverage from 7:00-7:10 pm (mostly the monumentally awkward and amazingly tense ceremony...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
Full Story »

 

 
Articles

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.27.2020

  As is usual during the fall with CBS and FOX, the network that has the late afternoon national NFL game will have the benefit of a giant lead-in for their early evening programming. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcas...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
Full Story »

 
 
Articles

THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR CHRONICLES: Week 1

  So:  what do we know now that we didn’t know a week ago? THE SWALLOWS AREN’T RETURNING TO CAPISTRANO.  Generally speaking, the TV season has a dynamic that repeats each year.  Every fall, viewers turn up i...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 

 
Reviews

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Nashville”

  NASHVILLE:  Wednesday 10PM on ABC NASHVILLE was last season’s biggest underachiever.  In the ratings, it hovered at a meager 1.6-1.8 despite beatable competition, and it would have been a bubble show if its songs...
by Mitch Salem
 
Full Story »

 

 
 

 

Search

 

 

Archive

 

 

Newsletter Sign-up