Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Studio Summer Movie Guide: Universal

  This week, as the clock ticks toward the start of the summer movie season, we’re taking a studio-by-studio look at each company’s line-up and prospects.  Last time we covered Sony, and today we’ll exam...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

Warner Brothers remains a mere $61 million ahead of second-place Disney, looking at worldwide grosses for films released in 2013.  Each of the top two studios reaped about $50 million this past week, mostly from overseas activ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

OSCARLAND: Why and Why Not?

  Here are links to all our Oscarland “Why and Why Not” pieces, running through the rationales for and against all the nominees in the major Academy Award categories: Best Picture Best Director Best Actor Best ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.15.2015

  The strategy of reducing AMERICAN IDOL to one night a week isn’t working out as planned. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demogr...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2.1.2016

  THE X-FILES is losing momentum. 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 (...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Beauty & the Beast”

  BEAUTY & THE BEAST:  Monday 9PM on CW Referring to any CW series as a “bubble show” is sort of a misnomer, because with the exceptions of The Vampire Diaries, Arrow and Supernatural, everything the netwo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 3.24.2018

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
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 8.13.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.38.  CW’s MASTERS OF ILLUSION was at 0.04.    Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was NFL Network’s day th...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 4.4.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.19/0.13/0.12. CBS:  Returning from a 2-week break with a crossover night, the FBI franchise included FBI: INTERNATIONAL up 0.15 to 0.49, FBI up 0.04 to 0.49, and FBI: MOST WANTED up 0...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Monday Ratings: Revised Times

Broadcast primetime fast affiliate-based nationals for Monday 12.10.2018 are now expected around 1:30 pm 12:45 pm PT. Cable and broadcast live+same day nationals for Monday 12.10.2018 are now expected around 4:30 pm 4:00 pm PT....
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED Season Finale: “Fargo”

  FARGO was great television of a kind we’ve never really seen before.  Neither a prequel nor a sequel nor a remake, not even a true spin-off, this was more like a reincarnation of the Coen Brothers’ classic m...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.11.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up 0.2 to 2.1, and FOX’s game stayed at 0.8.  In addition, DATELINE and the NCIS rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the SUPER...
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
 

 
 

The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS June 27: AGT Shows SYTYCD Who’s the Boss

NBC gave FOX some rare competition on Wednesday night, winning the night and knocking down So You Think You Can Dance, which usually enjoys a competition-free existence. NBC continued live coverage of the U.S. Olympic Trials (...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/10/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  THE OLYMPICS adjusted up to 6.5 last night, still below the parallel night at Turin 2006 and farther behind the North American 2002/2010 games.  Of course, CPMs (the price paid by advertisers for commerc...
by Mitch Salem