Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 7.7-8.2018

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday July 7-8, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ran...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Thursday Network Scorecard 9.20.2018

Note: CBS and NBC fast affiliate-based nationals below are inflated by NFL THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL local pre-emptions in New York (NBC) and Cleveland (CBS). DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 2/9/13

  Storms be damned:  according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, despite (or because of) the snows on the East Coast, Saturday was a very healthy day at the multiplexes.  Far from taking a Day 2 hit, IDENTITY THIEF (Un...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/27/13

Even without The Voice as an excuse, most networks headed downward. FOX:  AMERICAN IDOL continued to plunge, down half a ratings point to 3.1, which happens to be just 0.1 ahead of X Factor’s average last fall. ABC:...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Prometheus”

  PROMETHEUS:  Worth A Ticket – For the Visual Splendor, Not the Plot   Expectations were undoubtedly too high for PROMETHEUS.  The Alien franchise (and notwithstanding Ridley Scott and co-writer Damon Lindelo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: “Vikings”

  THE VIKINGS:  Sunday 10PM on History Channel In its pilot, at least, THE VIKINGS, which marks History Channel’s first step into the world of continuing scripted drama after its massive success last year with the H...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Series Premiere Review: “Backpackers”

  BACKPACKERS:  Monday 8:30PM on CW – Change the Channel BACKPACKERS feels like a student film project, although it isn’t one.  Instead, it’s another example of the walls coming down between entertainme...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10.10.2021

  OPENINGS:  In the US, NO TIME TO DIE (UA/MGM) opened at $56M, at the low end of expectations–and “expectations” are usually already set low so that the press will report that a film has “overperf...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.4.2017

        NOTE TO READERS:  Charts will continue to be posted as usual, but due to our coverage of the Toronto Film Festival, for the next week all text and responses to comments/requests will be delayed, pot...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Bates Motel”

  The first season of BATES MOTEL pulled one of the season’s more interesting sleights of hand.  In theory a prequel to Psycho, more often than not it used the source material as pretext for a quite different kind o...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.13.2020

  As was the case on Thursday, SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL returned big but not as big as it’s been. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 11.4.2018

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2018 dollars for films released in late 2017. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box offic...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.10.2016

          NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage gained 0.1 in final numbers.              Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  RI...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.5.2018

  Small shifts. 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 1...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 2.25.2018

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2018 dollars for films released in late 2017. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box offic...
by Mitch Metcalf