Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.16.2015

  SHARK TANK towered over everything else on Friday night network TV. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “American Sniper” Takes Out the Competition

  OPENINGS:  Even though it technically opened last year, 2015 has its first blockbuster hit with AMERICAN SNIPER (Warners/Village Roadshow).  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, Clint Eastwood’s newly-mi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 1.15.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.1 in final ratings, and the WORLD DOG AWARDS also retrieved an extra 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD 1.15.2015

  AMERICAN IDOL continued its slide. 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 skew...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 1.14.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.1 to 3.0 in final Wednesday numbers (EMPIRE stayed put with its giant 4.0).  BLACK-ISH, however, fell to an even deeper series low, down 0.1 to 1.9.  It would be no shock if ABC...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “12 Monkeys”

  12 MONKEYS:  Friday 9PM on Syfy – If Nothing Else Is On… Last year, the writer/producer Noah Hawley miraculously inhabited Joel and Ethan Coen’s Fargo, creating something that was original and yet sa...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD -1.14.2015

  EMPIRE is the real thing. 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 1...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

OSCARLAND: The Nominees

  The race is officially on, with Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel (both from Fox Searchlight) tied for the lead with 9 nominations (The Imitation Game has 8, while Boyhood, not so much a technical showcase, has 6), an...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Tuesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 1.13.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Both NCIS: NEW ORLEANS and PERSON OF INTEREST added 0.1 in final numbers, as did the rerun of THE FLASH. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but no...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Empire”

  EMPIRE:  Wednesday 9PM on FOX Previously… on EMPIRE:  As he prepares to launch his hip-hop entertainment conglomerate into an even higher financial sphere via an IPO, mogul Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) learns t...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Man Seeking Woman”

  MAN SEEKING WOMAN:  Wednesday 10:30PM on FXX – If Nothing Else Is On… You know how on Family Guy a character will say “This is just like when________” or “You’re like________,” ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 1.16-18.2015

Weekend #3 of 2015 is looking like $134 million for the top 12 films this weekend, up from the norm for this weekend but down from the same weekend last year. Opening at around 3,200 theaters Friday (above the 2,886 average...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.13.2015

  PARKS & RECREATION’s fans showed up for the beginning of the end. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Monday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 1.12.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Could things get worse for STATE OF AFFAIRS?  Yes they could:  final numbers pushed the show down 0.1 to an even deeper series low of 0.7.  Also down 0.1 were THE BACHELOR, now at 1.7, and CASTLE, n...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Parks and Recreation”

  PARKS AND RECREATION:  Tuesday 8PM on NBC There will be plenty of time to lament the passing of PARKS AND RECREATION, and what it portends for network TV comedy and especially for NBC.  Well, “plenty” may b...
by Mitch Salem