Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 9/28/12

  What was that about Adam Sandler having career trouble? OPENINGS:  Sony‘s decision to open HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA a week before Disney’s Frankenweenie turned out to be a brilliant move, as Hotel is on track fo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “The Lone Ranger”

  THE LONE RANGER:  Not Even For Free – The Silver Bullet Is Self-Inflicted Disney’s reluctance to produce THE LONE RANGER is well-documented; the studio even shut down the production shortly before shooting w...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Carmichael Show”

  THE CARMICHAEL SHOW:  Wednesday 9PM on NBC – If Nothing Else Is On… THE CARMICHAEL SHOW is the latest sitcom to be aired by NBC with a stealth run that suggests one of the network’s programming executi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.1.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  The Final Four NCAA TOURNAMENT games on CBS adjusted to 5.5.  In addition, the SNL rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Progr...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Broadcast News & Late Night Series 2.8-2.14.2021

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 7: February 8-14, 2021 Broadca...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 2.18.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NHL game was at 0.28.  FOX’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.29.  On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION ticked down to 0.04, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS was down 0.03 to 0.04.   Broad...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 6.25.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.34/0.35/0.25. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.19/0.19/0.17. NBC:  A NASCAR race at 0.43. FOX:  A USFL game at 0.13. CW:  Reruns at 0.04/0.02/0.03/0.02. TELEMUNDO:  Movies at 0.21/0.12. UNI...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Defiance”

  In its second season, Syfy’s DEFIANCE continued to be erratic, although sometimes in a more satisfying way than in Season 1.  Under the helm of series co-creator and new showrunner Kevin Murphy (replacing fellow c...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY STUDIO SCORECARD – 6/8/12

Now if the Madagascar animals had to battle the Prometheus aliens, that might have been interesting. OPENINGS:  PROMETHEUS (20th) edged out MADAGASCAR 3 (DreamWorks Animation/Paramount) for Friday honors ($21.4M to $20.5M), bu...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “Masters of Sex”

  MASTERS OF SEX:  Sunday 10PM on Showtime – Potential DVR Alert After the macho angst of Ray Donovan and–notwithstanding its excellence–the heavy going of Homeland, Showtime smartly changes pace with MA...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Saturday Night Live” with James Franco

  Host James Franco (and very busy musical guest Nicki Minaj, who turned up in several sketches) had the benefit of one of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’s sharper episodes of the season tonight–uneven, of course, but wit...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/8/13

A bad night for debuts. FOX:  No one showed up for the return of TOUCH, which started with a weak 1.1 in its first hour and fell to an even worse 0.9 in its second.  Unless things turn around quickly (unlikely, with Grimm on...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.9.2019

  PARADISE HOTEL was no paradise. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), au...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Monday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 3.16.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was nothing extra for DANCING WITH THE STARS in final numbers.  On NBC, while THE VOICE gained 0.1, the adjustment hit to THE NIGHT SHIFT was even worse than anticipated, down 0.2 to a weakening ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

OSCARLAND: The Foreign-Language Short List

  What do Blue Is the Warmest Color and The Past have in common?  Two things, actually:  they’re both widely considered among the best foreign-language films shown in the US this year–and neither will be nomi...
by Mitch Salem