Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED NETWORK/CABLE SCORECARD – 11/19/13

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Little change from this morning’s numbers, with 0.1 increases for AGENTS OF SHIELD, THE VOICE, THE BIGGEST LOSER and DAVID BLAINE: REAL OR MAGIC.  ABC will hope the boost for SHIELD means that the ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 12.23-24.2017

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday December 23-24, 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
 

 

 

THE SKED Midseason Finale Review: “Beauty & the Beast”

  New showrunner Brad Kern (working with series creators Sherri Cooper and Jennifer Levin) has made plenty of changes to BEAUTY & THE BEAST, but mostly they haven’t been improvements.  The gothic romanticism of ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 9.11-13.2015

Weekend #37 of 2015 is looking like $65 million for the top 12 films this weekend, below the norm for this weekend (see comparisons below). The Visit from Universal should open with a $16.5 million opening weekend. Mediocre...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions DECEMBER 6-8

The 49th weekend of the year is looking like $97 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down from last year but up from the usual performance for this weekend over the past several years. Opening at around 2,000 theaters ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 1.13-14.2018

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday January 13-14, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Review: “Being Charlie”

  Sadly, the phrase “BEING CHARLIE is Rob Reiner’s best film in years” doesn’t mean nearly as much as it once would have.  After a decade where he could do no wrong, he has, incredibly enough, been...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Fall Finale Review: “Arrow”

  Not to beat up on Agents of SHIELD more than it already has been, but comparisons between it and ARROW are particularly clear right now since both shows are pursuing essentially the same storyline, in which there’s...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 9.25-27.2015

Weekend #39 of 2015 is looking like $137 million for the top 12 films this weekend, well above the norm for this weekend (see comparisons below). Hotel Transylvania 2 from Sony should open with a $37.5 million weekend. Revie...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “The Wolf of Wall Street”

  THE WOLF OF WALL STREET:  Buy A Ticket – Scorsese’s Boisterous Epic of Bottomless Greed The key sequence in Martin Scorsese’s THE WOLF OF WALL STREET arrives about 2 hours into its 3-hour length.  (No...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/25/13

  Reruns decked the halls on Christmas night. ABC:  THE MIDDLE and MODERN FAMILY led the way with1.3s, giving ABC the win. NBC:  Nothing in the network’s mix of rerun holiday specials and a repeat of Monday’s...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 2.17.2018

Past Winter Olympic Same Night (Second Saturday) P18-49 live+same day ratings: 2014 Sochi 4.4, 2010 Vancouver 7.4, 2006 Turin 6.3, 2002 Salt Lake City 8.8 Last night’s NBC Olympic fast nationals should rise about +1% in t...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.10.2015

  Unlike last Saturday, when the Notre Dame game was dominant, last night’s ABC and FOX games were close in appeal, with ABC at a preliminary 1.0 and FOX at 0.8.  NBC had NASCAR at 0.4, and CBS followed 0.4/0.6 reru...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Marked Ones” Stumbles To Start 2014

  Based on preliminary numbers at Deadline, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES (Paramount) is likely to win Friday but lose the weekend.  Its $8.5M start positions it not only to come in below the wide releases of all t...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 12.19.2020

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), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 an...
by Mitch Metcalf