Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/20/12

All the sports on Sunday’s air seemed to help the non-sports. ABC: It was a good night for ONCE UPON A TIME, REVENGE and 666 PARK AVENUE, as the scripted trio all rose from last week.  Once was up by 0.3 to 3.3, REVENGE ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Series Finale Review: “Wilfred”

  Considering what a deeply strange series WILFRED was–even for the wilds, eventually, of FXX–tonight’s series finale provided a surprising amount of closure.  The more-or-less comedy began as a raunchy ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Legion”

  LEGION:  Wednesday 10PM on FX – DVR Alert The answer to what Noah Hawley could do for an encore after Fargo is:  continue to spectacularly overperform.  Fargo was and is a totally unexpected piece of great telev...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “Rectify”

  The fourth and final season of Ray McKinnon’s Sundance series RECTIFY, perhaps the most universally acclaimed television program of the post-Sopranos era, was its most conventional.  There were few surreal stretch...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: Saturday Ratings 4.8.2017

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 Pilot + 1 Review: “The Jim Gaffigan Show”

  THE JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW:  Wednesday 10PM on TV Land (and Nick At Nite) Previously… on THE JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW:  Stand-up comic Jim (Jim Gaffigan) lives with wife Jeannie (Ashley Williams) and their 5 children in a cr...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: ABC Midseason Trailer – “Mind Games”

  Kyle Killen’s Lone Star and Awake were two of the most ambitious network series of recent years–and two of the most resounding flops.  He has to be hoping that his third time (and third network) is the charm...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/27/14

  Another summer Wednesday, another night for Big Brother and America’s Got Talent. CBS:  BIG BROTHER remained at last week’s 2.3.  The two-hour helping of EXTANT was slightly up from last week with 1.1 in it...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.2.2019

      HOLIDAY DELAYS: The next cable and broadcast nationals post will be on Monday July 8 (ratings for Wednesday July 3). The rest of the schedule for next week will be posted separately soon.  Happy Independe...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Undateable”

  UNDATEABLE:  Tuesday 9PM on NBC NBC made its position on the current state of broadcast network comedy fairly clear when it essentially chose UNDATEABLE over The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt this midseason.  Both shows we...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through January 13

The Hobbit, like Breaking Dawn Part 2, is finally starting to peter out overseas (each around $550 million overseas and $800+ million worldwide).  Still growing briskly, Life of Pi has hauled in another $56 million overseas...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 4.7.2019

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2019 film slates by studio. BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2019 is still -18% below last year’s comparable span (0 points different than last...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Monday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 7.13.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, while RUNNING WILD and CEDRIC’S BARBER BATTLE each lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of baseball’s HOME RUN DERBY easil...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 9.9.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no adjustments at all from the morning numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Lifetime and HGTV shared honors for the night.  Lifetime’s LITTLE WOMEN LA ticked up to 0.51, while HGTV’s HOU...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Saturday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.1.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only change from preliminary numbers was a 0.1 dip for AQUARIUS to an even-worse 0.2. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  We’re informed by fans that the Adult Swim late-night Saturday line-up is full of sho...
by Mitch Metcalf