Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

ShowbuzzDaily Sundance 2022 Review: “My Old School”

  MY OLD SCHOOL (no distrib):  Although the story is apparently well-known in the UK, here the twisty tale that Jono McLeod unfurls in his documentary would constitute a spoiler, so we’ll leave things vague here.  ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

ShowbuzzDaily Sundance 2022 Reviews: “Palm Trees and Power Lines,” “Am I OK?” and “Lucy and Desi”

  PALM TREES AND POWER LINES (no distrib):  Jamie Dack’s first feature film (from a script written with Audrey Findlay) means to unsettle, and it does.  17-year old Lea (Lily McInerny) is stuck in a dead-end Southe...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

ShowbuzzDaily Sundance 2022 Reviews: “Nanny,” “Good Luck To You, Leo Grande” & “Resurrection”

  NANNY (no distrib):  Think Netflix’s Maid, but as a (sort of) horror movie.  Aisha (Anna Diop) is an undocumented Senegalese immigrant in New York who works as a nanny for the daughter of a well-off couple, Amy (...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

ShowbuzzDaily’s Sundance 2022 Reviews: “Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul,” “Cha Cha Real Smooth” & “Alice”

  HONK FOR JESUS.  SAVE YOUR SOUL (no distrib):  Scandal-ridden mega-churches aren’t exactly fresh territory for screens big (The Tears of Tammy Faye) or small (The Righteous Gemstones), with tones that range from ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

ShowbuzzDaily’s Sundance 2022 Reviews: “Living,” “Call Jane” & “Watcher”

  LIVING (no distrib):  Over the years, there’s periodically been talk about remaking Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 masterpiece Ikiru, including a rumored updated US version that would have starred Tom Hanks in the le...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 1.20.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATE #3

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The finale of WOMEN OF THE MOVEMENT dropped 0.05 to 0.40, and the final LET THE WORLD SEE was down 0.07 to 0.31. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON rose a tenth to 0.83, UNITED STATES OF AL held at 0.53, GHOSTS...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

ShowbuzzDaily Sundance 2022 Reviews: “When You Finish Saving The World” & “Fresh”

  It’s the second consecutive Virtual Sundance, with safety, convenience and isolation in place of weather, shuttle buses and community.  Over the next several days, we’ll be bringing you reviews of several Su...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 1.19.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATE #3

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE GOLDBERGS dropped 0.09 to 0.58, THE WONDER YEARS fell a tenth to 0.40, THE CONNERS lost 0.08 to 0.48, and HOME ECONOMICS was down 0.03 to 0.35.  THE CHASE completed the down night by slipping...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 1.18.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JUDGE STEVE HARVEY dipped 0.04 to 0.64.  ABBOTT ELEMENTARY lost 0.03 to 0.58, BLACK-ISH ticked down to 0.40, and QUEENS was up 0.04 to 0.30. CBS:  A night of reruns at 0.41/0.37/0.37. NBC:  AME...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 1.17.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The broadcast share of the NFL PLAYOFFS MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL game was 2.73. CBS:  The network branded its line-up as “specials” because of the holiday.  Returning from a week of rer...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 1.16.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Airing against the NFL Playoffs, the network ran a night of reruns at 0.41/0.42/0.31/0.18. CBS:  The network had the afternoon NFL Playoffs game, giving the line-up a mammoth 10.69 lead-in.  Com...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 1.15.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Unsurprisingly, the day was dominated by the NFL PLAYOFFS, with CBS’s game at 7.03 and NBC’s at 7.05.  The first new SNL of 2022 was at 1.02.  CW’s originals were at 0.05/0.04. &nb...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Broadcast News & Late Night Series 1.10-1.16.2022

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 3: January 10-16, 2022 Broadca...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 1.10-1.16.2022

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday January 10 through Sunday January 16, 2022. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Progr...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 1.14.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK fell 0.15 to 0.60, and 20/20 was down 0.16 to 0.54. CBS:  UNDERCOVER BOSS gained 0.05 to 0.54, MAGNUM PI edged up 0.02 to 0.50, and BLUE BLOODS was up 0.03 to 0.48. NBC:  THE WALL was...
by Mitch Metcalf