Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Midseason Finale Review: “This Is Us”

  Last week’s episode of NBC’s THIS IS US notched an impressive achievement:  in Live + 7 ratings, it moved past Empire to become the highest rated drama on broadcast TV.  Admittedly, L7 ratings aren’t ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 11/9/14

  OPENINGS:  BIG HERO 6 (Disney) was a convincing winner in the US, riding a 52% Saturday bump to a $56.2M weekend.  Word of mouth can be expected to be strong, and there’s no reason to think Big Hero 6 won’t...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 3.23.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 dropped 0.05 to 0.45, GREY’S ANATOMY ticked up to 0.43, and ALASKA DAILY was down 0.02 to 0.21. CBS:  The broadcast NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at 0.86/1.42. NBC:  Returning from...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: Viewers Check In to “Bates Motel” and Sunday Cable Ratings

  BATES MOTEL had a very solid start on A&E last night, with a total viewership in its initial airing of 3 million, a number that rose healthily to 4.6 million with the night’s rerun included.  It also skewed fa...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.30.2019

  Hardly anyone noticed a FOX premiere. 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 rating...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 11.21-23.2014

Weekend #47 of 2014 is looking like $227 million for the top 12 films this weekend, up 22% from the norm for this weekend and similar to this weekend last year (which also featured the opening of a Hunger Games installment). Op...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Broadcast News & Late Night Series 4.10-4.16.2023

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 16: April 10-16, 2023 Broadcas...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY BOXOFFICE: “G.I. Joe” Starts Shooting

  Thursday openings are hard to gauge, because there aren’t very many of them, and most of them are designed to extend long holiday weekends.  Here’s what we do know about the $10.5M opening day for GI JOE: RE...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.14.2019

  A dip for CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD. 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), a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THANKSGIVING BOX OFFICE: “Mockingjay” Clips Wings of “Penguins” & “Bosses”

  As is traditional, the box office for all movies aimed at young people or families slumped on Thanksgiving Day.  That kept THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART I (Lionsgate) easily on top, down 24% from Wednesday to $11.1M...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 5.6.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was at 2.54.  NBC’s USFL game was at 0.37.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.37.  On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION ticked down to 0.03, and TOTALLY WEIRD & FUNNY was ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Roger Ebert (1942-2013): The Balcony Is Closed

  Roger Ebert, after enduring cancer with extraordinary fortitude for over a decade, passed away today.  Ebert was one of the smartest, hardest-working and most passionate film critics of his generation, and almost certai...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Hidden Figures” Challenges “Rogue One” & “Sing”

  It’s shaping up to be a close race at the box office this weekend, and with the result likely to come down to performance on Sunday, we may not know the winner for sure until final numbers are issued on Monday.  H...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the Friday Box Office – 12/5/14

  OPENINGS:  None, really, although you could stretch and include THE PYRAMID (20th), an ultra-low budget, barely-marketed “found-footage” horror item that opened at just 589 theatres.  It made $458K on Frida...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 5.28.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.27/0.15/0.13/0.12/0.11. CBS:  Reruns at 0.31/0.24/0.24/0.15. NBC:  After reruns at 0.23/0.19, THE BLACKLIST gained 0.04 to 0.19. FOX:  Following reruns at 0.14/0.11, HOUSEBROKEN was...
by Mitch Metcalf