Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

THE SKED: Liberace Draws A Crowd

  The same number of people–2.4 million–watched Sunday’s HBO premiere of BEHIND THE CANDELABRA, its Liberace biography directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, as watched...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Ratings Delays Due to Labor Day

The Labor Day holiday will cause delays for daily national ratings (cable and broadcast finals) this week.  This is how the week’s ratings should roll out after the holiday.  We will update these times if anything chan...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 11.18.2018

  OPENINGS:  FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD (Warners) opened at $62.2M in the US, down 16% from the first Beasts.  In addition, it was more front-loaded, with a 16% Saturday drop compared to 12%.  Exit poll...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Toronto Film Festival 2024 Reviews: “Nightbitch” & “The Order”

  NIGHTBITCH (Searchlight/Disney – Dec. 6):  Writer/director Marielle Heller tries to move outside her comfort zone with Nightbitch, following the small-scale character studies Diary Of A Teenage Girl, Can You Ever ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 1.14-1.20.2019

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday January 14 through Sunday January 20, 2019.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Progra...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.16.2017

  Several series returned from their holiday recess. 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...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Hannibal”

  As this new era of television drama has developed, people have talked wistfully about the broadcast networks airing shows with the distinctiveness and stylization (and darkness) we now associate with cable, but really th...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: Saturday Ratings 4.25.2015

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 WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.4.2018

  The FOX line-up shrank from last week’s midseason premieres. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 a...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 5.7.2017

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2017 film slates by studio. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2017 to date is now +7% above last year and now +15% above the average...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY AUGUST 24 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

The 34th weekend of 2012 is looking like $77 million for the Top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down 12% from the average for this reliably disappointing weekend.  Returning films fill the top six slots in the weekend rankings, with ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/15/14

  After 2 weeks of unexpectedly smash hits, the dog days of summer attacked multiplexes with a vengeance. OPENINGS:  THE EXPENDABLES 3 (Lionsgate) squeezed ahead of Let’s Be Cops on Friday, $5.8M (including $875K fr...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Broadcast News & Late Night Series 1.3-1.9.2022

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 2: January 3-9, 2022 Broadcast...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Breaking Bad”

  Visually, this season of BREAKING BAD has been typified by shots of Walter White’s looming, shaven, gleaming skull.  A bald pate may not have received this much loving camera attention since Brando’s in Apoc...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: Monday Early Ratings — Updated with Alabama-Notre Dame Final Ratings

NBC’s Deception premiered to a 2.0 adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals last night (very close to our 1.9 rating forecast).  Look for the series to go down a few tenths from here in the next few weeks.  Biggest Lo...
by Mitch Metcalf