Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Masters of Sex”

  MASTERS OF SEX:  Sunday 10PM on Showtime MASTERS OF SEX was one of television’s best surprises last season.  Despite a title and premise–the groundbreaking study of human sexuality by Dr. William Masters an...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 4.29.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Night 2 of the NFL DRAFT was at 0.45 on broadcast, down 0.02 from last year. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME dipped 0.02 to 0.25.  Airing for the first time since April 8, BLUE BLOODS fell 0.09 to 0.31...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/19/12

Revolution stops the bleeding. NBC:  On a night when THE VOICE had its worst Monday of the season by far, plunging 0.7 to a relatively mortal 3.7, REVOLUTION held even at last week’s series low 2.6 (at least in prelimina...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: Saturday Ratings 7.16.2016

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
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK MONDAY SCORECARD – 7/21/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BACKPACKERS adjusted down to a truly horrifying 0.1 rating, which would get it canceled on most cable networks. MONDAY CABLE:  An even bigger night than usual for VH1, where LOVE & HIP-HOP ATLANTA ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 5.22.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS was at 0.50, down 0.21 from last week (which had an NBA Playoffs boost) and down a tenth from 2021.  The season finale of AMERICAN IDOL w...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/29/12

The week’s good times stop rolling for the networks.  (Note, comparisons are to 2 weeks ago, as shows were either preempted on Thanksgiving night or had atypical numbers.) ABC:  LAST RESORT, now just playing out its str...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.17.2019

  ABC drama returned to Thursdays. 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 Salem
 

 

 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Star Trek Beyond” Less Than Bold, “Lights Out” Bright, “Ice Age” Frozen Stiff

  STAR TREK BEYOND (Skydance/Alibaba/Huahua/Paramount) is showing a fair franchise hold by the standards of this summer.  Based on preliminary numbers at Deadline, it had a $23M opening day (including $5.5M from Thursda...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 6.13.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 5 of the NBA FINALS was a bit higher than previous games at 3.99. CBS:  Reruns at 0.32/0.27/0.23/0.24. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR fell 0.13 to 0.34, and WEAKEST LINK was down 0.05 to 0.30...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Friday Box Office Report Delayed

  Mitch Metcalf’s Friday Box Office Report will return later today after some computer issues are resolved.  Meanwhile, it looks like this weekend’s box office predictions were very accurate:  the lone opener...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “To The Stars” & “Sister Aimee”

  TO THE STARS (no distrib):  Tales of small-town outcasts are a regular feature at Sundance, and Martha Stephens’ drama is an accomplished example of the genre.  Shannon Bradley-Colleary’s script is set in ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 7.7.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals UPDATED with Broadcast

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A night of premieres, with PRESS YOUR LUCK at 0.41, GENERATION GAP at 0.46, and FATAL FLAW at 0.23. CBS:  Reruns at 0.26/0.20/0.23/0.19/0.21. NBC:  Reruns at 0.23/0.28/0.22. FOX:  Reruns at 0.2...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

FRIDAY DECEMBER 14 BOX OFFICE REPORT

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #50 is on pace to exceed the  multi-year average for this weekend by a very solid 27%, and the $142 million total for the top 12 films is the best since December 14-16, 2007 ($152 milli...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.5.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT, ROSWELL NEW MEXICO and the rerun of THE MASKED SINGER all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings C...
by Mitch Metcalf