Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 9.2-3.2017

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday September 2-3, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY 6.5.2015 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #23 of 2015 looks like $132 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down significantly from the norm for this weekend as the lame summer continues.   Opening at 3,711 theaters Fri...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates SEPTEMBER 6-8

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #36 of 2013 now looks like $67 million for the top 12 films, a few million dollars better than yesterday’s estimate and now up slightly from the average post-...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Saturday Ratings 6.13.2015

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
 

 

 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Under the Dome”

  UNDER THE DOME hasn’t been particularly important as TV drama, but it’s provided some vital information to the broadcast network business.  After years–decades, really–of treating summer as a re...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 9.24.2017

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 down -1% from last year and now +3% above the avera...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED Pilot Review: ABC’s “Agents of SHIELD”

  AGENTS OF SHIELD:  Tuesday 8PM on ABC – Potential DVR Alert Even without any connection to the multi-billion-dollar entertainment monolith that is Marvel (and behind it, Disney), the arrival of a new TV series fro...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Series Finale Review: “Breaking Bad”

  As the respect and stature given to TV drama has increased, so has the pressure to deliver a perfect ending.  Series finales are not only expected to satisfyingly end the major storylines and round out the lives of the ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates OCTOBER 4-6

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #40 of 2013 looks like a decent $115 million for the top 12 films, down 13% from last year’s atypical weekend but up 17% from the average for the same weekend ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Boo 2″” Tops Weak “Geostorm,” “Only The Brave” & “Snowman”

  It’s a busy but not particularly big weekend at the multiplex.  The weekend’s winner will be BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN (Lionsgate), which did a fairly good job of holding the audience for last year’s or...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Welcome To the Family”

  WELCOME TO THE FAMILY:  Thursday 8:30PM on NBC Previously… on WELCOME TO THE FAMILY:  What could possibly be funnier than the unplanned pregnancy of 18-year old recent high school graduates Molly (Ella Rae Peck) ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

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 NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/18/13

  Whatever Undercover Boss did last night, it should do that again. CBS:  On a mostly quiet network night, UNDERCOVER BOSS zoomed by half a ratings point to 1.8–not quite the biggest show of the evening, but close.�...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 8.1-2.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 1 and Sunday August 2, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates OCTOBER 25-27

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #43 of 2013 now looks like $95 million for the top 12 films, a shade under yesterday’s estimate but still up 11% to 17% from the same weekend in recent years...
by Mitch Metcalf