Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/21/19

Sadly, if not surprisingly, the most notable development on TV last night was the quick dissipation of any promise from last week’s premiere that The Newsroom had learned from its Season 1 mistakes, as its insufferable s...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10/18/15

  OPENINGS:  Considering that it’s based on a series of novels, GOOSEBUMPS (Columbia/Sony) was certainly intended to be the launch of a new franchise for Sony.  It took the weekend in the US with $23.5M and should ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 10.24.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  GRIMM lost 0.1 in final Friday ratings.  WORLD SERIES GAME 3 adjusted up to 3.1 from its 2.5 preliminary rating. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rat...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.20.2017

Another dull night for the networks. 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 (wo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3.3.2019

  AMERICAN IDOL returned at a lower level. 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 rat...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 8.3.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  CMA FEST was at 0.51, down from 0.8 for its 2019 airing. CBS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.04 to 0.79, THE CHALLENGE lost 0.04 to 0.38, and a SWAT rerun was at 0.17. NBC:  Reruns at 0.26/0.34/0.37. FOX...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MOVIES: The Dark Knight Trilogy and the Art of the Long Con

  Warning:  this piece will discuss details of the storyline of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES as well as the other Batman films.  GIANT SPOILERS WILL ABOUND; proceed at your own risk. Christopher Nolan is remarkable among the gr...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.19.2016

      NETWORK UPDATE:  BLINDSPOT and FREQUENCY each lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, NBC’s post-Debate Analysis half-hour climbed 0.3 after adjustment, and both ABC and CBS gained 0.1.   &nbs...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 9.10.2015

    NETWORK UPDATE:   The NFL Kickoff Game (Steelers vs Patriots on NBC) did not lift as much as we thought from the fast nationals to the official nationals (from 8.8 to 10.3), but the ratings were very good, as we ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY 1.2.2015 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #1 of 2015 looks like $140 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up from the norm for this weekend and up somewhat from the same weekend last year.   Opening at 2,602 theaters Fri...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 6.3-4.2017

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday June 3-4, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ran...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 12.26-27.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday December 26 and Sunday December 27, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television popu...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

PREMIERING TONIGHT – THE SKED Pilot Review: “Enlisted”

  ENLISTED:  Friday 9:30PM on FOX  – Change the Channel Not all goofy, barely-functional family sitcoms are alike, and although FOX has paired the new ENLISTED with Raising Hope on its Friday schedule, the two aren...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Ratings Delays Due to MLK Holiday

The MLK holiday will cause delays for daily nationals ratings (cable and broadcast finals) for a few days.  This is how the ratings should roll out this week.  We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times P...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 3.19.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Final numbers for CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage brought the night’s games down to 1.8/1.6.  However, that was still far higher than last year’s adjusted 1.0/1.3.  Elsewhere, the onl...
by Mitch Metcalf