Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

PREMIERING TONIGHT – THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: CW’s “Reign”

  Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here. REIGN:  Thursday 9PM on CW – Potential DVR Alert The CW is often–and rightly–considered a network of very limited ambitions, with just two modes of operation:  ro...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions OCTOBER 18-20

The 42nd weekend of the year is looking like $112 million for the top 12 films, down 8% from this weekend last year but down a smaller 2% from the multi-year average for this weekend. Opening at over 3,000 theaters Friday (slig...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

OSCARLAND: We Are Here

  Like presidential politics, the Oscar race doesn’t really stop anymore; one campaign gets underway before the last has even ended.  Argo had yet to collect its statuettes in February before we were already hearing...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/15/13

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  All the 8PM shows except THE ORIGINALS were adjusted up 0.1 in final numbers, so their position relative to each other stayed the same–but ABC must be relieved that AGENTS OF SHIELD declined just 0....
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Sunday Cable Scorecard – 10/13/13

  One guess what’s on top.  The surprise, though, is how little the walkers fed off their competition. AMC:  We already know that THE WALKING DEAD literally topped almost everything else in primetime television all...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/14/13

  CBS’s temporary fix to its Monday problem both worked and didn’t. CBS:  Back in its original 8:30PM timeslot behind HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (which was even at 3.0), 2 BROKE GIRLS rose 0.2 to 2.5, a big improvement...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: How Much Do The Networks Make From Their Shows?

  AdWeek has published its annual survey of the actual prices advertisers agreed to pay in the Upfronts for 30-second spots in the network primetime line-ups, and as usual, it’s filled with fascinating information. ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

NIELSENWAR Week 3: Night-By-Night Network Ratings Impact

  What do we know that we didn’t know last week? Here’s the big-picture view of where each network’s primetime average stands in comparison to 2012-13 after 3 full weeks of the season: NBC: 2.84 (+0.9%) C...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: Galloping “Dead” Sets New Records

  Chewing up showrunners and spitting them out definitely hasn’t hurt THE WALKING DEAD any.  Its Season 4 premiere broke all its own records, with an unbelievable total viewership of 16.1M people and an 8.2 rating i...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday October 12 and Sunday October 13, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television popul...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/13/13

  It was a bad night on the networks to be anything but sports.  Note:  the football and baseball numbers below are adjusted to estimate where the final numbers will be after western time zones are taken into account tom...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Witches of East End”

  WITCHES OF EAST END:  Sunday 10PM on Lifetime Previously… on WITCHES OF EAST END:  Joanna Beauchamp (Julia Ormand) is an immortal witch with a family curse.  Over and over again, she bears her daughters, free-sp...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “The Walking Dead”

  THE WALKING DEAD:  Sunday 9PM on AMC Devouring its showrunners much as zombie walkers do unwary or unlucky humans, THE WALKING DEAD returned tonight under the helm of its third leader, Scott M. Gimple, who’s been ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 10/13/13

  Sunday numbers will likely be a bit stronger than usual this week due to the Columbus Day holiday tomorrow. OPENINGS:  CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (Sony) didn’t even come close to taking the weekend, but its $26M is quite st...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

International Box Office through October 13

Updated international box office chart:
by Mitch Metcalf