Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

THE SKED REVIEW: “Saturday Night Live” with Adam Levine

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE didn’t exactly hide its fears about Adam Levine’s comic chops as host when the show loaded up his opening monologue not only with the inevitable The Voice parody, but with guest “mentors...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Gotham”

  GOTHAM:  Monday 9PM on FOX Previously… on GOTHAM:  Years before Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) would become Gotham City’s police commissioner, he was a rookie detective, working with the corrupt Harvey Bullock (...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 11.20.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.08 to 0.49.  The AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS were at 0.63, down 0.40 from last year’s edition. CBS:  Compared to its last week with the late nationa...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Super Bowl Ratings Summary and Comparisons to the Past

Partial ratings are in for last night’s Super Bowl (the household rating from the 56 markets with local Nielsen meters, covering 70% of the country).  Excluding the 8:45-9:15 pm half hour, most of which was the truly emb...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “The Originals”

  THE ORIGINALS:  Monday 8PM on CW THE ORIGINALS, that gloomier and more gothic cousin of The Vampire Diaries, essentially revolves around an endless turf war, the territory at issue being New Orleans.  (The show itself ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 12.10.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.80.  FOX’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.38.  CW’s WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS ticked up to 0.06.  In late night, NBC’s SNL rose 0.14 to 0.85.  ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED: CW Kicks Off Renewal Season

  It’s always an advantage for shows to know they’re being renewed as quickly as possible.  With that security in hand, they can shore up their writing staffs before newly-ordered series begin making their pic...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the Weekend US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10/12/14

  Despite the new competition flooding in from all sides, GONE GIRL held on beautifully for its second consecutive weekend win. OPENINGS:  DRACULA UNTOLD (Legendary/Universal) earned $23.5M in the US, a fair result.  Dra...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 1.2.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The unfinished MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL game aired from 8:28pm to 10:10pm ET on ABC (2.42 A18-49, 11.046M P2+) then continued without commercials at 1.91/9.087M. CBS:  Reruns at 0.39/0.27/0.25/0.20....
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10/19/14

  OPENINGS:  The $23.5M opening for FURY (QED/Columbia/Sony) puts it at risk of being passed next weekend by the low-grade Keanu Reeves vehicle John Wick.  Fury has the distinction of being the lowest-grossing movie to o...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 1.26.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  CELEBRITY JEOPARDY ticked up to 0.56, and THE PARENT TEST was down 0.03 to 0.32.  A JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE 20TH ANNIVERSARY special was at 0.25. CBS:  Reruns at 0.40/0.32/0.24/0.24. NBC:  The LAW &a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED: FOX Season Finales

  FOX has become the 2nd network (after CW’s announcement yesterday) to schedule its season finales: THURSDAY MARCH 28 9PM:  Raising Hope FRIDAY APRIL 26 9PM:  Touch MONDAY APRIL 29 8PM:  Bones 9PM:  The Followin...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Killing Eve”

  It may not be fair, but it’s awfully hard not to compare the second seasons of KILLING EVE directly with HBO’s Barry, since both were comedies-with-drama/dramas-with-comedy about hired killers that aired on ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the Weekend US/Worldwide Box Office – 10/26/14

  OPENINGS:  Cheap PG-13 horror movies are the assembly-line workers of the studios, rarely resulting in showy profits, but paying the bills between blockbusters.  OUIJA (Universal) and its $20.006M opening (we’ll ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Broadcast News & Late Night Series 2.6-2.12.2023

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 7: February 6-12, 2023 Broadca...
by Mitch Metcalf