Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE: “Oz” Not So Great and Powerful

  Is OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (Disney) more like Alice in Wonderland or like The Lorax?  We won’t know for another 24 hours or so, and that’s going to be the difference between Oz living up to its potential o...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 8.25.2018

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
 

 

 

Jackie Robinson & Branch Rickey: Thoughts on 42 from a Lifelong Dodger Fan

In the movie 42, Jackie Robinson (played by Chadwick Boseman) repeatedly asks Branch Rickey why he is breaking baseball’s unwritten whites-only rule.  Rickey (played by Harrison Ford) gives very vague, unsatisfying resp...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through June 17

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted had a good week around the world, now $157 million overseas to date (up from $76 million last week).  Madagascar is headed for $600+ million worldwide ($215 million domestic according t...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Lincoln”

  LINCOLN:  Worth A Ticket – The West Wing, Civil War Edition In today’s Hollywood, there aren’t many directors whose names are trademarks.  “A Martin Scorsese movie” doesn’t have the ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Update: 12.22.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only changes from morning numbers were 0.1 drops for the reruns of CHICAGO FIRE and IZOMBIE. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.21.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  MASTERCHEF gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the rerun of ARROW lost the same (putting the latter down to 0.1, a dismal number even for a summer rerun).         B...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.13.2016

  Sometimes even a VOICE lead-in doesn’t help. 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...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 6.11.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ABC’s NBA FINALS game adjusted up to 7.6 in final numbers, and correspondingly the lead-in JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE shrank to 1.4.  Elsewhere, the BONES season finale gained 0.1, as did all the CBS si...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 12.19-12.25.2022

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday December 19 through Sunday December 25, 2022. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Pro...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED: “The Newsroom” To Break More News

  HBO announced today that its new Aaron Sorkin series THE NEWSROOM has been renewed for a 2d season, and that TRUE BLOOD will be back for Season 6.  Newsroom is the most talked-about new show of the summer, and True Bloo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 4.11.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.22/0.16/0.16. CBS:  The FBI franchise included the mothership down 0.03 to 0.46, FBI: INTERNATIONAL down 0.09 to 0.40, and FBI: MOST WANTED down 0.08 to 0.38. NBC:  NIGHT COURT fell ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Series Premiere Review: “The Spoils of Babylon”

  THE SPOILS OF BABYLON:  Thursday 10PM on IFC – Change the Channel A lot of talent has been harnessed for IFC’s miniseries parody THE SPOILS OF BABYLON, starting with performer/producers Will Ferrell (whose F...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.10.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s ARETHA special and NBC’s WORLD OF DANCE, and FOX’s rerun of THE SIMPSONS, each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nati...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Major Crimes”

  MAJOR CRIMES has been doing for TNT what it was created to do–that is, fill the hole left by the departure of the network’s long-running hit The Closer–and it’s earned the Season 2 renewal it̵...
by Mitch Salem