Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED Pilot Review: “Gang-Related”

  GANG-RELATED:  Thursday 9PM on FOX – Change the Channel I think my favorite cliche in the pilot for FOX’s burn-off drama GANG-RELATED–out of, believe me, plenty of choices–comes at the end of an ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.16.2021

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s primetime NFL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 7.32.  In addition, FOR LIFE adjusted to the next tenth.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Ch...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Whispers”

  THE WHISPERS never made much sense, and that went triple for tonight’s finale.  On a macro level, it was probably unwise to end the season with a cliffhanger, since reports are that although the ratings were no wo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: Thursday Week 4 — Not a Pretty Picture

The fourth Thursday of the season offered a big opportunity for ABC, CBS and NBC, as FOX had to pre-empt The X Factor for a postseason MLB game that no one cares about.  A lot of displaced X Factor viewers decided not to sa...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 2.3.2019

  OPENINGS:  It’s possible to make money on Super Bowl weekend, as hits like Dear John ($30.5M), Taken ($24.7M) and Chronicle ($22M) have shown.  But MISS BALA (Columbia/Sony) didn’t have what it takes, with ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED – SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Here are some additional weekend sports ratings Formula One Racing – Sunday 1.05 HH rating NBC 2PM racing from Austin 0.7 rating NBC 3:45PM post-race coverage International Skating – Sunda...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: MONDAY Ratings Chart

Monday ratings.  CBS’s Under the Dome (2.5 adult 18-49 fast national rating last night, probably going up to a 2.6 in the official nationals later today) is down from recent levels (2.8 rating average the last three we...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

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
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 1.12.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  CELEBRITY JEOPARDY ticked down to 0.55, THE PARENT TEST fell a tenth to 0.35, and THE CHASE was down 0.06 to 0.25. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON dropped 0.07 to 0.58, GHOSTS slipped 0.02 to 0.57, SO HELP M...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.7.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  The AMERICAN IDOL finale lost its share of bragging rights, as THE BIG BANG THEORY bumped up 0.1 in final numbers to be the sole highest-rated show of the night.  THE ODD COUPLE lost 0.1,...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.28.2015

  Not unexpectedly, the 2d Monday of the season was more subdued. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Tyrant”

  TYRANT:  Wednesday 10PM on FX FX’s TYRANT has never been as incisive or daring as it could have been, given its incendiary setting in a fictional Middle Eastern nation on the brink of revolution, but it’s a ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 2.20.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR dropped 0.08 to 0.51, followed by a rerun of THE COMPANY YOU KEEP at 0.16. NBC:  Reruns at 0.39/0.28/0.24/0.21. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.06 to 0.54, followed by a M...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Sunday Network Scorecard 5.28.2017

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: Saturday Network Scorecard 5.2.2020

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 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 an...
by Mitch Metcalf