Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Dexter”

  DEXTER:  Sunday 9PM on Showtime WHERE WE WERE:  In a frozen instant of time, as Detective Debra Morgan (Jennifer Carpenter) watched her adopted brother Dexter (Michael C. Hall), a blood spatter expert on her own forens...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “CSI”

  The original CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION turned the corner on its 14th season tonight, and at its age, the show has little interest in reinventing itself beyond the bare minimum.  The days when William L. Petersen st...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “War Room” Attacks, “We Are Your Friends” Has None

  On one of the slowest weekends of the year, it took some holy help to raise the box office from the dead.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, WAR ROOM (Affirm/TriStar/Sony) is edging into Friday’s top s...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Holiday Box Office Volume: through Christmas Eve

Before the two biggest days of the holiday box office season (December 25 and 26), the holiday season — or pre-season, if you will — stands at $238 million for the nine-days between December 16 and 24, now -4.1% beh...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekly Network Ratings & Summer to Date Standings

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals).   The return of the NFL regular season pushed NBC to the top of the heap (with not one but two prime ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 9.13.2015

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is now +6% above last year and now +2% above the average for this point the past four years ($7.066 billion).  O...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 9.10.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  After a SHARK TANK rerun at 0.30, there were 2 episodes of 20/20 at 0.48/0.43. CBS:  A RACE AGAINST TIME special was st 0.31, followed by a BLUE BLOODS rerun at 0.17. NBC:  An AMERICAN NINJA WA...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.10.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  The DISNEY FAMILY SINGALONG gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s I KNOW ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere TV Review: “Happy!”

  HAPPY! – Wednesday 10PM on Syfy – In the Queue HAPPY! counts as one of Syfy’s infrequent big swings, although its ultra-violent grunge aesthetic gives it a look and feel that isn’t all that differ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED; SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.18.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  Due to football adjustment, DANCING WITH THE STARS lost 0.1 in final numbers, TO TELL THE TRUTH dropped 0.2, and CW’s reruns of SUPERGIRL and WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY were down...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 12.8.2019

  OPENINGS:  DARK WATERS (Focus/Universal) expanded into wide release at 2012 theatres, and emerged with a mild $4.1M.  (By comparison, Focus’s previous release Harriet opened at 2059 with an $11.7M weekend.)  Its...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 4.25.2020

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
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.8.2019

  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL gave a jolt to Sunday TV. 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...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.24.2017

  Returnees were not welcomed back. 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...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “The Neighbors”

  THE NEIGHBORS:  Friday 8:30PM on ABC THE NEIGHBORS was last season’s reminder that a pilot isn’t the final word on a series.  In fact, neither are the first several episodes.  It took a while for Dan Fogel...
by Mitch Salem