Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Tim Burton’s “Batman”

  It’s been 23 years since the pre-Christopher Nolan version of the Batman franchise launched into the boxoffice stratosphere, and a lot has changed in the movie landscape.  (1989 is so long ago that it was a topica...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Guilt”

  GUILT:  Monday 9PM on Freeform – Change the Channel The network now known as Freeform is making it clear that, building on the success of ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars, it intends to be a purveyor of YA g...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.22.2014

  None of the networks had very much to complain about last night, as the fall TV season officially got under way. CBS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY handily won the 8PM showdown with episodes at 5.3/5.4, comparable with the 5.3/5...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12.30.2020

  Only one fresh hour of broadcast 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 25-54 ratings...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Red Line”

  THE RED LINE:  Sunday 8PM on CBS CBS waited until the final few weeks of the regular broadcast season to do something very un-CBS:  over the next 4 Sundays, it will air all 8 hours of the limited series THE RED LINE, a...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Weekend Studio Estimates AUGUST 29-31

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #35 of 2014 looks like $86 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, now 1% above the norm for this weekend ($85 million) but 8% below this weekend last year (deta...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2.16.2018

  Another low night for the WINTER OLYMPICS. 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), audie...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 3.1.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Things got even better for THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, which rose an additional 0.1 in final numbers.  DATELINE, too, had an extra tenth. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY OSCAR WATCH: The Directors Guild Nominations

  It wasn’t a great morning for the Weinstein Company, which saw both of its major candidates rejected by the Directors Guild of America in that organization’s nominations, the last to be announced before Thurs...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 4/3/16

  THE MAIN EVENT:  As the roof caved in on BATMAN V SUPERMAN:  DAWN OF JUSTICE (DC/RatPac/Warners), the studio had two last-ditch goals:  to avoid a Weekend 2 result that dropped 70% from last week or dipped below $50M ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: Sunday Ratings and Season to Date Update

NBC had a relatively weak Sunday night, but it still won the night handily.  CBS had a very good Sunday, as the 4:30 pm national NFL game went into overtime and ended closer to 8 pm than the expected 7:30 pm.  ABC bounced bac...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Saturday Ratings 10.24.2015

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
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Company You Keep”

As soon as Robert Redford had enough clout to start generating his own movies, he began starring in and often producing some of the best politically-themed films of the 1970s, including The Candidate, Three Days of the Condor�...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.8.2018

  A bad night for Cleveland and ABC. 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 skew...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 11.11.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from 2 weeks off, STATION 19 gained 0.02 to 0.64, GREY’S ANATOMY was up 0.07 to 0.70, and BIG SKY ticked down to 0.34. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON rose 0.03 to 0.69, UNITED STATES OF AL s...
by Mitch Metcalf