Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/15/13

No one found a Week 2 bounce. FOX:  The season’s second episode of TOUCH fared even worse than last week’s season premiere, dropping 0.2 to a 0.7 that makes Fringe seem high-rated in comparison.  Touch couldn̵...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15 BOX OFFICE REPORT

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #7 of 2013 is not as bad as the last few weeks: $123 million for the top 12 films during the traditional Friday-Sunday period of this holiday weekend (only 4% behind the pace for the sam...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT: A Decent Day For “Die Hard”

  As expected, the end of Valentine’s Day meant some slippage for SAFE HAVEN (Relativity), and allowed A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD (20th) to take a narrow Friday lead, which it will probably hold for the rest of the holid...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/14/13

Valentine’s Day didn’t heart network television, especially early in the evening. ABC:  About the best that can be said about the 1.3 debut of ZERO HOUR is that it edged out NBC and CW for 3rd place in the hour.  ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

VALENTINE’S DAY EARLY BOXOFFICE REPORT: Romance Reigns

  Preliminary numbers at Deadline give the Valentine’s Day boxoffice edge to, appropriately enough, the Nicholas Sparks sudsfest SAFE HAVEN (Relativity), probably at the expense of many unwilling spouses and signific...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Season Averages: FOX Poised to Move Into 2nd Place Soon, Pushing NBC to 3rd

Through February 4 (20 weeks into this broadcast season), CBS leads with a 2.70 rating with adults 18-49, followed by NBC (2.40), FOX (2.19) and ABC (1.83).  But very soon, FOX will move past NBC in the season averages and is ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED’S PILOT REPORT – “Zero Hour”

  ZERO HOUR:  Thursday 8PM on ABC – Potential DVR Alert ZERO HOUR‘s pilot is an engaging piece of nonsense, but whether it can work as a continuing TV series is another question.  The premise is a DaVinci Cod...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/13/13

A bad night for most. CBS:  SURVIVOR returned from its hiatus with its lowest cycle premiere ever, a 2.4 that was down 0.7 from last Spring’s start.  The show ran 90 minutes, and CBS filled in the gap with a 1.6 BIG BAN...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: “Happy Endings” Isn’t Heading For One

  It’s time to start hoping Netflix, or cable, or some other outlet with good taste and cash to burn will save HAPPY ENDINGS.  ABC, in a vote of no confidence, announced today that it’s yanking the sitcom from...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Beautiful Creatures”

  BEAUTIFUL CREATURES:  Watch It At Home – Many Witches, Little Magic BEAUTIFUL CREATURES can’t be dismissed as merely an overlong TV episode meant for the CW, but it never really comes together, either.  Ric...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS February 15-17

The 7th weekend of 2013 looks like it will be down from prior years but not at the excessive rates we have seen the past few weekends.  We expect $121 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, 6% to 15% below the normal pace...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Safe Haven”

  SAFE HAVEN:  Watch It At Home – Nicholas Sparks Churns Out Another This year’s Nicholas Sparks romantic melodrama SAFE HAVEN is so much like last year’s Sparks romantic melodrama The Lucky One that one...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/12/13

Thanks to the State of the Union Address, there was virtually no original programming on the broadcast networks last night. ABC:  You’d think things were set up perfectly for THE TASTE to overperform, with nothing but re...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “A Good Day To Die Hard”

  A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD:  Not Even For Free – Yippee-Ki-Boo As part of its promotion campaign for the new A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD, 20th Century Fox is holding a day-long series of Die Hard marathons around the count...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD 2/11/13

The Following is losing its own. FOX:  After two strong weeks to start, THE FOLLOWING had its second consecutive ratings drop, this time falling a serious 0.5 to an only moderately positive 2.4, just good enough for 3rd place ...
by Mitch Salem