Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/2/12

Something finally goes right for ABC this fall. ABC:  This was what the network had in mind when it announced its Friday schedule.  LAST MAN STANDING debuted to a 1.9, above the mid-1 numbers it was doing on higher-viewing Tu...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the Friday Box Office – 7/4/14

  OPENINGS:  Star/co-writer/co-producer Melissa McCarthy reportedly took a fraction of her usual fee on TAMMY (Warners) to keep the production budget down to the low $20Ms.  After a $6.4M 4th of July (up 17% from Thursda...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 3.28-4.3.2022

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday March 28 through Sunday April 3, 2022. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 11/9/12

  Bond is Boxoffice.  Big boxoffice. OPENINGS:  SKYFALL (Sony/MGM) and its $30.8M opening day (that doesn’t include $2.2M from Thursday’s IMAX-only “previews”) was about 12% ahead of the first day...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/11/14

  NBC:  The network’s numbers were up, but still nothing to boast about.  (And are shaky to boot, thanks to a baseball preemption in San Francisco.)  DATELINE climbed 0.2 to 1.2, and CROSSBONES is currently up 0.2...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 4.22.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  An NFL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.45. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME gained 0.07 to 0.27, followed by a BLUE BLOODS rerun at 0.26. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST was steady at 0.29, and DATELINE ticked down to 0.46....
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Saturday Ratings — ABC scores with Stanford-Oregon But the Big Prize Comes Next Week with Notre Dame-USC

Last night ABC won prime time easily with a 2.2 fast national rating with adults 18-49 for the thrilling overtime upset of Stanford over Oregon.  We estimate that the game will go up to around a 2.5 rating in the official nati...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 12.24-12.30.2018

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday December 24 through Sunday December 30, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Prog...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Little Relief From Slow Summer Ticket Sales

  There were no miracles on Saturday to lift the faltering box office, although preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere suggest that the holdovers did better than the newcomers. DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (20th) ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 5.15.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.03 to 0.71, AMERICAN IDOL fell a tenth to 0.66, and the season finale of THE ROOKIE was at 0.36, down 0.05 from last week and down 0.15 from the 2021 ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED FALL FINALE REVIEW: “Revolution”

  One of the many ways in which broadcast networks have started to resemble their cable counterparts is in the structure of a series season.  For years, cable has aired its shows, especially serialized series, in clearly-...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 1.13.2019

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2019 dollars for films released in late 2018. We will continue to track the 2018 slates until mid-February...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: NBC’s “Bad Judge”

  BAD JUDGE:  Thursdays 9PM on NBC starting October 2 – Change the Channel PLAYERS:  Non-Writing Executive Producers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay (and Anne Heche).  Star Kate Walsh.  Series creator Chad Kultgen (m...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 6.7.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  HOLEY MOLEY held at 0.37, THE CHASE gained 0.02 to 0.32, and WHO DO YOU BELIEVE was up 0.04 to 0.22. CBS:  Reruns at 0.30/0.34/0.30. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT ticked up to 0.77, and DANC...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/4/12

Lingerie beats larynxes. CBS:  The VICTORIA’S SECRET FASHION SHOW, while down almost a ratings point from last year’s installment, still scored as the highest-rated show of the night (doubling recent numbers for Ve...
by Mitch Salem