Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/22/13

  NCAA Basketball didn’t change much for the other networks. ABC:  The night’s winner, but none of its shows were higher than 1.6.  That number belonged to the season finale of LAST MAN STANDING (up 0.2 fr...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 2.11.2018

  OPENINGS:  FIFTY SHADES FREED (Perfect World/Universal) declined a mild 17% from Fifty Shades Darker to $38.8M, suggesting that Freed will end up around $95M in the US  That wouldn’t be great compared to roughly ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

This Year’s Box Office Softness — Not At All Unprecedented

Nine weeks into 2013, the North American box office is down significantly from last year (-19%).  But it’s more interesting when we look back at the a longer period — in this case, the last six years.  Half of tho...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: World Series Ratings through Game 6 (Updated with Official Nationals)

Game 6 of the World Series Tuesday night averaged a 3.0 adult 18-49 fast national rating, which we are estimating will go up to around a 3.5 adult 18-49 rating in the official nationals (after time zone adjustment for this liv...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Updated with Broadcast: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.28.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, THE FLASH and THIS IS US gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIG...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 2/18/2018

  OPENINGS:  Disney is the land where dreams come true, but not even their wizards could have imagined the scale of BLACK PANTHER (Marvel/Disney), which has crashed through all expectations–not just as a big-budget ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Penny Dreadful”

  If nothing else, this first half of 2014 has been marked as The Year of Eva Green.  Green will probably never be a mainstream Hollywood star–there’s something too feral and broken about her for wide audience...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Saturday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.22.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NOTE–due to the night’s PRESEASON FOOTBALL preemptions, comparisons are to last Saturday’s final ratings rather than the Sunday morning fast nationals.  NBC:  AQUARIUS ended its sea...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.30.2019

      NETWORK FINALS:  The CHICAGO MED and CHICAGO FIRE reruns each lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: First Sparks For “Catching Fire”

  With shows that began at 8PM last night, THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (Lionsgate) earned $25.3M, and as is often the case with initial numbers, they can be read in several ways.  On the one hand, the result is consid...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.1.2015

  BEYOND THE TANK did what it was designed to do. 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), ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “American Horror Story – Coven”

  AMERICAN HORROR STORY – COVEN:  Wednesday 10PM on FX Caged and tortured slaves, mid-coitus spontaneous brain aneurisms and gang rape aside, the COVEN season of AMERICAN HORROR STORY was relatively restrained in it...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.24.2018

    NOTE TO READERS:  For a very pedestrian reason (jury duty), both morning and afternoon text will be delayed, at least for tomorrow, and possibly beyond that.  Believe us when we say that we feel worse about this...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.12.2020

  Mostly game shows. 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 ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.30.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER, the rerun of CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD and the 7:30PM BOB’S BURGERS rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, while CANDY CRUSH lost the same.         Br...
by Mitch Metcalf