Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: The CW Schedule – Instant Analysis

  CW didn’t need to make a lot of changes after a successful (on its terms) season, and it hasn’t.  The network confined its fall moves to 2 nights, opting for stability the rest of the week and keeping 4 addi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Captain America” Smashes Records

  CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (Disney) is as big as expected, and maybe even a little bigger.  Preliminary numbers at Deadline have it at up to $38M on Friday (that includes $10.2M from Thursday night), putting it...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.6.2016

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.6, up 0.1 from last week’s final number.  The CBS line-up adjusted upward when its NFL overrun was excluded, with 60 MINUTES up 0.03 to 2....
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.3.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  The CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL special, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and THE NIGHT SHIFT all added 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Char...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS January 4-6

The first weekend of 2013 should total about $117 million for the top 12 films, somewhat below average for a normally sluggish weekend as life and movie-going returns to normal.  Texas Chainsaw 3D has the most promise of the f...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Tuesday Cable Originals: 9.9.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS gained 0.1 in final Tuesday ratings. TUESDAY CABLE:  Sons of Anarchy premiered with 6,199,000 persons 2+ live+same day, a record season premiere for the show on that metric: up from 5,8...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Monday Cable Originals: 1.26.2015 (Updated)

Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs):
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.22.2020

  The AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS were the latest prizes to face a heavy drop. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (ad...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.31.2014

  The networks found little that was tasty in their Halloween bags last night. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-3...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Box Office Predictions: 1.15-17.2016

Weekend #3 of 2016 is looking like a pretty normal $143 million for the top 12 films this weekend (see comparisons below). Ride Along 2 from Universal should open with $35.0 million Friday-Sunday and about $43 million Frida...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 9.2.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals (UPDATED)

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  CMA SUMMER JAM was at 0.46, down from the 0.8 for August 2019’s CMA FEST special. CBS:  BIG BROTHER dipped 0.07 to 0.92, followed by reruns at 0.17-0.31. NBC:  BROOKLYN NINE-NINE was at 0...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.30.2016

  GREATEST HITS had a moderately tuneful start. 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), au...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: CW’s “The Flash”

  THE FLASH:  Tuesday 8PM on CW starting October 7 – If Nothing Else Is On… PLAYERS:  Series Creators/Executive Producers Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg and Geoff Johns, the first 2 of whom are also creators...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Necessary Roughness”

  NECESSARY ROUGHNESS:  Wednesday 10PM on USA Sometimes even a moderately successful sports team will decide to shake things up and change the line-up (just ask the Clippers, Nets and Grizzlies at the moment), and that ti...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 7.25-26.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday July 25 and Sunday July 26, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. ...
by Mitch Metcalf