Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/12/12

…and this is why NBC won’t be running Revolution without a Voice lead-in anytime soon. NBC:  TAKE IT ALL, airing for the first time without the comfort of that Voice audience, collapsed by more than a ratings point...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED MIDSEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Arrow”

  ARROW, CW’s successful new superhero action series, has found its own best secret identity as a quasi-soap, a fact imperfectly illustrated by tonight’s midseason finale. The tactic of conveying a comic book s...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Zero Dark Thirty”

  ZERO DARK THIRTY:  Worth A Ticket – The Year’s Most Gripping Thriller Is True You already know how ZERO DARK THIRTY ends.  You knew how All the President’s Men ended, too, and Apollo 13 and Titanic. ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS December 14-16

The busy Christmas film season gets going this weekend with the opening of The Hobbit.  Not much else is happening at the box office as the movies from the last two weeks are pretty much dead and the Thanksgiving movies are ge...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

OSCARBALL: The SAG Nominations

  The Screen Actors Guild award nominations are important in the Oscar precursor game, but not in their most showcase way:  the Best Ensemble winner (often taken to be SAG’s equivalent of “Best Picture,”...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/11/12

It was quite the 10PM hour on broadcast TV last night, as both NBC and ABC aired episodes largely revolving around their shows’ cancer patients. NBC:  PARENTHOOD scored a convincing win in the hour, matching its season h...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED MIDSEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Hart of Dixie”

  Some smart shifts in emphasis have left HART OF DIXIE in fine shape as it reaches the midpoint of its second season, changes that were evident in tonight’s midseason finale, written by series creator Leila Gerstein...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

OSCARBALL: The Critics’ Choice Nominations

  The Broadcast Film Critics Association is one of those organizations that wants everyone to be happy, including the television network (CW) that carries its yearly telecast, so it gives out a number of MTV-like silly awa...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY SHOWTIME SCORECARD – 12/9/12

  With HBO, AMC, TNT, USA, Lifetime, A&E and virtually every other cable network that airs scripted Sunday programming on seasonal hiatus, this Sunday belonged to Showtime. HOMELAND rose to yet another all-time high in...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/10/12

As expected, football adjustments in Boston and Houston lowered ABC’s and CBS’s numbers for the night, which are reflected below.  Also, GOSSIP GIRL, which was already at a season high, climbed even higher to a ge...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE December 3-9

The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between December 3 and December 9 grossed only $101 million, down 3% from the four-year average for the week but up 13% from the same week last year.  Th...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Weekend in Critics Awards

  The big prizes this weekend were the Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards, LAFCA has a habit of showcasing its iconoclasm (the organization has only given its Best Picture prize to the eventual Oscar winner once i...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/9/12

Not so Amazing. CBS:  The cycle finale of THE AMAZING RACE tied its all-time finale low at 2.6, down more than a ratings point from last fall’s finale.  Instead of Race boosting THE MENTALIST at 10PM, that show was down...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports Ratings Bowl

FOX had a very strong NFL Sunday doubleheader.  The late afternoon time period (4:30 pm ET games) was the highest-rated of the four slots (as usual) with a 14.8 household rating in the 56 metered-markets that cover 70% of the ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Broadcast Network Rankings through Week 11

SEASON TO DATE through 11 weeks (through Sunday, December 9, 2012, including adjusted fast national ratings for the last three nights): NBC is averaging a 2.79 adult 18-49 rating in prime time (up 22% from the same period last...
by Mitch Metcalf