Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 11/16/12

  OPENINGS:  Was it the cash grab of splitting the final novel into 2 movies?  The tabloid antics of its stars?  In any case, “close but no cigar” seems to be the result for THE TWILIGHT SAGA:  BREAKING DAW...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday September 7 and Sunday September 8, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television pop...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 6/21/13

  OPENINGS:  A bit surprisingly, perhaps, Pixar’s recent movies haven’t exploded at the Saturday/Sunday matinee box office, with merely normal (as opposed to “family”) weekend multiples off their F...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED CHRISTMAS DAY BOX OFFICE: A Merry One for Unbroken, Into the Woods & The Hobbit

  NOTE:  Updated throughout with official studio Christmas Day estimates. Americans unwrapped their presents and headed out to the multiplex on Christmas Day (or to a nearby indie theatre, in the case of The Interview) ac...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Orphan Black”

  ORPHAN BLACK:  Saturday 9PM on BBCAmerica In an era of non-stop TV drama overhype, last season’s arrival of ORPHAN BLACK was that extreme rarity:  the real thing.  Even its network didn’t seem to know init...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.14.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings C...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 10.2.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season premiere of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS was at 0.34.  CELEBRITY JEOPARDY dropped 0.05 to 0.37, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE fell 0.11 to 0.36, and THE ROOKIE ticked down to 0.30...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Legion”

  In its second season, Noah Hawley’s FX series LEGION largely became a delivery system for set-pieces.  Some of these sequences, to be sure, were dazzling:  Hawley has become a whiz with aspect ratios, split scree...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.1.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  BOB’S BURGERS and the post-JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR DATELINE gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CA...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 3.10.2024

  OPENINGS:  KUNG FU PANDA 4 (DreamWorks Animation/Universal), the first new all-ages animated release since the holiday season, arrived at the high end of projections with $58.3M, impressively above the $41.3M start for ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 4.27.2019

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 (women 18-49, men 18-49 an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 7.6.2019

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 (women 18-49, men 18-49 an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.31.2016

    NETWORK UPDATE:  GREASE LIVE held its preliminary 4.3 rating in final numbers.  There were no changes on any of the other networks, either. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGH...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.23.2020

  A big night for the NFL DRAFT. 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), aud...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/27/14

  Another summer Wednesday, another night for Big Brother and America’s Got Talent. CBS:  BIG BROTHER remained at last week’s 2.3.  The two-hour helping of EXTANT was slightly up from last week with 1.1 in it...
by Mitch Metcalf