Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates 6.5-7.2015

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #23 of 2015 looks like $128 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, a little worse than it looked yesterday and down significantly the norm for this weekend ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/4/12

30 Rock sinks like a stone. NBC:  Yes, things could get worse for NBC’s Thursday.  30 ROCK, making its final season debut, kicked off with a dreadful 1.3, down in every measurable respect (last season’s premiere, ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: SNL with Ben Affleck

  In contrast to last week’s Kristin Wiig-fest, tonight’s season finale of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE didn’t give victory laps to all the franchise characters Bill Hader and Fred Armisen have contributed to the ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Mob City”

  Frank Darabont has had a busy couple of weeks, although not necessarily in a good way.  He launched TNT’s MOB CITY, his first project since being thrown off AMC’s The Walking Dead after less than two seasons...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance 2015 Review: “I Am Michael”

As an actor, James Franco often delivers performances that are packed in quotation marks, as though he’s an actor playing the role of an actor playing his role.  In I AM MICHAEL, however, he does serious, substantive wo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.28.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s AMERICAN NINJA WARRIORS rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, while FOX’s NASCAR race and the rerun of THE BACHELORETTE lost 0.1.         Broadcas...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK TUESDAY SCORECARD – 7/22/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS and CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP each gained 0.1 in final numbers. TUESDAY CABLE:  THE DEADLIEST CATCH (Discovery), PRETTY LITTLE LIARS (ABCFamily) and RIZZOLI & ISLES (TNT) were bunched...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “The Fosters”

  THE FOSTERS:  Monday 9PM on ABCFamily In its first half-season, THE FOSTERS pulled off a feat of considerable difficulty.  Its saga of multi-racial lesbian couple Stef (Teri Polo) and Lena (Sherri Saum) and their mixed...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 12.4.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS returned from a rerun week down 0.06 to 0.43.  The first CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE in 3 weeks slipped 0.02 to 0.38.  A pair of THE ROOKIE episodes were at 0...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Behind the Weekend US/Worldwide Box Office – 7/6/14

  OPENINGS:  It was a sad lot of newcomers this holiday weekend.  TAMMY (Warners) is claiming a $21.2M weekend ($32.9M including Wed-Thurs), which will leave it struggling to get past $70M in the US.  (It also brought i...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.13.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and the rerun of AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while MIDNIGHT, TEXAS lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.9.2019

        NETWORK FINALS: SURVIVOR and SWAT gained 0.1 in final numbers, while ALMOST FAMILY and SEAL TEAM lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     C...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 6.1.2019

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
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “That Awkward Moment”

  THAT AWKWARD MOMENT:  Watch It At Home – Low-Impact Rom-Com If you heard that a new indie movie featured the stars of the past 2 years’ back-to-back Sundance sensations, Michael B. Jordan from 2013’s F...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.31.2017

NOTE: We’ll be holding our analysis of Thursday night network ratings until final numbers this afternoon, because ratings for each network were inflated as listed below by local major-market pre-emptions for a full slate ...
by Mitch Salem