Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.20.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  The CBS DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION coverage and the rerun TO TELL THE TRUTH gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the rerun YOUNG SHELDON lost the same.          B...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s State of the Studio: Warner Bros.

  We’re continuing our midsummer look at how Hollywood’s studios are faring in 2013.  Yesterday we scrutinized Disney, and today our gaze is fixed on Warner Bros. It’s been a tumultuous summer at Warners...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK TUESDAY SCORECARD – 7/15/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The ALL-STAR GAME only adjusted up to 3.2 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, the NIGHT SHIFT season finale lost 0.1, while both EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS and CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP put on 0.1.   TUESDAY CABLE:�...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

ShowbuzzDaily’s Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “Ophelia” & “Burden”

  OPHELIA (no distrib):  Claire McCarthy’s film, written by Semi Chellas from Lisa Klein’s novel, dampens the fun of its own concept.  The idea is to re-tell Hamlet through the eyes of Shakespeare’s ill...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Ratings Delays Due to Memorial Day

The Memorial Day holiday will cause delays for daily national ratings (cable and broadcast programs) this week.  This is how the week’s ratings should roll out after the holiday.  We will update these times if anything...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.29.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  PENN & TELLER: FOOL US dropped 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 4.15.2018

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2018 dollars for films released in late 2017. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box offic...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “A Star Is Born” & “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”

  A STAR IS BORN (Warners – October 5):  Bradley Cooper, making his directing debut, decided to do the equivalent of a first-time weightlifter starting out with a 400-pound barbell.  It isn’t just that A Star...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.10.2020

  A steady but little-watched night. 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),...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 2.27.2022

  OPENINGS:  The major studios took the weekend off in anticipation of next week’s The Batman overwhelming the market.  STUDIO 666 (Open Road) didn’t find much of a crowd for its Foo Fighters horror with a $1...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

PREMIERING TONIGHT – THE SKED’S PILOT REPORT: CW’s “Cult”

  CULT:  Tuesday 9PM on CW – Change the Channel CW has had little good news this season apart from the arrival of Arrow, and it’s not helping itself by deciding to launch the new thriller CULT just as FOX has ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/3/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Things actually got worse for AMERICAN IDOL in the adjusted numbers, falling 0.1 to 1.7, not just yet another new all-time low, but ignominiously keeping it in a tie with THE CRAZY ONES (which also fell 0...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “Out Of the Furnace”

  OUT OF THE FURNACE:  Watch It At Home – Dark Thriller Is Less Weighty Than It Thinks A great deal of heart and effort has gone into OUT OF THE FURNACE, and it’s disappointing to see the film resolve itself i...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: ABC’S “Manhattan Love Story”

  MANHATTAN LOVE STORY:  Tuesday 8:30PM on ABC starting September 30 – Change the Channel PLAYERS:  Series creator Jeff Lowell, who’s been a writer/producer on sitcoms going back to Cybill two decades ago, bu...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.8.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BRAVE and the rerun of SUPERGIRL each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESP...
by Mitch Metcalf