Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

The Sked: SATURDAY RATINGS June 16 — U.S. Open Golf Decent

NBC won Saturday night with a 1.5 preliminary Adults 18-49 rating (subject to upward revision due to the live broadcast feed to the west coast).  Coverage of the third round of the U.S. Open golf championship from Olympic Club...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.6.2014

  The good news for ABC is that in the absence of football, it’s clear leader on Thursday; the bad is that its serialized shows are just a few weeks away from taking months-long breaks. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

OSCARLAND: Producers Guild Produces a Tie

  The Producers Guild of America didn’t clarify much of anything tonight by giving its Best Picture award to both 12 YEARS A SLAVE and GRAVITY.  That provided all 3 of the presumed frontrunners with a prize for the ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 10.17-18.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday October 17 and Sunday October 18, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television popul...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.3.2019

  Small increases and declines. 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), audi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.11.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  DECEPTION fell 0.1 in final numbers, while AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and both the new and rerun episodes of BOB’S BURGERS gained the same.           Broadca...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK THURSDAY SCORECARD – 6/19/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Both ROOKIE BLUE and GANG RELATED gained 0.1 in final numbers, putting ROOKIE above lsat season’s finale (although still 0.1 below last season’s premiere). THURSDAY CABLE:  As detailed in t...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “The Big C”

The problem with making a show about someone dying of cancer is that no one really wants to watch a show about someone dying of cancer.  Viewers will roll along with the dark and disturbing, but by and large they draw the line...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “The Goodwin Games”

  THE GOODWIN GAMES:  Monday 8:30PM on FOX Previously… on THE GOODWIN GAMES:  After the death of their father Benjamin (Beau Bridges), his estranged children–type-A surgeon Henry (Scott Foley), underperformer...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 3.15.2020

  This was the weekend that the COVID-19 crisis hit the box office in earnest, and while that fact pales in importance compared to the human cost of the pandemic, it’s going to represent a multi-billion dollar hit th...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Odd Life of Timothy Green”

  THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN:  Not At Any Price – Should Have Been Pruned   When Disney decided to make THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN, it probably shouldn’t have put the word “odd” in the t...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.2.2019

  AGENTS OF SHIELD ended its season with a slight bump. 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 ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “Halt & Catch Fire”

It isn’t the preference of networks and producers for obvious reasons, but for viewers, there can be something particularly thrilling about a series that finds its greatness after its first season.  Shows like Mad Men, T...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Monday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 12.22.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  With Cincinnati’s simulcast of MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL removed, both the SNL CHRISTMAS clip show and STATE OF AFFAIRS on NBC lost 0.1, leaving them at 1.4 and 1.0, respectively.  (In the 10:30PM q...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions 3.27-29.2015

Weekend #13 of 2015 is looking like $123 million for the top 12 films this weekend, slightly below the comparable weekends the past few years. Opening at around 3,150 theaters Friday (above the 2,886 average theater count for...
by Mitch Metcalf