Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: Spidey Flies Fairly High On the 4th

  THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Sony) earned $23.4M at the boxoffice on July 4th, which is clearly a very good number.  The question is, how good? It was the 2d highest Independence Day gross ever, below only the original Trans...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/4/12

  The bombs burst in midair for NBC on July 4th. NBC:  There are fireworks, and then there is the MACY’S 4TH OF JULY SPECTACULAR, by far the highest rated show of the night with a 1.7 (although that was down from 2....
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Louie”

  LOUIE:  Thursday 10:30PM on FX WHERE WE WERE:  In the mind of Louis C.K.  It’s a place where a moderately successful working stand-up comic named Louie shares custody of two daughters with his ex-wife and lives ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/3/12

  A Happy 4th of July to all!  Viewers started their holiday early last night, leading to reduced ratings for everyone. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was the highest rated show of the night with a 2.3, but that was do...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: Early Tuesday “Spider-Man” Numbers

  Deadline is reporting that THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Sony) has set a new all-time Tuesday record with $32-35M, beating previous record-holder Transformers, the last movie to open on a Tuesday that fell on July 3, which had...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED REVIEW: “Brand X With Russell Brand”

  BRAND X WITH RUSSELL BRAND:  Thursday 11PM on FX – Change the Channel Russell Brand has been more or less flailing around for the past several years, trying to find a place in American pop culture.  His introduct...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS July 6-8: Spider-Man Returns to the Scene

Weekend #27 of 2012 looks pretty solid: $185 million for the top 12 films, up 27% from last year’s comparable weekend and up 22% from the four-year average for the weekend. Much of this increase can be attributed to the c...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED PILOT(S) REVIEW: “Anger Management”

  ANGER MANAGEMENT:  Thursday 9:30PM on FX – Change the Channel The most interesting thing about ANGER MANAGEMENT–by far–is the deal that put it on the air.  When Charlie Sheen found himself at liberty,...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 7/1/12

  We speculated yesterday that HBO might have carefully timed its renewal of THE NEWSROOM not to coincide with the show’s Episode 2 ratings, and we may have been right. HBO:  The Newsroom took a substantial hit from...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: “Spider-Man” Starts Swinging At Midnight

  The first real numbers are in for THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Sony) in the US, and they’re… OK. Amazing made $7.5M in midnight screenings last night.  This is nowhere near the Top 10 midnight openings (#10, Reve...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/2/12

  No news is no news. NBC:  The OLYMPIC TRIALS didn’t get the benefit of a Women’s Track & Field runoff, and came in third for its half-hour with 1.8.  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was the highest rated sho...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Amazing Spider-Man”

  THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN:  Watch It At Home – Not So Amazing   Part of the unwritten suspension of disbelief deal we have with the movie studios is that although we know they’re going to constantly tell u...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE June 25-July 1

Another down week at the North American box office, although the declines are not severe as last week.  With the arrival of Spider-Man early this week and expected decent mid-week business for two solid openers this past weeke...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED: “Eastbound & Down” Not Out At the Plate

  Despite the fact that star/co-creator Danny McBride had talked about the 2012 season of EASTBOUND & DOWN as being (voluntarily) its last, and the season’s conclusion seeming to end the show’s story in a f...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: How High Does Spidey Have To Fly?

  THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN will begin spinning its midnight webs in just a few hours, so let’s take a quick look at its competition in the midnight screening record books. The Sam Raimi 2002-07 Spider-Man trilogy were ...
by Mitch Salem