Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

THE SKED NETFLIX REVIEW: “House of Cards” Episodes 1-2

  The historical significance of HOUSE OF CARDS in the evolution of television is by now well-established.  It’s the first original production created specifically for Netflix, and the company made its first bet a h...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Grown Ups 2” Has A (Temporary) Win; “Pacific Rim” Falls Back

  If the preliminary numbers at Deadline hold, there was good news on Friday for Adam Sandler and his studio, as GROWN UPS 2 (Sony) won the day with a strong $16.5M (including $2.3M from Thursday night).  That’s be...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions MARCH 14-16

Weekend #11 of 2014 is looking like $115 million for the top 12 films, down from last weekend but actually 10% above the average for the comparable weekend the past several years. Opening at around 3,000 theaters Friday (slight...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.12.2018

  Few takers for TAKEN. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-4...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/18/13

Fringe moves on to another universe. FOX:  After years of lousy ratings, it would have been unrealistic to expect FRINGE to suddenly grow an audience at the last minute, and it didn’t:  the two-hour finale had a 1.0, wh...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.10.2018

NOTE: NFL Preseason pre-emptions for CBS (New York), FOX (San Francisco-Oakland), and CW (Atlanta) may lead to adjustments in final numbers. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below dis...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Wednesday Network Scorecard 6.20.2018

  The trend was steady to slightly down. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through September 30

Hotel Transylvania joins the worldwide chart at #14 (among films released the past four months), and it will probably move up to 8th place as the overseas receipts come in. Compared to last week, Resident Evil: Retribution a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.17.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC did the 0.1 network finals shuffle, with DANCING WITH THE STARS up 0.1 and CONVICTION down 0.1 to a new low 0.7.  In addition, THE VOICE, GOTHAM and THE BIG BANG THEORY each gained 0....
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Broadcast News & Late Night Series 11.1-11.7.2021

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 45: November 1-7, 2021 Broadca...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEDNESDAY BOX OFFICE: “Mortal Instruments” Very Mortal Indeed

  Be sure to read Mitch Metcalf’s Weekend Box Office Predictions. Momentum was lacking for THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES (Screen Gems/Sony), as the studio kept the movie from critics until the last possible i...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 8.26-28.2016

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is still +4% above last year and still +5% above the average for this point the...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Studio Scorecard

STUDIO SCORECARD. 20th Century Fox vaulted ahead of Paramount into fourth place in worldwide box office for 2013 to date, mostly because of The Wolverine.  Universal and Warner Brothers remain a very close #2 and #3, respectiv...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Studio Estimates OCTOBER 18-20

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #42 of 2013 now looks like $96 million for the top 12 films, down 15% from the average for the same weekend the past few years. Opening at 3,157 theaters Friday, Car...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK TUESDAY SCORECARD – 7/8/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS gained 0.1 of poundage in final numbers.  However, both the CW reruns dropped by 0.1. TUESDAY CABLE:  Germany’s demolition of Brazil in the World Cup semifinals (ESPN) was the da...
by Mitch Salem