Posts Tagged ‘revolution’
 

 

PREMIERING TONIGHT–THE SKED FALL PILOT REPORT: NBC’s “Revolution”

REVOLUTION:  Monday 10PM on NBC – If Nothing Else Is On… REVOLUTION is Falling Skies without aliens, The Walking Dead without zombies, Jericho… well, actually it pretty much is Jericho.  We’ve all stro...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: Monday Ratings

NBC won another Monday night last night with adults 18-49 according to the fast national ratings, but it was the worst Monday rating of the season by a mile (a 3.3 rating from 8-11 pm compared to a 4.1 Monday night average the ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/29/12

Amidst the far more serious damage caused by last night’s East Coast storms, network TV schedules were also largely wrecked. NBC:  Fearless of bad karma, NBC aired a new episode of its blackout drama REVOLUTION last nigh...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Peterloo” & “Viper Club”

  PETERLOO (Amazon – November 9):  Not so much a movie as an illustrated historical recitation.  Mike Leigh’s film concerns the brutal 1819 government militia attack on civilians listening to a public address...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/8/12

No one welcomes back Gossip Girl. NBC:  Although REVOLUTION slipped slightly to 3.1, at this point it’s fair to call the show a substantial hit, the first scripted one NBC has had since… well, since The Office.  U...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR: The First Back Orders

  NBC understandably wants to shout its early-season good tidings as loudly as possible, and to that end it’s given very quick back orders (9 additional episodes on top of the 13-episode initial order) to REVOLUTION,...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED NIELSENWAR – WEEK 2

  We’ve had a second week of ratings to examine, and it’s time once again to ask:  How goes the war?  And what do we know now that we didn’t know a week ago? ANYTHING OVER 1.5 IS THE NEW 2.5.  NBC and ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: More NBC Pick-Ups

    The Peacock is clearly trying to get the jump on next week’s Upfronts with some early series orders.  The advantage of early announcements, even apart from the possibility that NBC will launch some of its n...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Promo Watch NEW FALL SHOW PROMOTION — 666 Park Avenue and Nashville Jump to an Early Lead

Promo Watch begins and so far ABC’s 666 Park Avenue and Nashville stand out so far (thanks to a solid assist from the NBA). With the arrival of summer, it is time for the broadcast networks to get busy rolling out their m...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: House Cleaning at NBC and ABC

  If #6seasonsandamovie is going to happen for COMMUNITY, it won’t be at NBC, which finally fired the bullet that’s been aimed at Dan Harmon’s show seemingly every season since it went on the air.  That ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: FALL RATINGS PREDICTIONS — MONDAY Night

The new fall schedules have been announced by the broadcast networks and the new series have been picked up, so it’s time to reveal the SHOWBUZZDAILY FALL RATINGS ESTIMATES for the upcoming television season.  Today we...
by Mitch Metcalf