Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 11.5.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s Game 6 of the WORLD SERIES was at 2.93.  ABC’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL was at 0.37.  and NBC’s as at 0.63.  (The dominant game of the day was CBS’s afternoon game a...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Big Sur”

  Maybe it’s time for a filmmaker who doesn’t give a damn about the Beat Generation to make the next movie about them.  Michael Polish’s BIG SUR joins last year’s On the Road as a Jack Kerouac adap...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Smooth Ride For “Girl On The Train,” Low Start For “Birth Of A Nation”

  From the start, THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (DreamWorks/Reliance/Universal) was perceived as a lower-intensity version of the Gone Girl phenomenon, and that’s holding with the opening of its film version.  Where Gone Gi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Bridge”

  The second season of FX’s THE BRIDGE faced quite a few challenges, some of them traceable to Season 1, and others self-created.  The original version of The Bridge was closely tied to the Swedish/Danish series on ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 11.27.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The new special MICKEY SAVES CHRISTMAS at 0.28 was followed by a rerun of OLAF’S FROZEN CHRISTMAS at 0.35.  An original MAGICAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION special at 0.35 was followed by a rerun AMERICA&...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “The Americans”

  THE AMERICANS:  Wednesday 10PM on FX A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and the production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weig...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 12.18.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The year’s run of THE SOUND OF MUSIC was at 0.36, down just a tick from last year’s airing. CBS:  Compared to 2 weeks ago, 60 MINUTES was down 0.12 to 1.28.  The original movie WHEN ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

VALENTINE’S DAY EARLY BOXOFFICE REPORT: Romance Reigns

  Preliminary numbers at Deadline give the Valentine’s Day boxoffice edge to, appropriately enough, the Nicholas Sparks sudsfest SAFE HAVEN (Relativity), probably at the expense of many unwilling spouses and signific...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.12.2019

  NOTE:  the CBS line-up aired about 7 minutes late in most of the country, which may lead to adjustments. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10/30/16

  OPENINGS:  As is frequently the case these days, the biggest opening numbers are outside the US.  DOCTOR STRANGE (Marvel/Disney) won’t arrive here until Thursday night, but it’s already racked up $86M in 33...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY NETWORK SCORECARD 10.14.2014

  THE FLASH flew alongside AGENTS OF SHIELD last night. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment) Tuesday, the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 1.11.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Airing for the first time since December 7, THE CONNERS gained 0.07 to 0.59, and THE GOLDBERGS was up 0.03 to 0.42.  ABBOTT ELEMENTARY lost 0.07 to 0.51, HOME ECONOMICS dropped 0.06 to 0.32, and ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

OSCARS MINUS 1: Final Predictions and Hopes

  We’re less than 24 hours away from that exciting moment when the first negative tweet about Seth McFarlane’s performance as this year’s Oscar host appears, so it’s time to go all-in and make some ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 5.19.2019

  OPENINGS:  JOHN WICK CHAPTER 3: PARABELLUM (Thunder Road/Summit/Lionsgate) continued the upward climb of the franchise in the US with a $57M weekend, substantially ahead of the $30.4M for Wick 2, which was above the $14...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 1.31.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE ROOKIE held at 0.53, THE ROOKIE: FEDS dipped 0.03 to 0.33, and WILL TRENT was down 0.02 to 0.27. CBS:  Reruns at 0.36/0.28/0.25. NBC:  NIGHT COURT continued to fall to earth after its big pr...
by Mitch Salem