Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Chi”

  THE CHI:  Sunday 10PM on Showtime – More Mean Streets Showtime’s THE CHI is geographically close enough to the Chicago of its veteran hit Shameless that its characters could bump into Gallaghers at any given...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/3/13

Tuesday fast national ratings with relevant comparisons: MONDAY UPDATE:  The newly-renewed THE BLACKLIST came down 0.3 in final post-football numbers to 3.2.  That removed the episode’s preliminary distinction of tying ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Review: “Freeheld”

  Events on the same-sex rights front have moved so quickly that FREEHELD, which is based on a true story from 2007, and has been in development almost since it occurred, now feels like something of a history story.  Not ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: SAG Awards TV Nominations

  On the TV side of its fence, this morning’s Screen Actors Awards nominations (a complete list is here) were conservative to the point of being downright boring.  With the exception of House of Cards and the revive...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “A Kid Like Jake” & “You Were Never Really Here”

  A KID LIKE JAKE (no distrib):  Silas Howard’s dramedy is a small-scale triumph, successfully navigating its way from a wry account of upper-middle-class Brooklynites Alex and Greg (Claire Danes and Jim Parsons) tr...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Scream Queens”

  SCREAM QUEENS:  Tuesday 9PM on FOX – Change the Channel SCREAM QUEENS could have been more accurately titled “Ryan Murphy Presents,” in the manner of the old Alfred Hitchcock show, because it’s e...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/24/13

  On Christmas Eve, all the gifts under the broadcast networks’ tree were used. ABC:  The original animated HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS, followed by the sad Jim Carrey/Ron Howard live-action version, scored 1.2/1...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 12.5.2020

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), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “The Marked Ones” Kicks Off 2014

  The franchise spin-off PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES (Paramount) pulled in $1.2M at 10PM shows last night.  That was far below the $4.5M that Paranormal Activity 4 made on its Thursday in October 2012, but it was...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Good Girls”

  GOOD GIRLS:  Monday 10PM on NBC – Potential DVR Alert GOOD GIRLS is one of the more promising pilots of the broadcast season–even if it’s itching not to be a broadcast series.  Jenna Bans’ scrip...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “The Knick”

  THE KNICK:  Friday 10PM on Cinemax Even at a time of unprecedented quality on television, when the complaint is that there’s just too much good content to watch, Cinemax’s THE KNICK was something special las...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Lone Survivor” Wins A Medal

  So much for tracking.  Defying all expectations, LONE SURVIVOR (Universal) is romping with what might be called the Duck Dynasty audience that goes underreported in pre-opening surveys, and according to preliminary numb...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12.30.2020

  Only one fresh hour of broadcast TV. 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...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

OSCARLAND: Final Oscar Nomination Predictions

  Let’s face it:  anyone with an interest in the matter has been circling the same basic list of titles and names for weeks now, if not months, and the truth is that as much fun as it would be for some shocking surp...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions JANUARY 24-25

Weekend #4 of 2014 is looking like $107 million for the top 12 films, up 7% from the average for this weekend the past few years. Opening at around 2,700 theaters Friday (slightly below the 2,886 average theater count for openi...
by Mitch Metcalf