The Sked: WEDNESDAY Ratings
Wednesday preliminary broadcast ratings:
THE SKED Planted Pilot Review: “CSI: Cyber Crime”
A planted pilot is just what it sounds like: an episode of an existing TV show temporarily invaded by the elements of a prospective newcomer for an semi-official on-air tryout. Networks and studios like them because ...
Weekend Box Office Predictions MAY 2-4
Weekend #18 of 2014 is looking like a relatively soft $139 million for the top 12 films, 28% below the typical volume for this weekend the past few years ($192 million). Opening at over 4,000 theaters Friday (well above the ...
SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Studio Summer Movie Guide: 20th Century Fox
We’re just about 24 hours away from the US arrival of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and the kick-off of the summer movie season, and in our survey of each studio’s schedule and prospects, we’ve already taken...
UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/29/14
AFTERNOON UPDATE: The adjustments were mixed for the networks. AGENTS OF SHIELD found a nice bump, up 0.2 to 2.1, and THE GOLDBERGS and TROPHY WIFE each went up 0.1. Afternoon 0.1 hikes kept GLEE and NEW GIRL from thei...
THE SKED Series Premiere Review: “Playing House”
PLAYING HOUSE: Tuesday 10PM on USA – If Nothing Else Is On… Created by and starring real-life best friends Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham, PLAYING HOUSE is, as sisterhood comedies created by and starri...
SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Studio Summer Movie Guide: Warner Bros.
In our week-long look at the box office prospects of the nearly-here summer movie season on a studio by studio basis, we’ve examined Sony and Universal. Today our eye is on Warner Bros, typically one of the busie...
NIELSENWAR: Weekly/Season Ratings Charts; and How Low Can Bubble Shows Go?
There was little change from last week in the new weekly averages (based on 5 days of final Same Day ratings and 2 days of overnights), as again no network averaged over 1.5 in 18-49s over the course of the week. ABC h...
The Tony Award Nominations
In a Broadway season with seemingly just one overwhelming favorite (that would be Neil Patrick–wait for it–Harris), the Tony Award nominations were bound to have their share of omissions and oddities. The f...
THE SKED: The Craig Ferguson Shoe Drops
Craig Ferguson is maintaining that his decision to leave CBS and THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON in December is absolutely, entirely, utterly, completely, totally unrelated to the network’s recent decision t...
UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/27/14
NETWORK UPDATE: BELIEVE lost 0.2 in final Sunday numbers, so instead of being up 0.1 from last week, it was actually down to a new low 1.0. The other adjustments were of 0.1, with THE SIMPSONS, ONCE UPON A TIME and REVEN...
UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/28/14
AFTERNOON UPDATE: I don’t follow DANCING WITH THE STARS, so can’t opine on what they did right last night. But the show’s 0.2 bump in final numbers (after adjustment for ABC’s Portland preemption)...
THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The Following”
It was no easy feat for the second season of THE FOLLOWING be even more idiotic and vicious than its Season 1. But devotion to craft pays off in the end, and series creator Kevin Williamson and his writer/producer part...
SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Studio Summer Movie Guide: Universal
This week, as the clock ticks toward the start of the summer movie season, we’re taking a studio-by-studio look at each company’s line-up and prospects. Last time we covered Sony, and today we’ll exam...
UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/25/14
UPDATE: The season finale of LAST MAN STANDING found a 0.1 bump in adjusted Friday ratings (to a very decent 1.4), as did SHARK TANK, HAWAII 5-0 and BLUE BLOODS. But the news was bad at NBC (which had been preempted ...