Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Grey’s Anatomy”

  GREY’S ANATOMY:  Thursday 8PM on ABC The occasional misguided NY Times profile aside, it’s a good time to be Shonda Rhimes.  With an entire night of ABC’s primetime real estate put into her care, she&...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 11.4.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  An IN SEARCH OF WAKANDA tie-in special for the upcoming Marvel/Disney movie was at 0.30, followed by 20/20 down 0.07 to 0.31. CBS:  SWAT gained 0.02 to 0.43, FIRE COUNTRY dropped 0.05 to 0.42, an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “The Lifeguard”

  If you go to too many Sundances, or see too many indie films, there are certain templates you come to recognize all too quickly.  THE LIFEGUARD, written and directed by Liz W. Garcia, a TV writer (Memphis Beat, Cold Cas...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 11.26.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL won primetime with 1.58, while FOX’s game was at 0.61.  CBS aired the GRIO AWARDS at 0.20.     Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHL...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/5/13

Smash = Moose Murders. NBC:  Despite enormous, and well-publicized, behind the scenes changes, and weeks of intensive, expensive marketing, NBC couldn’t convince viewers to give SMASH another chance, and the Season 2 pre...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Avengers: Endgame” Obliterates The Record Books–and Helps “Captain Marvel”

  Box office discussions about AVENGERS: ENDGAME (Marvel/Disney) will revolve around records broken and those likely to fall.  The first to go was the Thursday night record, which is now $60M (beating The Force Awakens...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.8.2014

  So far, Wednesdays are working out just about the way ABC had hoped. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment) Wednesday, the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 12.17.2022 Top 150 Cable Original s & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl game was at 0.34.  CW’s I HEARTRADIO JINGLE BALL was at 0.05.  In late night, NBC’s SNL fell 0.17 to 0.68.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program R...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Season Averages: FOX Poised to Move Into 2nd Place Soon, Pushing NBC to 3rd

Through February 4 (20 weeks into this broadcast season), CBS leads with a 2.70 rating with adults 18-49, followed by NBC (2.40), FOX (2.19) and ABC (1.83).  But very soon, FOX will move past NBC in the season averages and is ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Monday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 10.13.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BIG BANG THEORY and CASTLE each lost 0.1 in final numbers, and THE VOICE gained 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Monday (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 1.10.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE ROOKIE fell 0.14 to 0.50, THE ROOKIE: FEDS dropped 0.12 to 0.32, and WILL TRENT was down 0.08 to 0.30. CBS:  The FBI franchise found the mothership up a tick to 0.61, INTERNATIONAL up 0.06 to...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 2/22/13

  It’s a yearly irony that on the most moviecentric weekend of the year, hardly anyone goes to the movies. OPENINGS:  Dwayne Johnson’s vehicle SNITCH (Summit/Lionsgate) will lead the newcomers, but may face di...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Jane the Virgin”

  JANE THE VIRGIN:  Monday 9PM on CW Previously… on JANE THE VIRGIN:  Jane (Gina Rodriguez) is what the title says she is, much to the relief of her grandmother Alba (Ivonne Coli), yet still pregnant, thanks to the...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 1.30.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR lost 0.06 to 0.59, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.02 to 0.34. CBS:  Reruns at 0.41/0.37/0.34/0.29. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT dipped 0.04 to 0.53 and QUANTUM LEAP was up 0.02 to...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 3/1/13

  OPENINGS:  Here’s an idea of how disastrously JACK THE GIANT SLAYER (Warners) is bombing.  DreamWorks recently had to take an $87M loss on its Rise of the Guardians, which cost $145M (plus marketing costs) and gr...
by Mitch Salem