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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.19.2021

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show:...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Cloud Atlas”

  It isn’t often that one needs to invoke Intolerance to describe a current film, but CLOUD ATLAS demands it.  Like D.W. Griffith’s epic, it intercuts between stories taking place across hundreds of years o...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: Saturday Ratings 3.26.2016

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ s...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Neighbors” Moves In on Spider-Man

  It’s not going to be close, and it doesn’t deserve to be.  Based on preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere, the much-better-than-you’d-expect NEIGHBORS (Universal) trounced THE AMAZING SPIDER-MA...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” “Sundown” & “The Mad Women’s Ball”

  THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE (Searchlight/Disney – in release):  The reason for expanding a documentary into a scripted narrative is typically to allow for an exploration of motive and emotional background not available...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 9/14/12

OPENINGS:  Both RESIDENT EVIL:  RETRIBUTION (Screen Gems/Sony) and FINDING NEMO 3D (Pixar/Disney) are softer than expected.  Evil is likely to have a $21M weekend, which would be the lowest opening in the series since the 20...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: FOX’s “Wayward Pines”

  WAYWARD PINES:  Midseason TBD on FOX THE FACTS:  M. Night Shyamalan is the marquee producer of this neo-Twin Peaks-ian limited series.  (He also directed the pilot.)  It concerns Secret Service agent Ethan Burke, who...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 10.7.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  Coming off last week’s season premieres, the line-up was down:  STATION 19 by 0.18 to 0.58, GREY’S ANATOMY by 0.13 to 0.64, and BIG SKY by 0.05 to 0.32. CBS:  A premiere night, as Y...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Parks & Recreation”

  PARKS & RECREATION:  Thursday 9:30PM on NBC WHERE WE WERE:  Celebrating the election of Leslie Knope to the Pawnee, Indiana City Council.  But a little concerned that her new post, and the new job in Washington DC...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: The CW Schedule – Instant Analysis

  CW didn’t need to make a lot of changes after a successful (on its terms) season, and it hasn’t.  The network confined its fall moves to 2 nights, opting for stability the rest of the week and keeping 4 addi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 10.25-10.31.2021

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday October 25 through Sunday October 31, 2021. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Progr...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED NIELSENWAR CHRONICLES – Thursday

  There was a time, not that many years ago, when Thursday was the night that network television was all about.  Fueled by the enormous amounts movie studios spend to promote their openings the next day, the night was stu...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: SHOWBUZZDAILY’S Fearless Fall Ratings Predictions – Wednesday

  SHOWBUZZDAILY has taken a look at Monday and Tuesday, and now we’ll pay an early visit to next fall’s network TV Wednesdays and stick out our necks with some early ratings predictions.  As we’ve noted,...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 11.19.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK rose 0.15 to 0.68, outdone by its lead-out 20/20, which had a tremendous performance for the night, jumping 0.55 to 1.02. CBS:  Following a rerun SWAT at 0.33, MAGNUM PI edged up 0.02 ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Sunday September 30 Ratings

NBC’s red-hot Sunday Night Football continues to run ahead of last year’s pace and ahead of our forecast issued last spring.  However, the other networks are performing almost exactly as forecast on a night when FO...
by Mitch Metcalf