Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 6.12.2016

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now -1% below last year and now +1% above the average for this point the past...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Winter Olympic Ratings Update

Thursday night’s Winter Olympic coverage from Sochi averaged a 5.9 adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals from 8-11 pm on NBC.  This is down one tenth from last Thursday’s first-ever Opening Ceremony-eve coverage...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “The Neighbors”

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 weigh in, networks and studios (which may have ha...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Destroyer” & “Climax”

  DESTROYER (Annapurna – Dec. 25):  Another fractured-time thriller, this one trickier than most, because the script by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi features a sort of time-loop within a loop.  All that structural fa...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.19.2019

  Another dull summer Friday. 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), audien...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Eastbound & Down”

  EASTBOUND & DOWN:  Sunday 10PM on HBO EASTBOUND & DOWN is an acquired taste that, to be honest, I’ve never quite acquired.  Not that the show hasn’t made me laugh, not that I fail to recognize the g...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.23.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 1.8.  In addition, the SWAT rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart    ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.30.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE ORVILLE gained 0.2 after football adjustment, putting it at 1.5, down 1.2 from the finals for its Season 1 post-NFL premiere.  Football adjustments also raised 60 MINUTES by 0.2 on...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 12.12.2020

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
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 4.29.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.58.  FOX’s USFL game was at 0.11.  On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION was steady at 0.04, and TOTALLY WEIRD & FUNNY ticked up to 0.04.    Broadcast Off...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 8.29-30.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 29 and Sunday August 30, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television populati...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The Mindy Project”

  After two full seasons, it’s become clear that Mindy Kaling’s THE MINDY PROJECT may never be a “well-made show.”  Characters pop in and out–it was recently announced that receptionist Betsy...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Royals”

  History will record that on the same night the curtain rang down for Mad Men, THE ROYALS also concluded its season.  As utterly different as the two shows are, The Royals is one of the many cable scripted series that pr...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 3.3.2019

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is a first look at the 2019 film slates by studio. BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2019 is still -30% below last year’s comparable span and now -23% below the average ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED REVIEW: “Saturday Night Live” with Louis CK

  Louis CK’s last visit to host SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE in 2012 was one of the show’s best recent episodes, and now that his signature Louie is resuming (finally!) on FX in May, he came back tonight for a return en...
by Mitch Salem