THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
A MIDSUMMER STUDIO’S REPORT CARD: 20th Century Fox
> With a summer movie season bracketed by the first weekend in May on one end, and Labor Day on the other, we’ve reached the midpoint of 2011’s array of blockbusters, and for the next week, here at SHOWBUZZDAILY, we...
The Sked: THURSDAY RATINGS May 31 — Duets Dying Even with No Competition
ABC’s singing competition series Duets is fading, averaging a 1.5 rating from 8-10 pm last night (down from last week’s 1.7 premiere). A drop in the second week is not abnormal, but keep in mind Duets faced st...
FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE June 18-24 — What a Shaky First Half of Summer
The domestic box office was down again this week, making five out of the past six weeks down significantly from prior years. We took a look at how the past six weeks collectively stack up to prior years — mid-May throug...
The Sked: Olympics Ratings — Into the Final Week
One week to go for the Summer Olympic Games in London, which end with the greatest anti-climax of all: the Closing Ceremony Sunday night. The ratings in the final week suffers from viewer fatigue and a dearth of marquee eve...
ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT: May 27 Update
> Memorial Day weekend is finally here. As Hangover Part II battles Kung Fu Panda 2 across North America and parts of the world, the real question is who will be ahead in the first annual ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft?...
ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT July 29 Update
>Through Thursday, Team Metcalf’s lead in the ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft is now almost $67 million. This weekend Metcalf’s final two films open (Cowboys & Aliens and Crazy, Stupid, Love), while Salem...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Monte Carlo”
MONTE CARLO: Watch It At Home – The Usual Tourist Stops Beware the credit “Screen Story by.” It means that whatever the original source material for a movie may have been, it’s essentia...
THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/19/12
A rerun has the highest score of the night. ABC: DUETS had an ignominious exit with a series low 0.9. WIPEOUT was down 0.2 from last week to 1.6, but ROOKIE BLUE won its hour with 1.4, up from last week. CBS: Reruns of THE ...
Weekly Broadcast Ratings: A Creaky Summer Begins
Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). NBC will win the week ending Sunday with a 1.42 adult 18-49 rating in prime time, identical to last w...
THE BIJOU BULLETIN: “Spy Kids 4” Stinks (Intentionally)
> Get all the stench jokes out of your system: come August 19, the new SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD won’t just be in tired old 3D, but in what they’re calling the 4D of Aromascope. In other ...
THE SKED: FOX SUMMER PREMIERES
> The close of the 2011/12 broadcast season is starting to approach, and networks are beginning to specify their plans for summer (which in TV terms begins in late May). FOX, unlike some of the other networks, is not plan...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Longmire”
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...
ShowbuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT: July 29 Update
One slate had a significant gain this week: Team Weil was up $180 million over the last seven days to $734 million, vaulting into second place. The Dark Knight Rises accounted for most of that increase, although Ice Age 4 ...