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THE ACADEMY TO HONOR CHARLES BURNETT, OWEN ROIZMAN, DONALD SUTHERLAND AND AGNÈS VARDA WITH OSCARS® AT 2017 GOVERNORS AWARDS
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted Tuesdaynight (September 5) to present Honorary Awards to writer-director Charles Burnett, cinematographer Owen Roizman, actor Donald Sutherland and director Agnès Varda. The four Oscar® statuettes will be presented at the Academy’s 9th Annual Governors Awards on Saturday, November 11, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center®...."This year’s Governors Awards reflect the breadth of international, independent and mainstream filmmaking, and are tributes to four great artists whose work embodies the diversity of our shared humanity," said Academy President John Bailey. 'Avatar' Characters Going Vegan In Sequel? James Cameron Invests In Pea Protein Facility...Facebook Is in the Hot Seat From Both Dems and GOP on Russian Ads...SOCIAL NETWORK UNDER PRESSURE TO REVEAL MORE DETAILS ON SEVERITY OF FAKE ADS
Weather folk and media overdid the coverage - - The hurricane's path changed; no direct hit on Miami; no direct hit on east coast of Florida; switched and went west and then north. No direct hit on Tampa. After Naples, it changed again. No, it is not saying there was no damage - there was and much of it. A hurricane does that.
Emmy ratings are low - they equal last year's low at 11.3 million...
it seems odd that it would tie last year. Perhaps it is BS. I smell a rat. A tie from the all-time low is still an all-time low... |
TIM'S BO NOTES:
- Sure, "It' won again, but it had no competition. - "mother" and its star, Jennifer Lawrence, doomed the promotion efforts and it showed. Be careful for those critics who like this one. They have to be paid promoters or simply want to stay in good standing within the ranks. - It is too bad for Lawrence who rose to stardom because of solid work, all the way back to "Winters Bone." But, living in the bubble can get to you. WORLDWIDE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE...comScore’s Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, "Opening in 10 additional markets this weekend, Warner Bros.' horror juggernaut 'It' continues to break records internationally, generating an impressive $60.3 million on approximately 15,375 screens in 56 markets, representing a drop of just 37% from the incredible debut last weekend in holdover markets bringing the international running cume to $152.6 million and the worldwide tally to $371.3 million." 
@Timobns - Hollywood is overlooking the obvious here - - they insult half the audience because of politics and then wonder why they do not show up and watch their products. And they cannot blame Netflix, Hulu and those services. They do not get the audience that many think. They may have them but they do not watch all the movies and crap on them. It is a subscription service. Money made is because people pay monthly, whether they watch or not. But, that model has saturated the market. The key here is least attended in the story. Ignore the money made on some films because the prices are so high. Movie theaters are hurting because there are no butts in the seats. With high prices, it can seem like the movie is doing well but not as many people see them as those ticket prices skew that fact.
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NOW: Emmy ratings trended even lower than last year - which was an all-time low. They were lower in the early reported numbers but ended up in a tie. Sure, they did. Now, many will try to explain this away, but no need to. The show is no longer really about honoring TV and its stars. And yes, the way in which we consume the product has changed and Hollywood hails it. But, that is another reason why the ratings for this are off, too. When a show on Hulu wins for Best Drama (""A Handmade's Tale"), most will not care or tune in. Nobody really watches it (Hulu does not release ratings. Subscription services may have many who pay for it, but when it comes to tuning in to the shows on the service, is another story. TVbythenumbers proves this...
Example: “Big Little Lies” (HBO) – 0.4, 1.17 million (it won for Limited Series); “Veep” (HBO) – 0.2, 580,000..so, the Best Comedy is seen by fewer than 1 million people. Much lower. Hollywood will continue to tweak the ratings to make a show with low numbers a hit. They are using the 18-49 advertisers favorite number as a way of doing just that. The reality is, despite what people think, these shows are NOT being watched. When we have 120 million households with TV and the numbers are below 12 million, that show is NOT a hit show. One must wonder if it is worth covering it anymore.
Example: “Big Little Lies” (HBO) – 0.4, 1.17 million (it won for Limited Series); “Veep” (HBO) – 0.2, 580,000..so, the Best Comedy is seen by fewer than 1 million people. Much lower. Hollywood will continue to tweak the ratings to make a show with low numbers a hit. They are using the 18-49 advertisers favorite number as a way of doing just that. The reality is, despite what people think, these shows are NOT being watched. When we have 120 million households with TV and the numbers are below 12 million, that show is NOT a hit show. One must wonder if it is worth covering it anymore.
EMMYS BEFORE THE SHOW FROM @Timobns - The ratings for the Emmys have tanked of late so getting a positive headline will be easy if it gets just 10 million (which is terrible for a major award show). But, Stephen Colbert is niche at best for getting a large rating. If they stick with entertainment (which this is), it would help. Insert hateful political banter and then people will click away.
reality of ratings
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Ratings gets dissected because they, too, get political when many talk about them. They emotionally say a show has the ratings but they really do not.
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Jedidiah Bila Appears to Hint She Left ‘The View’ Over Contentious Clinton Interview http://ift.tt/2jE7Tye
Bill O'Reilly says his firing was a "financial and political hit job" http://washex.am/2xM82Ww
Meghan McCain could replace Jedediah Bila on #TheView...Guess who's likely replacing Jedediah Bila on #TheView http://bit.ly/2fgnpiy ...Laura Ingraham contract with Fox News is a DONE DEAL! http://wp.me/pqwpd-L0E ...NY Times White House reporter to delete Twitter account: It's "too much of a distraction" http://hill.cm/nnn9r5N ...
The “Hand in Hand” benefit drew a combined 15.71 million viewers on ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX (it also aired on several cable channels). It raised a reported $44 million for relief efforts. TVbythe numbers...that is not much money for airing on that many networks, at one time. And not that many viewers (adding them up gives you a bigger number).
Illegal Streams of Mayweather-McGregor Bout Reach 2.9M Viewers: Irdeto Digital security firm identifies 239 pirated streams READ MORE »
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ABC Reaching Out to Primetime Men
WHY THIS MATTERS: The upcoming season won’t bring a huge move toward men, but Dungey tells Ad Age she is laying the groundwork to make ABC’s primetime audience more balanced. That could be a risky strategy though. Michael Law, executive VP, managing director for video investment at Dentsu Aegis, says right now ABC has “a very appealing audience profile” of affluent woman. A Take: Ad Age |
Cable Ratings: MSNBC, CNN Show Significant Growth But Still Lose to Fox News...BUSY NEWS MONTH RESULTS IN MSNBC GAINING 55 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR
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Mayweather-McGregor Fight Challenges PPV Buy Record Showtime says fight generated numbers in ‘mid-to-high’ 4 million range READ MORE »
WHY THIS MATTERS: While Showtime officials said the Aug. 26 fight's PPV numbers are preliminary, Mayweather-McGregor is positioned to knock out the PPV record of 4.6 million buys and the more than $450 million in PPV revenue generated by Mayweather’s 2015 fight with Manny Pacquiao
WHY THIS MATTERS: While Showtime officials said the Aug. 26 fight's PPV numbers are preliminary, Mayweather-McGregor is positioned to knock out the PPV record of 4.6 million buys and the more than $450 million in PPV revenue generated by Mayweather’s 2015 fight with Manny Pacquiao
I worked in media for 30 years...never let us define you - - now, I report of how they cover them and keep my entertainment beat...on my own is the way to go...I cover more of the business side of TV and movies. When requested to do more gossip and personality features for show business folk for newspaper editors, I balked and resisted. That was never what I cared about when it came to show business. The award season circuit is actually the business of show. It looks like they are handing out awards all the time, but that is the business and marketing of show. Not all award shows are covered anymore because they, too, have lost sight of themselves and got too cocky and political. Also, I am more about content than photos and video. That just seem too lazy for me. Anyone can do that, but content in king. CLICK ON FORUM ABOVE AND THEN CLICK ON REAL TIME REPORTS FOR LIVE COVERAGE/AND FOR PAST EVENT COVERAGE
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