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THE SKED FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/13/12

Step up, one and all, for the death-defying showdown of… 2 newsmagazines? ABC: On another deadly summer Friday, 20/20 beat Dateline with a 1.3 as the only original programming aired by any broadcast network for t...

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WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE: July 9-15 — A Down Week But No Big Surprise

A down week this week (last year boasted the opening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2) erased the big gains last week, and now the year to year comparisons are back to where they were a few weeks (high single-digi...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Episodes”

EPISODES: Sunday 10:30PM on Showtime WHERE WE WERE: Sean and Beverly Lincoln (Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig) are a married pair of British television writers who’ve had a modest success with a low-key ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: How High Does Spidey Have To Fly?

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN will begin spinning its midnight webs in just a few hours, so let’s take a quick look at its competition in the midnight screening record books. The Sam Raimi 2002-07 Spider-Man trilogy were ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight”

If THE DARK KNIGHT had no superhero or comic book trappings–if The Joker were scarred but not hideously made up, and Batman were a bit lower-tech and merely disguised rather than wearing a cowl and cape–Chris...

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THE SKED SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/1/12

With 3 weeks to go until the London Olympics, NBC is already reaping some of the benefits of its coverage. NBC: Nothing on the other networks could do more than tie the lowest-rated hour of last night’s US OLYMPIC TRIAL...

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THE SKED MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/9/12

NBC does the other networks a favor. NBC: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT didn’t air last night in favor of a FEAR FACTOR special, which shot a hole in the network’s ratings for the night. Fear only managed a 1.3, an...

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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/24/12

Don’t trust ABC with your life. ABC: The network’s semi-improvised comedy TRUST US WITH YOUR LIFE plummeted even from its awful premiere numbers, scoring 0.6 in both of its half-hours–that was below the sitc...

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THE SKED SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 7/1/12

We speculated yesterday that HBO might have carefully timed its renewal of THE NEWSROOM not to coincide with the show’s Episode 2 ratings, and we may have been right. HBO: The Newsroom took a substantial hit from...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: Thursday “Dark Knight” Update

The midweek boxoffice path of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES has been oddly up and down. Compared to the trajectory of The Dark Knight, it’s had a worse Monday, a better Tuesday, a worse Wednesday, and now a better...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Joel Schumacher’s “Batman Forever”

As Alex in A Clockwork Orange would say, this is the real and like tragic part of the story beginning, O my brothers. After Batman Returns undergrossed Batman by $90M in the US, Warners, you might say, freaked out. A...

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS July 6-8: Spider-Man Returns to the Scene

Weekend #27 of 2012 looks pretty solid: $185 million for the top 12 films, up 27% from last year’s comparable weekend and up 22% from the four-year average for the weekend. Much of this increase can be attributed to the c...

by Mitch Metcalf

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through July 8

The Amazing Spider-Man pulled its overseas total to $202 million to date (up from $50 million at this time last week). We’ll give The Amazing Spider-Man an initial overseas target of $510 million, toward the high end...

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THE SKED’S FALL PILOT REPORT: NBC’s “The New Normal”

THE NEW NORMAL: Tuesday 9:30PM starting September 11 on NBC -If Nothing Else Is On… Disclaimer: Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall. Pilots are often reedited...

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES July 13-15: A Bit of a Slowdown Before the Dark Knight Next Week

Before next weekend’s arrival of a bona fide hit, The Dark Knight Rises, this weekend was highlighted by a bit of a summer movie poser: Ice Age: Continental Drift (an estimated $46.0 million opening weekend, missing our f...

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THE SKED FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/13/12

WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE: July 9-15 — A Down Week But No Big Surprise

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Episodes”

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: How High Does Spidey Have To Fly?

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight”

THE SKED SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/1/12

THE SKED MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/9/12

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/24/12

THE SKED SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 7/1/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: Thursday “Dark Knight” Update

SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Joel Schumacher’s “Batman Forever”

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS July 6-8: Spider-Man Returns to the Scene

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through July 8

THE SKED’S FALL PILOT REPORT: NBC’s “The New Normal”

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES July 13-15: A Bit of a Slowdown Before the Dark Knight Next Week

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