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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: “Secrets and Lies”

  SECRETS AND LIES:  Midseason TBD on ABC THE FACTS:  Another ABC murder soap, this one starring Ryan Phillippe as a man who finds the body of a neighbor’s child in the woods, KaDee Strickland as his wife, and Juli...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: ABC’s “Selfie”

  SELFIE:  Tuesday 8PM on ABC THE FACTS:  Suburgatory creator Emily Kapnek may have lost one sitcom this week, but she gained a new one, this spin on My Fair Lady.  Eliza Dooley (Karen Gillan) is an entirely self-obsess...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday May 3 and Sunday May 4, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. &nbs...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Godzilla” Slightly Less Monstrous

  GODZILLA (Warners/Legendary) is proving to be a somewhat frontloaded hit, with preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere showing a Saturday drop of 15-20%, down from $38.5M on Friday to $32-32.5M.  If that holds, it...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK MONDAY SCORECARD – 5/26/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BACHELORETTE climbed 0.2 in final numbers, while MASTERCHEF and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.1.  (The NINJA WARRIOR clip show, however, lost 0.1.)   MONDAY CABLE:  It was ESPN’s turn for...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/6/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AGENTS OF SHIELD narrowly averted this morning’s series low with an 0.1 adjustment upward, but while THE VOICE was also up 0.1, that just put it at a slightly higher series low.  The rest of the morn...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Behind the Worldwide Box Office – 5/11/14

  Note:  Most of the studios are pinning extremely aggressive Sunday estimates on the hope that their movie will be a popular Mothers Day destination, so look for a potentially larger than usual set of adjustments in fina...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: The Complete Fall Battle Plan: 7-Night Grid

Here are the network schedules for fall 2014 for ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX, as a handy reference.  As usual, new shows are denoted in italics. Also, note The CW will be airing The Originals and Jane the Virgin on Mondays, The...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Reviews

THE SKED Series Finale Review: “Suburgatory”

  Tonight’s series finale of SUBURGATORY provided as clear a picture as any of how much the series had lost its way in the course of its three season run.  Originally, Emily Kapnek’s show had a very clear voic...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

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

  GOTHAM:  Monday 8PM on FOX THE FACTS:  The hero of this Batman prequel is the pre-Commissioner Detective Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie), who with his partner (Donal Logue) will attempt to clean Gotham City of a mob boss (Ja...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: ABC and 20th Make Their Deal: 2 Pick-Ups, “Last Man Standing” Back

  Only those involved will likely ever know the details, but ABC and 20th Century Fox Television worked out whatever they needed to, and the result was a pick-up of LAST MAN STANDING and orders for 2 additional 20th sitcom...
by Mitch Salem
 
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FRIDAY MAY 16 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #20 of 2014 looks like $177 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up a very good 21% from the norm for this weekend.   Opening at 3,952 theaters, Godzilla from Warner Brothers ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Reviews

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “New Girl”

  It seems fair to ask just what the hell happened to NEW GIRL this season.  A series that seemed to spring out of its pilot womb in complete command of its oddball voice and marvelous cast could suddenly barely take a st...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Series Finale Review: “Star-Crossed”

  Well, at least human heroine Emery (Aimee Teegarden) and alien hero Roman (Matt Lanter) got to have sex before STAR-CROSSED came to its abbreviated end.  The series was among those to discover in the last few days that ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: “Nashville” Renewed

  After a bit of down-to-the-wire negotiating, ABC and Lionsgate have come to an agreement for a Season 3 renewal of NASHVILLE, although details are not yet clear, including just how many episodes have been ordered (ABC ha...
by Mitch Salem
 
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