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HOBBITWATCH: A Sort-Of Midnight Record

Posted December 14, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  The cash has started pouring in for THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (Warners/MGM).  In 3100 theatres, the film earned $13M in midnight screenings last night.  That was considerably higher than the $8M earned by the midnights for Return of the King, but King was in2003, before the phenomenon of midnight releases had really taken hold […]

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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/13/12

Posted December 14, 2012 by Mitch Salem

Another Thursday where football simulcasts could affect ratings on 2 networks.  For now, at least, Scandal is having a moment. ABC:  The midseason finale of SCANDAL, pre-football adjustment in Philadelphia, is at what would be a new series high 2.7, its third high-scoring week in a row.  (Even after any revision, the show will easily […]

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OSCARBALL: The Golden Globe Nominations

Posted December 13, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  Another day, another set of nominees. The Golden Globes, of course, whose nominees in full can be found here, have become their own thing, even though as an organization the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has no more credibility than the National Board of Review.  That’s what a celebrity-packed, network-aired primetime telecast will get you. […]

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/12/12

Posted December 13, 2012 by Mitch Salem

…and this is why NBC won’t be running Revolution without a Voice lead-in anytime soon. NBC:  TAKE IT ALL, airing for the first time without the comfort of that Voice audience, collapsed by more than a ratings point in a single night, down 50% to a terrible 1.1–just a tenth of a point above its […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS December 14-16

Posted December 12, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The busy Christmas film season gets going this weekend with the opening of The Hobbit.  Not much else is happening at the box office as the movies from the last two weeks are pretty much dead and the Thanksgiving movies are getting a tad stale.  But the prequel to the uber-nerd extravaganza that is J.R.R. […]

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OSCARBALL: The SAG Nominations

Posted December 12, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  The Screen Actors Guild award nominations are important in the Oscar precursor game, but not in their most showcase way:  the Best Ensemble winner (often taken to be SAG’s equivalent of “Best Picture,” since it awards a film’s entire cast) doesn’t have any remarkable correlation to the Oscar winner for Best Picture.  However, in […]

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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/11/12

Posted December 12, 2012 by Mitch Salem

It was quite the 10PM hour on broadcast TV last night, as both NBC and ABC aired episodes largely revolving around their shows’ cancer patients. NBC:  PARENTHOOD scored a convincing win in the hour, matching its season high 2.0 with about the most wrenching “holiday” episode you’ll ever see on network TV. That beat CBS […]

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OSCARBALL: The Critics’ Choice Nominations

Posted December 11, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  The Broadcast Film Critics Association is one of those organizations that wants everyone to be happy, including the television network (CW) that carries its yearly telecast, so it gives out a number of MTV-like silly awards, like Best Actor/Actress In an Action Movie (a chance to award Robert Downey, Jr for The Avengers!) and […]

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