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THE SKED PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Hannibal”

  HANNIBAL:  Thursday 10PM on NBC 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,...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10.3.2021

  OPENINGS:  The blockbusters are delivering even if other box office segments still aren’t, and that’s good news for pandemic-weary theater owners and studios.  In the US, VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE (Columb...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee”

  FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE:  Monday 10:30PM on TBS – Potential DVR Alert It is written, apparently, that all alumni of Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show who aren’t starring in movies or sitcoms must hav...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/23/13

  “Silent Night” arrived early this week.  (And that’s before local NFL coverage has been adjusted from the network totals.) NBC:  The finale of THE SING-OFF, at 1.3, was down 0.3 from last year’s...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

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 ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Billions”

  BILLIONS:  Sunday 10PM on Showtime (pilot available via VOD and streaming) – Potential DVR Alert There’s a gag in The Big Short where an esoteric piece of financial information, crucial for understanding the...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Footnotes – 8/19/11

> THE HELP will be the year’s first “serious” movie to gross over $100M.  September is traditionally one of the softest months on the movie release calendar, and 2011 is no exception:  although there...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Your Sister’s Sister”

> Lynn Shelton’s Humpday in 2009 was one of the most engaging pictures to come out of the mumblecore movement (“mumblecore,” for the uninitiated = ultra-low-budget, small scale film with dialogue mostly improv...
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/20/13

Updated with official national ratings below for Game 7. ABC may be as happy this morning as Miami’s fans are, with what will probably be the highest network rating we see for quite a while. ABC:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  NB...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Lego” Is For Lovers on Valentine’s Day

  The studios brought out a trio of romantic movies for Valentine’s Day, but the couple audiences most wanted to see was Emmet and Wyldstyle, as preliminary numbers at Deadline have THE LEGO MOVIE (Warners) topping t...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Alcatraz”

> ALCATRAZ was a show–pardon the use of past tense:  the series still has a pulse, but recent ratings make it an increasing longshot for a repeat sentence–that just never found its groove.  Convoluted but ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH — through Sunday October 23

>NBC has given Grimm 205 promo seconds over the last week, a level that will be maintained or even increased throughout this week, leading up to the Friday launch.  NBC has to be encouraged by the 3.9 rating for the premie...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED SUNDAY CABLE SCORECARD – 10/21/12

  No surprise what’s gnawing at the top of the ratings. AMC:  The typical post-premiere decline for a big returning show seems to have been made up by AMC’s settlement of its lawsuit with DISH Network and the ...
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