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THE SKED’S PILOT + 2 REVIEW: “Magic City”

> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may hav...

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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/21/12

ABC bundles up for a long, cold summer. ABC: The Oklahoma City Thunder only had one win in them against the Heat, and while last night’s NBA FINALS Game 5 was the overwhelming winner of the night, beating all 5 competin...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE: “Now You See Me” Makes “After Earth” Disappear

Things didn’t improve for AFTER EARTH (Sony) on Saturday. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, Will Smith’s gift to his son Jaden (and, some say, to the Church of Scientology) increased only a mini...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Once Upon A Time”

Anyone who saw the ONCE UPON A TIME pilot and thought the series would be worth watching only “if nothing else is on” would surely have to be an idiot–and in this case, that idiot was me. I couldnR...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Dictator”

THE DICTATOR: Watch It At Home – Little Shock, No Awe With Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen made one of the noisiest splashes into movie stardom of the past decade, daring and distinctive. The question was wheth...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 12/29/13

Truth be told, “weekend” box office doesn’t mean much in a week where Friday/Saturday/Sunday are no stronger than the weekdays that surround them, and virtually all the openings took place on Wednesday....

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 9.18.2022

OPENINGS: THE WOMAN KING (TriStar/Sony) launched at the higher end of expectations with $19M, boosted by strong reviews (94% on Rotten Tomatoes) and enthusiastic audience response as measured by exit polls. In the cu...

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PREVIEWING TONIGHT POST-OLYMPICS – THE SKED PILOT REPORT: NBC’S “Go On”

Disclaimer: Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall. Pilots are often reedited and re-scored, and in some cases even recast or reshot. These critiques shouldnR...

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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Haven”

Season 4 of HAVEN was its most ambitious by far. Under showrunners Matt McGuinness and Gabrielle Stanton, the series delved into its own mythology more deeply than it ever has before, moving past its initial rote Troub...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 9/14/14

OPENINGS: NO GOOD DEED (Screen Gems/Sony) hit in a big way with an unexpected $24.5M start. That’s not quite the equal of 2009’s Obsessed ($28.6M), but it’s close enough. And while Obsessed had to...

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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/10/11

> For one network, a night that moved in the wrong direction. FOX: Does FOX have to start worrying about X FACTOR? The show seemed to make its way through the wave of baseball-related preemptions and reschedulings v...

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AFI FEST REVIEW: “Saving Mr. Banks”

SAVING MR. BANKS: Buy A Ticket – Positively Supercalifragelisticexpialidocious SAVING MR. BANKS , which screened at the AFI Film Festival in Los Angeles last night before opening in theaters next month, is a movi...

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THE SKED @ BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Wonder Woman”

> This year’s WONDER WOMAN pilot did not fly under the radar. Produced by Warner Bros Television for NBC, it was the subject of speculation before it was even placed with a network, scrutiny while it was being produ...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Other People’s Kids”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots For the most part, actors only get one shot in a given pilot season. Since the lion’s share of network pilots are produced during the same narrow Spring window–allowing ...

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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Da Vinci’s Demons”

The farther it gets from the historical person named Leonardo Da Vinci, the better Starz’s DA VINCI’S DEMONS tends to be as a series. In its 2d season, it went very far–all the way to South America, i...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 2 REVIEW: “Magic City”

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/21/12

EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE: “Now You See Me” Makes “After Earth” Disappear

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Once Upon A Time”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Dictator”

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 12/29/13

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 9.18.2022

PREVIEWING TONIGHT POST-OLYMPICS – THE SKED PILOT REPORT: NBC’S “Go On”

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Haven”

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 9/14/14

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/10/11

AFI FEST REVIEW: “Saving Mr. Banks”

THE SKED @ BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Wonder Woman”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Other People’s Kids”

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Da Vinci’s Demons”

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