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SHOWBUZZDAILY OSCAR WATCH: The WGA Nominations

  The Writers Guild of America, it should quickly be noted, operates under very strict eligibility rules, only allowing awards to go to films produced under WGA or WGA-affiliated contracts.  That disqualified a number of ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 6.3.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A SHARK TANK rerun at 0.38 was followed by 20/20, up 0.18 to 0.46. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME fell 0.07 to 0.18, followed by reruns at 0.17/0.21. NBC:  A rerun AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR at 0.21 was f...
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THE SKED Series Premiere Review: “Mob City”

  MOB CITY:  Wednesday 9PM on TNT As a writer and director, Frank Darabont has never been in a hurry.  His The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Majestic and The Mist all run over 2 hours (Green Mile is over 3), ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 4.13.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 gained 0.03 to 0.42, and a 2-hour GREY’S ANATOMY was down 0.03 to 0.38. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, YOUNG SHELDON fell 0.11 to 0.47, GHOSTS dropped 0.08 to 0.47, SO HELP M...
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THE SKED: More NBC Pick-Ups

    The Peacock is clearly trying to get the jump on next week’s Upfronts with some early series orders.  The advantage of early announcements, even apart from the possibility that NBC will launch some of its n...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Michael Keaton

  It wasn’t until the last few minutes of tonight’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE that the show seemed to figure out what to do with this week’s host–which was weird, because Michael Keaton, making his return...
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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Hick”

> Derick Martini’s HICK is like a Sundance movie that took the wrong indie-film exit and wound up in Toronto.  For whatever reason, Toronto’s film festival tends to find itself with fewer stories of young peopl...
by Mitch Salem
 
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ShowbuzzDaily Sundance 2022 Reviews: “God’s Country” & “Phoenix Rising”

  GOD’S COUNTRY (no distrib):  A deliberative character study that’s also a thriller of sorts, anchored by one of the best performances of Thandiwe Newton’s career.  When two hunters (Joris Jarsky and Y...
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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Prime Suspect”

> 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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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.13.2018

  BACHELOR IN PARADISE began the Monday part of its run. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 rat...
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Friends With Kids”



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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: CBS and Its Very CBS Pick-Ups

  CBS was, for the most part, very CBS in its choice of new series for next season, with a pair of spin-offs, some additional procedurals, one retread sitcom and another that fits right into the network’s multi-camer...
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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...
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Behind the Friday Box Office – 8/29/14

  OPENINGS:  AS ABOVE/SO BELOW (Universal) cost just $5M to produce, but its big-studio marketing campaign will add at least $30M to that, and after a $3.2M Friday, it’s headed for $9.5M by Sunday and $11.5M for the...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3.3.2019

  AMERICAN IDOL returned at a lower level. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 rat...
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