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The Death of Gofobo

> For many, the question will be:  what the hell is a Gofobo?  And to be sure, “death” is a bit hyperbolic–the Gofobo website has actually revamped itself into a Version 2.0 that’s taken a valu...
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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 7/19/13

  OPENINGS:  THE CONJURING (Warners) is off to a great start with a $17M opening day (including $3.3M from Thursday evening), but its real test comes today.  Horror movies tend to be very frontloaded and plunge on their ...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Tyrant”

  TYRANT:  Tuesday 10PM on FX Season 1 of TYRANT was a mess.  It was rebooted and somewhat restaffed after the pilot was shot, and then continued to be changed on the fly, making for a series that seemed to shift tone an...
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “The Heat” Scores, “White House” Really Is Down

  Preliminary box office numbers at Deadline have THE HEAT (20th) overperforming with a $15M Friday, which could give it a $40M opening weekend, almost as much as the movie cost to produce.  That means the first 3 days fo...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S Pre-Upfront Projected FOX Fall Schedule

  See Also:  THE SKED’s Pre-Upfront Projected NBC Fall 2013 Schedule We’re continuing with SHOWBUZZDAILY‘s versions of the Fall 2013 network schedules, which may or may not reflect what the networks will...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Behind the Friday Box Office – 10/10/14

  Once again, Gone Girl was vanquished for a day by a horror movie, but will almost certainly rebound to take the weekend. OPENINGS:  DRACULA UNTOLD (Legendary/Universal) gets the partnership between Universal and its new...
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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The Bridge”

  The line can be thin between an ambitious, wide-ranging drama series and a mess, and honestly, you could argue THE BRIDGE both ways.  It was resistant to being pigeonholed to a fault, and it seemed to resist, too, the c...
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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “50/50”

> 50/50:  Worth A Ticket –  A Genuinely Feel-Good Cancer Comedy With The Big C renewed for its third season on Showtime, the concept of a comedy getting laughs from the experiences of a cancer patient is no long...
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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “The Ides of March”





Our Review / 5 - Terrible
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THE SKED Series Finale Review: “The White Queen”

  Although Starz was a co-financier of THE WHITE QUEEN, the show was produced by the BBC predominantly for a British audience, so it helped to have a working (or at least a Wikipedia) knowledge of 15th-century English hist...
by Mitch Salem
 
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FRIDAY APR 29 BOX OFFICE NUMBERS: Fast Five Roars to the Top

>Fast Five delivered for Universal with a $77 million opening and is on track for a final domestic tally of $169 million.  This strong opening will push the weekend up around 50% versus the same weekend last year.  Th...
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows”

    SHERLOCK HOLMES:  GAME OF SHADOWS:  Watch It At Home – Far Too Elementary   We have to come to terms with the fact that an entire generation may recognize the name Sherlock Holmes not as the template ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 3.1.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  With the exception of CW, all the broadcasters carried the STATE OF THE UNION address and its response (ABC had the bragging rights for those), so there was limited original programming.  ABC:  A re...
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THE SKED: Sunday’s Showtime, HBO Premiere Ratings

  Despite strong competition in every direction on Sunday night, Showtime had a very strong start for its winter line-up, setting new records for SHAMELESS, HOUSE OF LIES and CALIFORNICATION.  Demo numbers aren’t ye...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Tina Fey & Amy Poehler

  Lorne Michaels does know how to throw a party.  The 2015 finale of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE closed with a rollicking “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, joined by the cas...
by Mitch Salem
 
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