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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.24.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  the FILTHY RICH rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s THURSDA...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: “2 Broke Girls” A Little Less Broke

> In one of the least surprising developments of the young season, CBS has given a full season back-order to 2 BROKE GIRLS. Considering that the show did a 4.4 this past week, and NBC has given back orders to UP ALL NIGHT (2.1)...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Last Man Standing”

  LAST MAN STANDING:  Friday 8PM on ABC WHERE WE WERE:  In the home and workplace of Mike Baxter (Tim Allen).  Not just a man’s man but a sitcom dad’s sitcom dad, Mike argues the cause of hunting, fishing, a...
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BIJOU BOXOFFICE: EARLY WEEKEND REPORT – 12/17/11

> The news didn’t get any better for Hollywood on Saturday.  In fact, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, the downhill ride got steeper for SHERLOCK HOLMES:  GAME OF SHADOWS.  The film had virtual...
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THE SKED: FOX Fall Schedule and Instant Analysis

FOX announced a very reasonable schedule–which is to say their choices were mostly in agreement with our recommendations.     A quick look at each night:
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 12.3.2017

  HOLDOVERS:  On a weekend without new wide releases, COCO (Pixar/Disney) had no trouble holding its crown with $26.1M.  Its 49% drop from Thanksgiving weekend was better than other Disney animations in that slot (50% fo...
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.10.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  After football adjustment, CBS’s line-up lost 0.2 across the board.  In addition, ARROW gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals ...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Man With A Plan”

  MAN WITH A PLAN:  Monday 8:30PM on CBS – Change the Channel As the traditions of television splinter around them, the broadcast networks have fled en masse to TV comfort food this fall–but for CBS, that̵...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 2.19.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s primetime WINTER OLYMPICS coverage was at 0.76/1.06, compared to 2.19 for the parallel night in 2018.  CW’s GREAT CHOCOLATE SHOWDOWN was at 0.05.   Broadcast Official Nationals P...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: “The Avengers” Conquers the World

> Marvel spent a great deal of time and effort setting the stage for its full-house-of-heroes extravaganza THE AVENGERS, and it’s all paying off.  The movie opened in 39 international territories this past week (some...
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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Downton Abbey”

  By the time it reaches four seasons on the air, even a first-rate show can find it difficult to sustain its initial burst of energy and creativity, and the same holds true on the other side of the Atlantic as well, as th...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/11/14

  NBC:  The network’s numbers were up, but still nothing to boast about.  (And are shaky to boot, thanks to a baseball preemption in San Francisco.)  DATELINE climbed 0.2 to 1.2, and CROSSBONES is currently up 0.2...
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THE BIJOU: Weekend Boxoffice Footnotes – 10/23/11

> The Saturday drop for PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 turned out to be very much in line with Paranormal 2‘s.  Paramount is estimating a better Sunday hold than the second installment had; if the result is instead the same a...
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“KUNG FU PANDA 2” – Black Belt

> Worth A Ticket; This franchise has been working out. Over the past few years, DreamWorks Animation has been emerging a bit from its place as the jokey, insubstantial sidekick to Pixar’s superhero studio.  How To Tr...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 5/4/12

> Well-played, Marvel/Disney. THE AVENGERS:  Years of planning and marketing led to the 2d biggest opening day of all time, $80.5M, that was behind only Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and its $91.1M.  (And Dea...
by Mitch Salem
 
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