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THE SKED: There Will Always Be An England (On US TV) – “Downton” Hits New High

Millions of Americans desperately worried about the plight of widowed Lady Mary knew where to go for their fix of British aristocracy last night, as DOWNTON ABBEY reached yet another new historic high for PBS. The Seas...

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THE SKED FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/6/12

If the networks don’t care, why should the viewers? ABC: ABC can take deep pride in being the only network last night to earn a rating over a 1, reaching all the way to a whopping 1.2 off a 20/20 with that score. NBC:�...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Lucy” Knocks Out “Hercules” For Weekend Title

The remarkably nutty LUCY (Universal)–more Transcendence than La Femme Nikita–connected with audiences in a big way on Friday, with $16-17M (including $2.75M from Thursday night) according to preliminary numb...

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THE SKED Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Melissa McCarthy

The unquestionable highlight of tonight’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE was brief but heartfelt: the tail-end of Weekend Update, as Amy Poehler, Andy Samberg, Fred Armisen (wordlessly, as wandering sight-impaired former NY...

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.20.2020

NETWORK FINALS: The EMMY AWARDS adjusted to 1.3 in final numbers, down 0.4 from the 2019 edition. SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.2, down a full point from last week’s game. In addition, ...

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THE SKED PILOT REPORT: NBC’s “Free Agents”

>Disclaimer: Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall. Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot. So these critiques sho...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Take Two”

TAKE TWO: Thursday 10PM on ABC ABC’s TAKE TWO has an unusually classy set of auspices for a summer broadcast series. Its co-creator is Andrew W. Marlowe, who gave the network its long-running hit Castle (his wr...

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/9/13

Basketball, as always, beat Broadway last night. ABC: Per Mitch Metcalf: we have adjusted the 4.6 fast national adult 18-49 rating for NBA FINALS GAME 2 to an estimated 5.4 rating. However, the 5.4 would still b...

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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Believe”

BELIEVE: Sunday 9PM on NBC Previously… on BELIEVE: 10-year old Bo Adams (Johnny Sequoyah) is one special little girl, with superpowers that include telekinesis and the ability to foretell the future and read pe...

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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK THURSDAY SCORECARD – 5/22/14

NETWORK UPDATE: Only HELL’S KITCHEN and the night’s rerun of MODERN FAMILY found an extra 0.1 in the couch cushions. THURSDAY CABLE: With no NBA Playoff games scheduled, it was a quiet night. The NHL ...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Godzilla” Slightly Less Monstrous

GODZILLA (Warners/Legendary) is proving to be a somewhat frontloaded hit, with preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere showing a Saturday drop of 15-20%, down from $38.5M on Friday to $32-32.5M. If that holds, it...

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STATUETTE STAKES: The Oscar Race That Wasn’t

> This year’s Academy Awards have so far engendered the kind of enthusiasm and excitement usually associated with a suburban DMV office on a Tuesday afternoon. People seem to be sullenly resigned to the inevitabilit...

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The Return of Box Office – 8.23.2020

What are we to make of the first meaningful box office numbers to come our way since March? The area is a landscape of spin in the best of times, and these of course are not those. Other than drive-ins, heatres remai...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 3.21.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

BROADCAST FINALS ABC: Returning from a 3-week break, THE ROOKIE slipped 0.02 to 0.45, THE ROOKIE: FEDS dropped 0.04 to 0.27, and WILL TRENT was up 0.04 to 0.29. CBS: Reruns at 0.32/0.23/0.21. NBC: After a rerun NIG...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “New Girl”

It’s not all that unusual for a TV comedy to improve during the course of its first season, as it discovers its distinctive comic voice (that was the case with Happy Endings, and The Office as well).�...

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THE SKED: There Will Always Be An England (On US TV) – “Downton” Hits New High

THE SKED FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/6/12

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Lucy” Knocks Out “Hercules” For Weekend Title

THE SKED Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Melissa McCarthy

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.20.2020

THE SKED PILOT REPORT: NBC’s “Free Agents”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Take Two”

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/9/13

THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Believe”

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK THURSDAY SCORECARD – 5/22/14

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Godzilla” Slightly Less Monstrous

STATUETTE STAKES: The Oscar Race That Wasn’t

The Return of Box Office – 8.23.2020

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 3.21.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “New Girl”

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