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EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 4/13/13

  The burnished Jackie Robinson bio 42 (Warners) continued its winning ways on Saturday, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, with a solid 22% bump to $11.1M and what should be a $27M weekend.  That’s very...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Crossbones”

  CROSSBONES:  Friday 10PM on NBC Previously… on CROSSBONES:  The infamous pirate Edward Teague AKA Blackbeard (John Malkovich), has established an island kingdom for himself on New Providence in the Caribbean, wit...
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Pilot Reports

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Scream”

  SCREAM:  Tuesday 10PM on MTV – If Nothing Else Is On… There aren’t a lot of sure things in Hollywood, but here’s one:  you can always make some money by gathering together a group of teens and k...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 3.4.2018

  OPENINGS:  Both of the weekend’s R-rated arrivals had fair Saturday bumps, reflecting their older audiences.  However, that’s also the demo for Oscar viewing, so we’ll see if their Sunday estimates ar...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: Tuesday Ratings 4.4.2017

  PRISON BREAK returned solidly from parole. 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 ratings), audie...
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/7/13

  Another ugly Sunday for the networks.  Collectively, the not-so-big 4 were down 5% from the same night last year. CBS:  Proving again that there’s no such thing as bad publicity, BIG BROTHER has gotten extra atte...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDANCE REVIEW: “I Origins”

  The writer-director Mike Cahill has staked out a unique piece of narrative territory for himself.  In both Another Earth and his new I ORIGINS, which debuted at Sundance last week (and won the festival prize for best...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Road to Nowhere”

 Not At Any Price:  “Art” More Than Art   The name Monte Hellman doesn’t mean much to the vast majority of moviegoers, but Hellman is among the cultiest of American cult directors.  He came up the Roge...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 3.12.2023

  OPENINGS:  Franchises continued to be the lifeblood (so to speak) of Hollywood, and this week it was SCREAM VI (Paramount) breaking its saga’s previous record with $44.5M, almost 50% higher than the $30M for last ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot Reports

THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: “Da Vinci’s Demons”

  DA VINCI’S DEMONS:  Friday 9PM on Starz – If Nothing Else Is On… Starz has been searching for a signature original series it can call its own, especially now that Homeland has brought Showtime, arguabl...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.22.2016

  The first ugly night of the new season. 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 ratings), audience...
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MIDNIGHT BOX OFFICE: Smaug Still Guarding His Gold From “Hobbit”

  Warner Bros and Peter Jackson are very, very lucky that THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG is a significantly better movie than last year’s An Unexpected Journey, which will give it strong word of mouth, because e...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.25.2016

  Play ball. 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 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-4...
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/11/12

Even more than most Sundays, last night there was football… and everything else. ABC:  A dismal night for the network’s scripted shows.  With a football overrun stretching into the 8PM hour on FOX, ONCE UPON A TIM...
by Mitch Salem
 
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