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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Louis C.K.

  After 40 years of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, it’s fair to say that every season is uneven, and so is every episode.  Although it’s generally true that installments hosted by former cast members (this season it was...
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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Puncture”





Our Review / 5 - Terrible
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THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 9/17/11

> For all the wildly unexpected success of THE LION KING, Disney has limited boxoffice upside, because the new Blu-Ray hits the streets on October 4, and that’s not likely to be a date that can be changed. The Friday numb...
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THE SKED PREMIERE REVIEW: “The Firm”

> THE FIRM:  Thursdays 10PM on NBC – Change the Channel THE FIRM isn’t NBC’s #1 priority for midseason–that would clearly be Smash.  (In other news, there’s no truth to the rumor that NBC...
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Behind the Friday Box Office – 6/20/14

  OPENINGS:  THINK LIKE A MAN TOO (Screen Gems/Sony) had almost exactly the same start as the first Think, up $75K from that movie’s opening day at $12.2M.  Being a sequel, though, it will likely fail to reach T...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 1.9.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS jumped 0.16 to 0.49, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE rose 0.11 to 0.62, SUPERMARKET SWEEP climbed 0.14 to 0.55, and THE ROOKIE was up 0.08 to 0.40. CBS:  The netwo...
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THE SKED: WHAT TO WATCH THIS FALL ON THURSDAYS (1st Draft)

> The networks have proclaimed their Fall schedules, the new series have been (partially) unveiled, so… what now?  What will actually be worth watching when network TV comes back to life in a few months?  SHOWBU...
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Pilot Reports

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Good Girls”

  GOOD GIRLS:  Monday 10PM on NBC – Potential DVR Alert GOOD GIRLS is one of the more promising pilots of the broadcast season–even if it’s itching not to be a broadcast series.  Jenna Bans’ scrip...
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THE SKED: ABC Gets Started

  The Alphabet has begun its process of setting things up for next week’s Upfronts by renewing all the shows everyone knew would be renewed:  MODERN FAMILY, GREY’S ANATOMY, THE MIDDLE, CASTLE, DANCING WITH THE...
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/30/12

> It was the last Monday before things get interesting. FOX:  The network won the night, although the 2.8 for HOUSE and especially the 2.7 for ALCATRAZ were far from impressive, considering that CBS was in repeats and NBC ...
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “The Walking Dead”

> But first–a nod to the sly marketing department at AMC, which cleverly lampooned its own predicament of trying to persuade at least some of the hordes of WALKING DEAD fans to stay tuned to the network next week for a ve...
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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/16/14

  A deadly night of reruns for the most part. CBS:  The highest rated show of the night was SURVIVOR, and even it was down 0.2 from last week to 2.2.  It was followed by reruns of CRIMINAL MINDS (1.4) and CSI (1.2). FOX:  T...
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Godzilla: King of Monsters” Wins But Doesn’t Devour, “Rocketman” OK, “Ma” Slow

  It’s too soon to tell just how GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS (Legendary/Warners) will fare based on its $19.7M opening day (including $6.3M from Thursday), per preliminary numbers at Deadline.  The reason is that...
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THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “Major Crimes”

  MAJOR CRIMES:  Monday 9PM on TNT – If Nothing Else Is On…   As soon as plans for the Closer spin-off MAJOR CRIMES were announced, the central question was always how a series could work whose main prota...
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THE SKED: Monday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 10/10/11

> Baseball threw FOX–sorry–a curveball, but there was plenty of bad news for everyone last night. FOX:  Since the playoff game lasted until 8:52PM eastern time, it isn’t clear why FOX didn’t just fi...
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