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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Suits”

  SUITS:  Wednesday 9PM on USA 7 seasons ago, Aaron Korsh’s SUITS was introduced by USA Network as the story of a young con man with a photographic memory named Mike Ross, hired by flashy New York lawyer Harvey Spec...
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Film Festival

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Review: “Sicario”

  The director Denis Villenueve has been staking out some interesting Hollywood territory for himself.  His new SICARIO, which debuted at Cannes and screened at the Toronto Film Festival prior to arriving in theatres next...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

OSCARLAND: “Alone Yet Not Alone” Now Really Alone

  The Oscars are not the Golden Globes.  That appears to be the underlying message of today’s action by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, revoking the Best Original Song nomination of “Alone Y...
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Californication”

> CALIFORNICATION lost a step this season, which is what often happens when a series of limited scope reaches Year 5.  Unlike other Showtime series like Weeds and Dexter, Californication has never had the appetite for seas...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2016-17 TV Season

NIELSENWAR UPFRONTS: The Fall 2016 NBC Schedule

  Thanks to SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, THE VOICE and Dick Wolf, NBC is in stable–if unexciting–shape as the 2015-16 season ends, and the Peacock’s fall line-up is as notable for what it doesn’t do as fo...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot + 1

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Elementary”

A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and the production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have ha...
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Articles

The Sked: Wednesday Ratings 12.21.2016

  UNDERCOVER BOSS may have gone too far undercover. 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)...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/11/13

  ABC was the odd network out last night, despite an all-new line-up. NBC:  THE WINNER IS was far from the winner in its Thursday premiere with a 1.0.  (It followed a repeat of itself, which didn’t do much worse wi...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 3/18/12

> Get ready for the flood of jokey 80s TV show remakes that will now be unleashed upon us. OPENINGS:  21 JUMP STREET (Sony) fell ever-so-slightly on Saturday, and if it fails to hit its $35M weekend estimate, it won’...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 1/18/13

  The Martin Luther King Day holiday tends to be a day off more for schoolchildren than for adult employees, meaning that at the boxoffice, it benefits family movies–of which there’s a distinct shortage right n...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 11/15/13

  OPENINGS:  THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY (Universal) took advantage of being the only new movie in the market and nosed ahead of Thor on Friday, $10.7M to $10.5M.  That lead won’t hold for the rest of the weekend, but it&...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Current Release

SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Jersey Boys”

  JERSEY BOYS:  Watch It At Home – Clint Eastwood Directing the Broadway Hit Is As Weird As It Sounds No one will mistake the combination of Clint Eastwood and JERSEY BOYS for the fortuitous collision of chocolat...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Mad Men”

  There was hardly a moment in Season 6 of MAD MEN when Don Draper (Jon Hamm) seemed to feel comfortable in his own skin.  Oh sure, he could gather up some venom when he had the chance to cut colleague Ted Chaough (Kevin ...
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The Sked

THE SKED: X-FACTOR TRAILER TONIGHT

>At the end of tonight’s pregame show for the MLB All-Star Game in Phoenix, FOX previewed this fall’s THE X-FACTOR.  The on-air promotion department went to that old tried-and-true technique: the dream sequence...
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Articles

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/6/13

Last night’s CMA Awards were a huge hit for ABC, but because the last two Wednesdays featured World Series games, the other networks (except for FOX, of course) were already down–the better comparison is to three we...
by Mitch Salem
 
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