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NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: NBC’s “The Mysteries of Laura”

  THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA:  Wednesday 8PM on NBC THE FACTS:  Laura Diamond (Debra Messing) is an NYPD homicide detective who also has to juggle her responsibilities to her young twin sons and her issues with her estranged...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT

How big a flop is BATTLESHIP (Universal)?  Even bigger than the catastrophic John Carter, that’s how big.  According to early Friday numbers at Deadline, Battleship is headed for a $9.5M opening day, and if that number ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Ten Year”

> TEN YEAR, which premiered tonight at the Toronto Film Festival, is one of the few festival movies that has the feel of a potential hit.  This is because, apart from its hugely engaging cast and, to be sure, some effectiv...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/8/13

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  In adjusted numbers, all the 8PM shows (except DADS) went up 0.1, still leaving AGENTS OF SHIELD and NCIS down a respective 0.4 and 0.7 for the night.  THE GOLDBERGS went down 0.1, putting it 0.2 beh...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Rake”

  RAKE:  Thursday 9PM on FOX Previously… on RAKE:  Keegan Deane (Greg Kinnear) is an LA lawyer whose life is a wreck.  Between tax evasion issues and a gambling habit, he’s lost his house and has to live wit...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 9/19/13

  FOX’s X Factor problem is becoming a crisis. FOX:  THE X FACTOR fell another 0.3 from last week’s lackluster premiere to a series-low 1.9–and that’s before the regular season competition has even...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: ‘Luck”

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

 
 

THE SKED: FOX Season Finales

> FOX has added its season finales to the pile, which include an evening-long farewell to HOUSE.  Here’s the schedule: Tuesday April 17 9:30PM:  RAISING HOPE (Note:  after Hope‘s season finale, BREAKI...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Rogue”

  ROGUE:  Wednesday 9PM on Audience Network (DirecTV only) 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, audien...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MOVIE REVIEW: “Star Trek: Into Darkness”

  STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS:  Worth A Ticket – Another Satisfying Trip On the Enterprise J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot cohorts, writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, did a bang-up job rejuvenating the Star Trek fra...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/15/12

  This is why CBS doesn’t need to change its line-up much for the Fall. FOX:  Although the ratings don’t reflect it, last night’s 2-hour GLEE  included probably the series’ strongest episodes of t...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Covert Affairs”

  The problem with having your main character “go dark” is that she actually has to get somewhere.  In the Season 4 finale of COVERT AFFAIRS, Annie Walker (Piper Perabo) finally seemed to cross a line by coldb...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 4.7.2019

  OPENINGS:  At $53.5M, SHAZAM (DC/New Line/Warners) had the lowest opening weekend of the current DC run of superhero movies (it was also below all the Marvel openings), but it was produced to be a lower-budget companio...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3.4.2019

  A much-hyped episode of THE BACHELOR tied THE VOICE. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 a...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Animal Kingdom”

  ANIMAL KINGDOM:  Tuesday 9PM on TNT – In the Queue The opening hour of TNT’s new ANIMAL KINGDOM is daringly light on plot.  Although TNT’s meat and potatoes programming is still mainstream entertainme...
by Mitch Salem