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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE: 4/26/13

  OPENINGS:  PAIN & GAIN (Paramount) is a “relationship” movie, not in the sense of the relationships between the movie’s characters (oh God, no), but the relationship between the studio and its dire...
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THE SKED REVIEW: SNL With Zach Galifianakis

  There was an inspired, unexpected piece of comedy toward the end of tonight’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, although it was pretty lonely in the mostly bland context of the rest of the episode.  Early in the post-Update ha...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: This Week In Season Finales

  May brings the end of the line–at least for this season–for just about everything on network television (and even a few shows on cable).  Here’s our weekly guide to what episodes even occasional fans w...
by Mitch Salem
 
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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 4/28/13

  OPENINGS:  The biggest story of the weekend took place off American shores, as IRON MAN 3 (Disney) topped all expectations to open with a fantastic $195.3M in 42 territories (China and Russia are the notable ones still ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Red Widow”

  RED WIDOW spent its season about two inches away from being a really enjoyable dark farce.  All the ingredients were there:  plotting that had a vague, circular logic but was basically nonsensical, and a cast of moroni...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “The Good Wife”

  It’s a little churlish, in the face of tonight’s mostly splendid Season 4 finale of THE GOOD WIFE, to point out that for the most part, the rest of the season didn’t quite live up to its high level of ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/28/13

  May Sweeps continued to excite hardly anyone. ABC:  The network aired its regular line-up for the first time in a month, and it did no good for ONCE UPON A TIME, which slipped 0.1 from last week and fell to a series low...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/6/13

  A bit of a bump for Revolution, but not much more good news for the networks last night. CBS:  The upcoming season finale for HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER seems to be exciting no one, as the show hit a season low 2.6, while RU...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Bones”

  BONES brought out the big guns for its Season 8 finale–a long-awaited marriage proposal from Brennan (Emily Deschanel) to Booth (David Boreanaz), and the return of the show’s arch-villain, Christopher Pelant ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/29/13

  Despite modest bumps for FOX’s season finales, last night featured an alarming number of season and series lows. FOX:  Both BONES and THE FOLLOWING were up in their season finales, the former by 0.1 to 2.1 and the...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: Friday-Monday Cable Ratings Scorecard – 4/26-29/13

  FRIDAY STARZ:  DA VINCI’S DEMONS held steady in Week 3 with 18-49s at 0.2, but it tumbled quite a bit in the older-skewing total viewers metric, falling from 503K viewers to 382K.  (And this, remember, is after ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/30/13

  NBC shook things up last night, to mixed effect. NBC:  A 2-hour THE VOICE hurt the 9PM competition, but resulted in a 3.7 for itself, the lowest Voice rating in weeks (down 0.4 from last Tuesday).  Putting GRIMM at 1...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: Good News for Veep, Rectify and Inside Amy Schumer

  A few notable items from today’s cable news: On the heels of a season-best rating last Sunday, HBO has renewed VEEP for a third season of 10 episodes.  Veep‘s been a very sturdy success for the network, cons...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/1/13

  The nasty parade of season and series lows continued last night. FOX:  AMERICAN IDOL crossed 2 ugly milestones last night.   Its 2.8 rating (down half a point from last week), apart from being an all-time Wednesday lo...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Glee”

  Which plotline really grabbed you in Season 4 of GLEE?  Was it Rachel’s (Lea Michele) one-episode pregnancy scare?  Her involvement (unwitting) with a male escort?  Was it the weeks of sullen silence between Mr....
by Mitch Salem
 
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