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THE SKED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’S FALL 2011/12 FRIDAY TV SCHEDULE

> Welcome to ShowbuzzDaily’s coverage of the upcoming TV schedules for the 2011/12 TV season!  Above you see our guide to what to expect on Friday nights this Fall:  the numbers are our projected Adults 18-49 ra...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/5/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  2 BROKE GIRLS and DANCING WITH THE STARS got back a bit of what they’d lost to 24, each up 0.1 from this morning.  MIKE & MOLLY, though, fell an additional 0.1.  The 10PM NCIS LA rerun was also ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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“Iron Man 3” Flies High With $15.6M Thursday Night Boxoffice

  With $345M already in the bank from its giant overseas openings (that includes an all-time opening day record in China), IRON MAN 3 (Disney) turned its metallic gaze to the US last night, and had a huge $15.6M in evening...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Venom” & “A Star Is Born” Big, “The Hate U Give” Starts OK

  VENOM (Tencent/Columbia/Sony) is the first big-budget action movie to open since The Meg in mid-August, and that (plus a huge marketing campaign) seems to have gotten it past murderous reviews for an enormous start, the ...
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THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Treme”

  TREME:  Sunday 9PM on HBO You don’t need big ratings to be considered a success on HBO (just ask Lena Dunham), but generating buzz is essential.  That’s something TREME never did, despite a small hard core ...
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: NBC Trailer – “The Michael J. Fox Show”

  As part of today’s Upfronts presentation, NBC has released full trailers of its new series.  Now, it’s absolutely unclear to judge a TV series from its trailer–even more than it’s unfair to judge...
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THE SKED: Today In Network Indecency

In 2003, ABC’s NYPD BLUE aired a scene that included a brief shot of actress Charlotte Ross getting into a shower, exposing her rear end and the side of her breast to the camera.  The Federal Communications Commission fi...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: NBC Promo – “The Blacklist”

  Wasting no time, NBC has already issued the promo for its fall Monday 10PM drama THE BLACKLIST: At first glance, it appears to be a mash-up of 24 and Silence of the Lambs, with James Spader as the show’s ersatz Han...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Maron”

  In its first season, Marc Maron’s self-created series MARON was more of an uneven experiment than a cohesive series.  Maron tried on several different formats in the course of its 10 episodes on IFC–mordant ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Midseason Premiere

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Angie Tribeca”

  ANGIE TRIBECA:  Monday 9PM on TBS (“binge-a-thon” airs through 7PM January 18) – If Nothing Else Is On… We’ve seen plenty of attempts by networks to “break through the clutter” ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/15/12

The summer reality shows keep grinding away. NBC:  The live hour of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT had the highest number of the night with 2.2 (no bump from its pre-Olympics Wednesday), but it was sandwiched between a pair of 1.3...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: A CBS Shuffle

  CBS has reversed its previous strategy of launching GOLDEN BOY with two Tuesday airings and then moving it to the Friday 9PM slot.  Instead, the show will remain on Tuesdays, with that night’s VEGAS shifting to Fr...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “A Million Little Things”

  This season, ABC’s A MILLION LITTLE THINGS provided proof that even as viewers accustom themselves to DVRs and video on demand, old-fashioned network scheduling can still be key.  A Million Little Things was langu...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 12.12.2021

  OPENINGS:  There’s no way to spin the $10.5M US opening of  Steven Spielberg’s WEST SIDE STORY (20th/Disney), and its even worse $4.4M start in 37 overseas territories (with $2.8M of that from France and th...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot + 1

SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Forever”

  FOREVER:  Tuesday 10PM on ABC Previously… on FOREVER:  Henry Morgan (Ioan Gruffudd) is a New York medical examiner with a secret:  he’s been alive for 200 years.  It’s not that he can’t be kil...
by Mitch Salem
 
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