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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 6/21/13

  OPENINGS:  A bit surprisingly, perhaps, Pixar’s recent movies haven’t exploded at the Saturday/Sunday matinee box office, with merely normal (as opposed to “family”) weekend multiples off their F...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “The Heat” Behind “Monsters U” But Way Ahead of “White House Down”

  Based on preliminary numbers at Deadline (which, it should be noted, were fairly overoptimistic last night), Saturday’s results were in line with Friday’s lead.  MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (Disney/Pixar) will easil...
by Mitch Salem
 
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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 6/23/13

  OPENINGS:  Allowing for the usual studio practice of predicting lower-than-typical Sunday drops to boost the numbers a bit, MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (Disney/Pixar) opened in line with expectations at what may be slightly les...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Veep”

  No show enjoys running around in circles more than VEEP.  Armando Ianucci’s political sitcom glories in Vice-President Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and her staff of venal incompetents mistakenly navigating t...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Copper”

  COPPER:  Sunday 10PM on BBCAmerica A tale of two low-rated series:  BBCAmerica’s two original scripted dramas COPPER and Orphan Black had comparable ratings in their first seasons.  Copper garnered a higher numb...
by Mitch Salem
 
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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 ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/23/13

It’s not that no one was watching television last night:  Discovery’s SKYWIRE LIVE WITH NIK WALLENDA delivered 13M viewers during his actual Grand Canyon walk.  What viewers weren’t watching was broadcast TV...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY SUNDAY CABLE RATINGS: “Mad Men” Up, “Devious Maids” Soft, Wallenda Wins

  Cable ratings will be fragmentary until tomorrow, but here are some numbers worth noting: MAD MEN‘s Season 6 finale was, despite some viewers’ misgivings about this season, the show’s highest-rated fina...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “The Goodwin Games”

  THE GOODWIN GAMES probably should have been a movie.  Its extremely high-concept premise–three estranged siblings come back to their hometown after their father’s death, forced to solve a series of posthumou...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/24/13

  There is, it turns out, an audience for scripted network drama during the summer. CBS:  Airing in the dead of network summer, and against what turned out to be the last hour of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals, UNDER THE DOME...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED FRI-TUES CABLE RATINGS SCORECARD: 6/28 – 7/2

  FRIDAY STARZ:  MAGIC CITY regained some older viewers, rising back to 450K in total, but it continues to barely register with 18-49 year-olds, with only about 25% of its audience in that age group, giving the show an 0....
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Rizzoli & Isles”

  RIZZOLI & ISLES:  Tuesday 9PM on TNT TNT set the last cornerstone of its extensive but unambitious summer schedule in place with tonight’s return of RIZZOLI & ISLES, one of the network’s mainstays, n...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Perception”

  PERCEPTION:  Tuesday 10PM on TNT PERCEPTION was something of a bubble show last season, with 3.5M viewers and only an 0.6-0.8 rating most weeks in 18-49s, so TNT clearly realized that the show needed to invest in some t...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/25/13

  Only one show on network TV last night topped a 2 rating. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was the dominant winner of the night with a 2.6, although that was down from its previous airings when it shared the night with ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: “Rizzoli & Isles” and “Perception” Start Strong

  RIZZOLI & ISLES has been one of TNT’s most reliable hits, and it launched Season 4 last night in very healthy fashion.  The show was up from its Season 3 premiere in all measurements, with 6.6M total viewers (...
by Mitch Salem
 
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