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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/9/13

  Last night’s numbers were generally slightly up from last Tuesday, but still minimal. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rose 0.1 to 2.5, enough to win the night.  Similarly, a new episode of OFF THEIR ROCKERS was ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot Reports

THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “Camp”

  CAMP:  Wednesday 10PM on NBC – If Nothing Else Is On… If drive-in theaters hadn’t been superseded by multiplexes, NBC’s new CAMP would be the TV equivalent of a drive-in movie, a throwback to B-m...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/10/13

  Some viewers spent the night at Camp… but see below. NBC:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  on the surface, a fairly good debut for Camp at 10PM last night (a time period-winning 1.5 rating with adults 18-49).  However, ple...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Netflix

THE SKED NETFLIX REVIEW: “Orange Is the New Black” (Episodes 1-3)

  With the arrival of ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK after House of Cards, Hemlock Grove and Arrested Development, Netflix has completed the first quartet of its initial plunge into high-profile original programming .  Based on...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Current Release

SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “Pacific Rim”

  PACIFIC RIM:  Watch It At Home – Even Michael Bay Might Say “Too Much” Why isn’t PACIFIC RIM a better movie?  It’s a passion project for the tremendously talented co-writer (with Travis Be...
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Current Release

SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Grown Ups 2”

  GROWN UPS 2:  Not Even With A Gun To Your Head – Is It Time For the Razzies Yet? One can’t lightly dismiss Adam Sandler.  After the first Grown Ups, it seemed implausible that he could make a movie even wor...
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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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Pacific Rim” and “Grown Ups 2” Start Well and Updated Thursday Box Office Chart

  Given the overwhelming fanboy appeal of PACIFIC RIM (Warners/Legendary), it’s not exactly a shock that the movie started strong with shows that started at 7PM Thursday night, earning $3.6M.  It’s probably in...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED WEEKLY CABLE RATINGS SCORECARD – 7/12/13

  THURSDAY USA:  The night started out weakly with the premiere of reality show SUMMER CAMP, which only had a 0.5 rating among 18-49s year olds, and 1.1M total viewers. That seemed to set the tone for the evening, since a...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Grown Ups 2” Has A (Temporary) Win; “Pacific Rim” Falls Back

  If the preliminary numbers at Deadline hold, there was good news on Friday for Adam Sandler and his studio, as GROWN UPS 2 (Sony) won the day with a strong $16.5M (including $2.3M from Thursday night).  That’s be...
by Mitch Salem
 
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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 7/12/13

  What kind of summer movie season has it been, really?  For the past several weeks, business has been consistently up, erasing the losses from a soft spring, and even with 3D, Imax and inflation taken into account, more ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 7/14/13

  OPENINGS:  Despite the strong weekend, it’s a bit troubling that GROWN UPS 2 (Sony) fell 11% on Saturday (the original Grown Ups rose 2% on its 2d day), suggesting frontloading and less than great word of mouth. ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s State of the Studio: Disney

  The calendar may have us at barely mid-July, but for the major movie studios, the summer season has already peaked.  The would-be, sometimes-are blockbusters have been arriving since the first weekend in May, and althou...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “The Newsroom”

  THE NEWSROOM:  Sunday 10PM on HBO Aaron Sorkin may have professed not to agree with most of the criticisms aimed at THE NEWSROOM during its initial season, but a look at its Season 2 premiere makes it pretty clear that ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/14/13

  Summer:  when the network airing reruns beats all the networks with new programming. CBS:  BIG BROTHER was the highest rated show of the night with a preliminary 1.9 (starting 20 minutes late, like the rest of the network&...
by Mitch Salem
 
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