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WEDNESDAY BOX OFFICE: “Mortal Instruments” Very Mortal Indeed

Be sure to read Mitch Metcalf’s Weekend Box Office Predictions. Momentum was lacking for THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES (Screen Gems/Sony), as the studio kept the movie from critics until the last possible i...

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THE SKED Pilot Review: “Bad Teacher”

BAD TEACHER: Thursday 9:30PM on CBS – Change the Channel There’s rarely much point in transforming an R-rated movie comedy into a broadcast network TV series, especially if the appeal of the movie came larg...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “Short Term 12″”

SHORT TERM 12: Run To the Multiplex – Powerful and Moving Indie Drama How can I make you want to see SHORT TERM 12? It’s one of the year’s best pictures, but I feel as though describing the plot and...

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THE SKED Pilot Review: “Resurrection”

RESURRECTION: Sunday 9PM on ABC – Potential DVR Alert The restrained tension of RESURRECTION‘s pilot may remind you of early, suburban Spielberg, and of M. Night Shyamalan before he became a punchline. ...

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 8/23/13

OPENINGS: THE WORLD’S END (Focus/Universal) is off to a very solid start, with a $2250 per-theatre average on Friday in just 1549 theatres, giving it a $3.5M day and a weekend that could hit $10M. That compares...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “The Butler” Stays In Charge

If preliminary weekend numbers at Deadline hold, THE WORLD’S END (Focus/Universal) will be a bit more frontloaded than it would have liked, slipping 10% from Friday to Saturday for $3.1M on its second day, and a bi...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 8/25/13

OPENINGS: THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES (Screen Gems/Sony) won the weekend’s battle (among newcomers) but isn’t likely to win the war, with a very blah $3K average at over 3000 theatres for a $9.3M ...

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/25/13

The regular season hasn’t started yet, but the NFL is already in charge. NBC: Per Mitch Metcalf, although preliminary numbers have the Sunday night NFL PRESEASON FOOTBALL game at a 2.1, we anticipate that final n...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Longmire”

In its second season, A&E’s neo-western LONGMIRE has become a superior procedural-plus, effectively knitting together both its frontier and cop genres and its crime-of-the-week and serialized storylines with an...

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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/26/13

At this late point in the network summer, it wouldn’t make sense to expect much change from the norm. ABC: The move of MISTRESSES to 9PM had only mild effect, as the show climbed 0.1 to 1.0. That was below the ...

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TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW: “Gravity”

It’s not really a surprise to see Alfonso Cuaron join James Cameron, Martin Scorsese and Ridley Scott in that small group of film artists who have made 3D part of the essential toolbox of their imagery (no, Baz Luh...

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PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED Pilot Review – “Reckless”

RECKLESS: Sunday 9PM on CBS – If Nothing Else Is On… In the Charleston of CBS’s summer potboiler RECKLESS, it seems like just about everyone is sleeping with everyone else, or wants to. That absurdl...

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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/27/13

Univision topped all but one English-language network last night. NBC: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT won the night, but it only tied last week’s Tuesday low 2.2. ABC: EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS was down 0.2 for the night...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 2/21/14

Note: all holdovers will show unusually sharp Friday-to-Friday declines due to Valentine’s Day last week, and should recover somewhat over the course of the weekend. OPENINGS: 3 DAYS TO KILL (Relativity), with ...

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THE SKED Pilot Review: “Killer Women”

KILLER WOMEN: Tuesday 10PM on ABC – Worth A Look KILLER WOMEN can’t keep up the pace of its Kill Bill-inflected opening, but it’s a fun ride nonetheless. The premise, adapted from an Argentine forma...

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WEDNESDAY BOX OFFICE: “Mortal Instruments” Very Mortal Indeed

THE SKED Pilot Review: “Bad Teacher”

SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “Short Term 12″”

THE SKED Pilot Review: “Resurrection”

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 8/23/13

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “The Butler” Stays In Charge

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 8/25/13

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/25/13

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Longmire”

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/26/13

TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW: “Gravity”

PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED Pilot Review – “Reckless”

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/27/13

Behind the Friday Box Office – 2/21/14

THE SKED Pilot Review: “Killer Women”

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