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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 5.17.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  HOLEY MOLEY ticked down to 0.36, THE CHASE dropped 0.08 to 0.27, and WHO DO YOU BELIEVE ws down 0.04 to 0.18. CBS:  FBI dipped 0.03 to 0.56, FBI: INTERNATIONAL gained 0.03 to 0.54, and FBI: MOST ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD 4.23.2019

  Viewers had little interest in a documentary series about 1969. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-...
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Modern Family”

    There’s no half-hour on network television more consistently accomplished than MODERN FAMILY.  The show may not reach for the demented highs of a Community (at least, you know, the old Community), 30 Rock o...
by Mitch Salem
 
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DIARY OF A WIMPY KID–RODRICK RULES: Shortbus

> Not Even For Free It was a feel-good story last weekend when the expensive shambles called Sucker Punch went down, defeated by the relatively low-budget family comedy DIARY OF A WIMPY KID:  RODRICK RULES.  (Mitch Me...
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Toronto Film Festival 2024 Reviews: “Queer” & “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life”

  QUEER (A24 – TBD):  Luca Guadagnino has unearthed glamour in the blood-soaked dance troupe/witches’ coven of Suspiria and the cannibal romance of Bones and All, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that his s...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 5.3.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A night of season premieres:  HOLEY MOLEY at 0.43 (down a tenth from last year’s premiere), THE CHASE at 0.29 (down a huge 0.66 from the January 2021 premiere, when it had a big lead-in fro...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: “Animal Practice” Not Best In Show

  NBC wasn’t in any hurry today to release the ratings for last night’s “sneak peek” of its new sitcom ANIMAL PRACTICE, and now we can see why:  less than half the viewers for the Olympics Closing ...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “In the House”

Francois Ozon’s IN THE HOUSE is a delicious examination of the pleasures and dangers of addictive narrative.  Storytelling (and corresponding tricks of cinematic structure) has been an interest of Ozon’s throughout...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Burden of Truth”

  BURDEN OF TRUTH:  Wednesday 8PM on CW This summer’s crop of original broadcast dramas (Reverie, Take Two, The Outpost) has been notably bad, and in that context, CW’s new Canadian import, the straightforward...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.7.2019

  Note that MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL preemptions in Cleveland and San Francisco could lead to adjustments in finals. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live...
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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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 9.1.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  PRESS YOUR LUCK dipped 0.06 to 0.43, GENERATION GAP dropped 0.09 to 0.30, and THE CON was down 0.08 to 0.23. CBS:  BIG BROTHER slipped 0.03 to 0.76, sandwiched between reruns at 0.29/0.28/0.17. N...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/2/12

> The lows keep coming. ABC:  MODERN FAMILY, THE MIDDLE, SUBURGATORY and REVENGE all set or tied season lows last night, and the only reason DON’T TRUST THE B— IN APT 23 didn’t was because it had aired th...
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: MLK Weekend Goes Splat For “Patriots Day,” “Live By Night,” “Monster Trucks” and More

  Half a dozen films entered wide release over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend, and none of them is likely to chart higher than 5th place, most ranging from major disappointments to outright disasters. The most unpl...
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Box Office Footnotes – 6/17/11

> GREEN LANTERN cost at least as much as Thor ($350-400M with worldwide marketing), and will probably open around 15% lower–and Thor is no blockbuster hit.  Which means that although intensive promos got bodies into ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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