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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/23/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  All the ABC sitcoms (except MIXOLOGY, which needed it most) were adjusted up 0.1 in final numbers, as was SURVIVOR.  There was no good news for AMERICAN IDOL or ARROW.  WEDNESDAY CABLE:  The NBA PLAYOF...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Fargo”

  FARGO:  Tuesday 10PM on FX – DVR Alert Previously… on FARGO:  It’s chance that puts mild-mannered, beaten-down Bemidji, Minnesota insurance salesman Lester Nygaard (Martin Freeman) beside sociopath Lo...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Series Premiere Review: “Faking It”

  FAKING IT:  Tuesday 10:30PM on MTV FAKING IT is intended as the companion piece to MTV’s hit scripted comedy Awkward., which serves as its lead-in, but on the basis of its pilot, it has nothing like the original c...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/22/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  THE VOICE and AGENTS OF SHIELD avoided lows with 0.1 upward adjustments.  TUESDAY CABLE:  NBA PLAYOFF games on TNT led the night at 1.7/1.1.  THE DEADLIEST CATCH (Discovery) had a strong 1.5 season pre...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/21/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  THE VOICE gained a bit of ground with an extra 0.1 in adjusted numbers, although it was still slightly behind THE BLACKLIST in total viewers (11.24M vs 11.19M).  Also up 0.1:  DANCING WITH THE STARS and...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/20/14

  ADJUSTED UPDATE:  An assortment of 0.1 adjustments, up for THE AMAZING RACE, down for THE GOOD WIFE, BELIEVE, AMERICAN DREAM BUILDERS and DATELINE.  SATURDAY CABLE:  ORPHAN BLACK (BBCAmerica) was at 0.3 in its Season 2 de...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “The Boondocks”

  THE BOONDOCKS:  Monday 10:30PM on Adult Swim Aaron McGruder’s name is barely to be found in the credits for Season 4 of Adult Swim’s animated THE BOONDOCKS, absent as both a producer and writer (he retains a...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/18/14

  ADJUSTED UPDATE:  LAST MAN STANDING and SHARK TANK gained 0.1 each, but HANNIBAL fell 0.1 to a bloodless 0.8. FRIDAY CABLE:  Things weren’t any more exciting on the cable side, as WWE (Syfy) was the best the nigh...
by Mitch Salem
 
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NIELSENWAR: Weekly/Season Charts Plus Early Weekend Cable News

  CBS had been riding high on the back of some special events like the NCAA Tournament and the How I Met Your Mother finale, but last week it crashed to earth, falling three-quarters of a ratings point from the previous we...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Devious Maids”

  DEVIOUS MAIDS:  Sunday 10PM on Lifetime The comic soap DEVIOUS MAIDS, based on a Mexican telenovela, overcame a slow start to become a solid performer for Lifetime last season, rising 50% in total viewers between its pr...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot Reports

THE SKED Series Premiere Review: “Salem”

  SALEM:  Sunday 10PM on WGN America – If Nothing Else Is On… There’s more than vanity to the desire of just about every cable network to have at least one original scripted series (although that’s...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Behind the Weekend Box Office – 4/20/14

  OPENINGS:  THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (Sony) won’t arrive in the US for almost 2 weeks, and so far it’s in only 14 international markets–and it was still the biggest story of the weekend, pulling in $47M...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Captain America” Still On Top

  Despite the arrivals of a quartet of newcomers, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (Disney/Marvel) appears in the preliminary numbers at Deadline to be having no trouble keeping its lead for a third consecutive weekend....
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Orphan Black”

  ORPHAN BLACK:  Saturday 9PM on BBCAmerica In an era of non-stop TV drama overhype, last season’s arrival of ORPHAN BLACK was that extreme rarity:  the real thing.  Even its network didn’t seem to know init...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Behind the Friday Box Office: 4/18/14

  Seasonal Note:  Good Friday is traditionally a strong day for moviegoing, which explains the generally solid Friday-to-Friday holds below.  Easter Sunday, though, is less of a movie day, potentially bringing down weeke...
by Mitch Salem
 
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