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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Bates Motel”

  The first season of BATES MOTEL pulled one of the season’s more interesting sleights of hand.  In theory a prequel to Psycho, more often than not it used the source material as pretext for a quite different kind o...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Defiance”

  In its second season, Syfy’s DEFIANCE continued to be erratic, although sometimes in a more satisfying way than in Season 1.  Under the helm of series co-creator and new showrunner Kevin Murphy (replacing fellow c...
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The Sked: Thursday Ratings 2.2.2017

  The only newcomer to make a mark was the one with the giant lead-in. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49...
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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 1/18/13

  The Martin Luther King Day holiday tends to be a day off more for schoolchildren than for adult employees, meaning that at the boxoffice, it benefits family movies–of which there’s a distinct shortage right n...
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THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Modern Family”

  MODERN FAMILY:  Wednesday 9PM on ABC MODERN FAMILY has now won the Emmy Award for Best Comedy in each of its four years on the air, putting it one behind Frasier‘s record-setting pace.  The TV Academy nominates s...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.17.2016

  THE ODD COUPLE returned to be CBS’s Monday weak link. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-5...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “No One Lives”

  As movie bloodbaths go, NO ONE LIVES is almost–but not quite–clever enough to be worth seeing. We start with a backwoods family of petty outlaws, headed by father Hoag (Lee Tergesen) and including his wife, b...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Ballers”

  The ratings for BALLERS have more than justified its renewal by HBO, but the pieces of the series have yet to fit together.  Most of the show’s creative team hails from Entourage, and Ballers embraces the same bim...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Raven”

      THE RAVEN:  Watch It At Home – Not Much Tell-Tale Heart (Or Brain)   Sometimes less-than-great minds think alike, too.  The idea of Edgar Allen Poe as a detective investigating strange phenomen...
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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “What’s Your Number?”





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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Solo” Lonesome, “Deadpool 2″” Down Heavily To Kick Off Memorial Day Weekend

  This may be a good time to pause the stories about Disney’s infalliability, and the unstoppable dominance of the Star Wars franchise.  SOLO (Lucasfilm/Disney) is underperforming in a big way, with preliminary numb...
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THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Parks & Recreation”

  PARKS & RECREATION:  Thursday 8PM on NBC PARKS & RECREATION had a much better time in London than Elementary.  The marvelous never-a-hit comedy, starting its improbable 6th season, brought most of the cast over...
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK MONDAY SCORECARD – 6/2/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  In adjusted ratings, BEAUTY & THE BEAST declined by 0.1 from this morning’s numbers, while MASTERCHEF and THE BACHELORETTE gained 0.1.  (No change for MISTRESSES or 24.) MONDAY CABLE:  LONGMIRE ...
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/9/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  SVU’s 0.1 upward adjustment meant that it, too, beat AMERICAN IDOL on Wednesday.  MIXOLOGY also came up 0.1, as did each of the reruns that preceded it on ABC. WEDNESDAY CABLE:  A very slow ni...
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THE SKED: “Downton Abbey” Classes Up the Nielsens

> Matthew and Lady Mary 4Ever! The second season finale of DOWNTON ABBEY was watched by 5.4 million people, and while that may not sound like a lot (it’s about the same number as watched last night’s episode of Happ...
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