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NIELSENWAR: The Midseason Battles Begin, “Walking Dead” Chews On Fall Finale Record

  NOTE:  Season To Date and Weekly Network Ratings Charts Are Below NBC made a surprise move today, announcing that THE BLACKLIST, rather than following the pattern of last season’s Revolution and airing only with T...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/1/13

  Except for football and a football-adjacent show, no network programming on Sunday night even hit a 2 rating. ABC:  As it heads towards its midseason climax, ONCE UPON A TIME tied its series low 1.9.  The Hallmark Hall of ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Treme”

  TREME:  Sunday 9PM on HBO You don’t need big ratings to be considered a success on HBO (just ask Lena Dunham), but generating buzz is essential.  That’s something TREME never did, despite a small hard core ...
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Pilot + 1

THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Getting On”

  GETTING ON:  Sunday 10PM on HBO Previously on… GETTING ON:  At a geriatric extended care ward in a Los Angeles hospital, Nurses Dawn (Alex Borstein) and Didi (Niecy Nash) attempt to cope with bureaucracy, their n...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Midseason Finale

THE SKED Fall Finale Review: “The Walking Dead”

  For all its gigantic, game-changing success, THE WALKING DEAD seems fated always to be a dramatically uneven series.  Under new showrunner Scott M. Gimple (who, contrary to previous practice, will keep his job in the al...
by Mitch Salem
 
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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: 12/1/13

  Studio honesty is rare enough to be worth noting when it appears:  THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (Lionsgate) could easily have juiced its Sunday estimate to claim the #2 second weekend of all time today, but instead i...
by Mitch Salem
 
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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 11/29/13

  Mitch Metcalf has a great analysis of the continuing strength of THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (Lionsgate) after its $31.3M Friday in his box office post today–highly recommended.  Catching Fire should set a sl...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/29/13

  Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Garth Brooks. CBS:  On an otherwise weak night, GARTH BROOKS: LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS towered over everything else at 1.8, better than anything CBS has run all fall in the 9-11PM Friday slot.  It ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: The Holiday Goes On For “Catching Fire” and “Frozen”

  Preliminary numbers at Deadline have the record pace continuing for both THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (Lionsgate) and FROZEN (Disney). Catching Fire had no trouble with the all-time record for the day after Thanksgivi...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THANKSGIVING DAY BOX OFFICE: “Catching Fire” and “Frozen” Carve the Turkey

  As usual, Thanksgiving Day itself was down for many films.  However, that didn’t keep the holiday’s pair of blockbusters from rewriting the record books. THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (Lionsgate) set a new...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/28/13

  The only entertainment America wanted with its turkey last night was football. NBC:  NFL FOOTBALL swamped the night, with what we expect will be a 7.0 rating when numbers are adjusted early next week.  That would be just a...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THANKSGIVING WEEK BOX OFFICE: “Frozen” Doesn’t Put Out “Fire”

  Happy Thanksgiving to all!  Wednesday was a great day for both THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (Lionsgate) and the new FROZEN (Disney), setting the stage for a sensational holiday box office weekend for the pair. Catchi...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/27/13

  The hills were not alive last night. NBC:  The night before Thanksgiving is traditionally an extremely slow one for TV viewing, and networks don’t typically air hour-long infomercials for their own upcoming progra...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Current Release

SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Frozen”

  FROZEN:  Buy A Ticket – Your Grin Won’t Melt Until It’s Time to Leave A curious shift has been occurring at Disney over the past few years.  Glamor child Pixar has been churning out second-hand blockb...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THANKSGIVING WEEK BOX OFFICE: “Catching Fire” Gets Hotter

  The holiday box office “weekend” doesn’t officially start until today (several of the new openings began screening on Tuesday night, but their studios aren’t publicizing the results), and Mitch Me...
by Mitch Salem
 
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