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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/16/14

  UPDATE:  All the adjustments were upward, but they were also only by 0.1, giving a little extra to BELIEVE, RESURRECTION, COSMOS, ONCE UPON A TIME, AMERICAN DAD and AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS.  SUNDAY CABLE:�...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Divergent”

  DIVERGENT:  Watch It At Home – Not Hungry Enough The film of DIVERGENT, even more than Veronica Roth’s YA-franchise source novel, is determined to resemble The Hunger Games as much as any movie can that̵...
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/17/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  After adjustment, THE VOICE went up 0.1 and THE BLACKLIST went down by the same amount (in the latter case, negating its small climb from 2 weeks ago).  Also up by 0.1:  DANCING WITH THE STARS and 2 BRO...
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THE SKED: “Black Sails” Holds in Season Finale

  Ratings information for Starz’s BLACK SAILS was never particularly abundant, thanks to a combination of the show’s slow Saturday berth, Starz not being forthcoming, and a general lack of buzz.  The series fi...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”

  BROOKLYN NINE-NINE kicked off the beginning of the end of the 2013-14 network television season tonight, the first full-season series to reach its finale, so it’s time to start making some summarizing judgments abo...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/18/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  An assortment of small adjustments.  On ABC, the MARVEL: ASSEMBLING THE UNIVERSE special and THE GOLDBERGS both gained 0.1, while on NBC, THE VOICE (which usually runs until 9:01PM) was up 0.1 while ABOU...
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THE SKED Series Finale Review: “Psych”

  It was a somewhat underpopulated 8th and final season for PSYCH.  Maggie Lawson, the show’s female lead Juliet O’Hara, was off shooting Back In the Game most of the time, and Kirsten Nelson’s Chief Vic...
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THE SKED Series Premiere Review: “Doll & Em”

  DOLL & EM:  Wednesday 9PM on HBO – If Nothing Else Is On… HBO’s romance with quirky British comedies of discomfort (and with the look and feel of micro-budgeted indie film) continues with DOLL &...
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/19/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  SURVIVOR widened its lead over AMERICAN IDOL by 0.1, and that was the only change from this morning for the new episodes.  On ABC, reruns of THE MIDDLE, SUBURGATORY and MODERN FAMILY all went up 0.1 (but...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/27/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  There was no joy for FOX in the day’s adjusted numbers, as AMERICAN IDOL stayed at what is now its official all-time low 1.9 and SURVIVING JACK remained at 1.3.  Adding insult to injury, the only F...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/20/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  AMERICAN IDOL managed to salvage a shred of dignity (for this week, anyway) by gaining 0.1 in adjusted numbers to hit 2.0.  HELL’S KITCHEN also climbed 0.1, as did THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and PARENTHOO...
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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Divergent” Solid, Not Overwhelming at $4.9M

  DIVERGENT (Summit/Lionsgate), in case you hadn’t heard, is purportedly The Next Big YA Thing.  It’s off to a $4.9M start in Thursday night shows that began at 8PM, and that’s a solid but–for this...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Noah” Floods the Multiplex

  Darren Aronofsky’s NOAH (Paramount) should have no trouble winning the weekend, with preliminary numbers at Deadline giving it around $15M on Friday (that includes $1.6M from Thursday night).  That’s a stron...
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Divergent” and “Muppets” Underperform; “God’s Not Dead” A Sleeper

  It’s clear, based on preliminary numbers at Deadline, that DIVERGENT (Summit/Lionsgate) isn’t going to reach prerelease hopes of an opening in line with the $69M of the original Twilight, much less that movie...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/21/14

  UPDATE:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT games on CBS adjusted to 1.0/1.3.  HART OF DIXIE lost 0.1 in final numbers, lessening its chances of survival.  SHARK TANK and 20/20 went up 0.1. FRIDAY CABLE:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT primet...
by Mitch Salem
 
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