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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.14.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  Notwithstanding the football preemption, ABC’s DANCING WITH THE STARS and the VOMO special held this morning’s early numbers.  However on CW, the new and rerun WHOSE LINE I...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/12/12

> SMASHWatch has a note from THE BACHELOR. NBC:  SMASH was down 0.3 last night, to a still-decent 2.4 that was nevertheless only 0.1 above its season low thus far.  But it faced atypical competition from the post-Bach...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/5/11

> For CBS on Mondays, the other networks can huff and puff and put specials on the air, but they can’t blow The Eye’s house down. CBS:  Against atypical competition almost across the board, all their hits were ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SAT/SUN SCORECARD – 6/14-15/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Game 5 of the NBA FINALS adjusted up to 6.8 in final ratings, 0.8 above its preliminary number.  (The 2013 Finals lasted to Game 7, and adjusted all the way up to a 10.6 rating for that game, which is why ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.11.2018

  A down night for some veterans. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (...
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THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 10/16/11

> It’s always to the advantage of the new opening to own first place at the boxoffice, so if Paramount thought FOOTLOOSE could pull it out over REAL STEEL, they would have staked their claim today.  (Both pictures ar...
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THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Falling Skies”

  FALLING SKIES:  Sunday 10PM on TNT After a falsely cheerful minute or two, the Season 4 premiere of TNT’s sturdy post-apocalyptic alien war saga FALLING SKIES set to work establishing its lines of battle for thi...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.18.2019

  BIG BROTHER outrated preseason NFL football. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Orphan Black”

  The third season of ORPHAN BLACK was a step up from Season 2, although the show is still the victim of its plotting.  The main narrative for the season was set up in the Season 2 finale, with the discovery that along wi...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE BIJOU: Midnight “Apes”

> RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES pulled in around $1.25M in its Thursday midnight screenings.  This is better than the $800K that Cowboys & Aliens managed last week, but dwarfed by the $4M Captain America earned and Th...
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Pilot Reports

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Euphoria”

  EUPHORIA:  Sunday 10PM on HBO HBO’s new teen transgression drama EUPHORIA is produced by the indie studio A24, and for those who frequent what’s left of the American indie landscape, most notably the films t...
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The Sked

The Sked: MONDAY RATINGS February 27

> FOX made the night interesting by carrying NASCAR’s Daytona 500 in prime time.  (The race was delayed by weather from its normal Sunday afternoon time.)  CBS and NBC were down from last week, although NBC rece...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Midseason Premiere

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Royals”

  THE ROYALS:  Sunday 10PM on E! – Change the Channel This week’s cable network eager to expand its portfolio to the world of scripted programming is E!.  Just as Bravo attempted to appeal to its Real Housewi...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “One For the Money”

    ONE FOR THE MONEY:  Not Even For Free – Another Heigl Misfire   Movie stars are, make no mistake, trademarks.  Consumers who invest in 2 hours of George Clooney or Will Smith expect the same kind of r...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 2/3/12

> A surprisingly strong start for 2 low-budget arrivals, although the upside is limited by tomorrow’s Super Bowl. OPENINGS:  CHRONICLE (20th) had a slight $350K edge over THE WOMAN IN BLACK (CBS Films) on Friday, and...
by Mitch Salem
 
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