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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Compliance”

> Sundance has a thriving Park City At Midnight program that features plenty of high-octane horror movies, but the most unnerving and disturbing film of this year’s festival may have been Craig Zobel’s COMPLIANCE, a...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/28/13

  Summer Wednesdays approach their end pretty much in place. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was up a tick from last week’s low to 2.2 (the 8PM clip show stayed at 1.3).  CAMP is currently even with last week̵...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/6/13

February Sweeps stunts by NBC and CBS both fail. NBC:  The network aggressively promoted last night’s SVU because it featured Mike Tyson as a guest star, but the show dropped 0.2 to 1.5, in 4th place for its hour.  CHIC...
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK THURSDAY SCORECARD – 7/3/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ROOKIE BLUE gained 0.1 to avoid a series low.  The rest of the news was bad:  HELL’S KITCHEN, GANG RELATED, and all the new episodes of UNDATEABLE were down 0.1 from preliminary ratings. THURSDAY CA...
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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Up All Night”

>   A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season:  a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Tuesday Numbers – 12/28/11

> The holiday celebrations at the studios may have been a bit premature.   Traditionally, the Tuesday after Christmas sees a 10-20% drop from Monday, and that number becomes the template for the rest of the holiday pe...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK THURSDAY SCORECARD – 7/31/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ROOKIE BLUE and NY MED were up 0.1 in final numbers–but not THE QUEST.  BIG BROTHER also gained 0.1.  THURSDAY CABLE:  The new series on USA and FX continued to flounder.  On USA, RUSH fell 1...
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THE SKED: “The Voice” Keeps Singing

  Wasting no time–and why should they?–NBC jumped on the strong ratings for last night’s first regular season episode of THE VOICE to renew the show for both Spring and Fall 2013.  The Spring renewal was...
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Behind the Weekend Box Office – 2/9/14

  OPENINGS:  After Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street, and now THE LEGO MOVIE (Warners), writer/directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller will be able to do just about anything they want:  all 3 of their ...
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/8/12

No one welcomes back Gossip Girl. NBC:  Although REVOLUTION slipped slightly to 3.1, at this point it’s fair to call the show a substantial hit, the first scripted one NBC has had since… well, since The Office.  U...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.25.2018

  Some strong numbers, but network erosion continued. 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 rating...
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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Person of Interest”

  The headlines have all been in PERSON OF INTEREST‘s favor this past season.  As stories of massive worldwide surveillance by the NSA and other agencies have continued to surface, what not so long ago looked like a...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: One More CBS Pick-Up

  The booze had been drunk, the party rooms cleaned up, everyone had gone home from last week’s network Upfront presentations–but CBS wasn’t quite done.  After what must have been marathon negotiations w...
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THE SKED: “Arrow” Flies For A Full Season

  ARROW is the biggest hit to launch on CW since The Vampire Diaries 4 seasons ago with twin 1.3 18-49 ratings, and the network has quite properly leaped to give the show a full-season order.  That still leaves CW with pr...
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THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/23/12

> FRINGE leans way out over the edge of the cliff. FOX:  FRINGE is one of the few shows on television that could claim with a straight face that its audience overlaps with The Hunger Games so strongly that the ratings migh...
by Mitch Salem
 
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