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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 8/25/13

  OPENINGS:  THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES (Screen Gems/Sony) won the weekend’s battle (among newcomers) but isn’t likely to win the war, with a very blah $3K average at over 3000 theatres for a $9.3M ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “The Butler” Stays In Charge

  If preliminary weekend numbers at Deadline hold, THE WORLD’S END (Focus/Universal) will be a bit more frontloaded than it would have liked, slipping 10% from Friday to Saturday for $3.1M on its second day, and a bi...
by Mitch Salem
 
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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 8/23/13

  OPENINGS:  THE WORLD’S END (Focus/Universal) is off to a very solid start, with a $2250 per-theatre average on Friday in just 1549 theatres, giving it a $3.5M day and a weekend that could hit $10M.  That compares...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Current Release

SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “Short Term 12″”

  SHORT TERM 12:  Run To the Multiplex – Powerful and Moving Indie Drama How can I make you want to see SHORT TERM 12?  It’s one of the year’s best pictures, but I feel as though describing the plot and...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/22/13

  As has been the case the last couple of Thursdays, preseason football preemptions (one major market each for NBC, CBS, ABC and CW last night) will play a bit of havoc with the early numbers.  Per Mitch Metcalf, expect e...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEDNESDAY BOX OFFICE: “Mortal Instruments” Very Mortal Indeed

  Be sure to read Mitch Metcalf’s Weekend Box Office Predictions. Momentum was lacking for THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES (Screen Gems/Sony), as the studio kept the movie from critics until the last possible i...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot Reports

THE SKED MIDSEASON PILOT REPORT: FOX’s “Rake”

  Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here and Midseason Pilot Reports here. RAKE:  Thursday 9PM on FOX starting Midseason TBD – Worth A Look FOX’s high-profile midseason dramedy RAKE wastes no time in establishin...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/21/13

  The summer’s unscripted Big 3 stayed in command last night. FOX:  MASTERCHEF was the highest rated show of the night with a 2.3, up 0.1 from last week. CBS:  BIG BROTHER rose 0.2 to 2.2, which was also up a tick ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Necessary Roughness”

  The renovations on Season 3 of NECESSARY ROUGHNESS worked out quite well.  The series jettisoned its original setting and much of its supporting cast, moving Dr. Dani Santino (Callie Thorne) from her job as in-house the...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/20/13

  A quiet night on the networks. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was easily the highest rated show of the night, but its 2.2 was its lowest rated Tuesday airing ever, down 0.2 from last week and 0.3 from the parallel nig...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Current Release

SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones”

  THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES –  Not Even For Free –  An Incoherent Compendium of YA Tropes THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES isn’t so much a movie as it is a mash-up.  They’re all ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S SAT-MON CABLE SCORECARD: 8/17-19

  SATURDAY STARZ:  Starz would be pleased if THE WHITE QUEEN can continue where it landed with its second episode.  Although its 800K total viewers and 0.3 in 18-49s were below the total of the many airings Starz and its...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/19/13

  The storyline on Under the Dome may be getting increasingly wacky, but viewers are hanging in. CBS:  UNDER THE DOME held even at 2.4, tying its series low, but still towering over everything else that aired last night.�...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Major Crimes”

  TNT’s MAJOR CRIMES, like its predecessor The Closer, belongs to the “procedural-plus” subgenre, with a crime to be solved every week combined with a secondary amount of continuing serialized plot.  Ho...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/18/13

  The really interesting numbers last night are likely to be on cable, with the roaring Breaking Bad airing against the season finale of True Blood. FOX:  NFL PRESEASON FOOTBALL (Indianapolis at NY Giants) scored a prelim...
by Mitch Salem
 
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