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THE SKED: Tues-Wed Cable Ratings Scorecard – 7/30-31

  TUESDAY TNT:  RIZZOLI & ISLES dipped a bit, down 150,000 total viewers to 5.3M and down 0.1 in the 18-49 demo to 1.0, and PERCEPTION followed suit, down by just about the same margins to 3.4M total viewers and 0.7 i...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEDNESDAY BOX OFFICE: “Smurfs 2” Starts With $5.2M

  There haven’t been a lot of Wednesday openings this summer, and even fewer that are relevant to the start of THE SMURFS 2 (Sony), which began with $5.2M yesterday.  This Is The End ($7.8M) was aimed at a completel...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/31/13

  As its scandal fades, some viewers may be departing Big Brother. CBS:  After the all-publicity-is-good-publicity rise that BIG BROTHER got from widespread media attention to the horrifically bigoted remarks of some of its p...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: Fri-Mon Cable Ratings Scorecard – 7/26-7/29

  FRIDAY STARZ:  The pay-TV network had plenty of announcements at its TCA press tour session, including a renewal for its pirate series Black Sails before the show has even aired, but there wasn’t a word of comfort...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/30/13

  Another dull summer Tuesday… NBC:  The Peacock took the night thanks to AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and its 2.7, although the show was down a tick from last week.  Both weeks came off a 1.0 rerun of HOLLYWOOD GAME NIG...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/29/13

  Perhaps the networks should consider combining Monday’s two successful shows for a dating series that takes place under a giant glass–wait, that’s what reality television is already. CBS:  One of the large...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED Weekend Box Office: “The Wolverine” Falls Some More

  On Sunday mornings, the devout go to church, and movie studios lie.  (There’s not much overlap between the two groups.)  The studios lie (or fudge, if you’re sensitive about the L Word), fundamentally, beca...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/28/13

  What a difference a year makes:  on the same Sunday night last year, NBC averaged an 11.6 rating with adults 18-49 in prime time for the second night of competition at the London Summer Olympic Games, and the four broad...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Unforgettable”

  UNFORGETTABLE:  Sunday 9PM on CBS – If Nothing Else Is On… You may already have forgotten UNFORGETTABLE.  It debuted in fall 2011 as one of CBS’s seemingly inexhaustible supply of procedurals, its par...
by Mitch Salem
 
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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 7/28/13

  OPENINGS:   Two smart studio decisions bailed out what could have been a scary opening weekend for THE WOLVERINE (20th).  Fox kept the budget relatively low for its expensive genre, just $250M or so including worldwid...
by Mitch Salem
 
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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: 7/27/13

  OPENINGS:  While not an outright flop like The Lone Ranger, Pacific Rim, RIPD, et. al (particularly since it cost less to produce than any of those), THE WOLVERINE (20th) is underperforming in a big way.  Its estimated...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “The Wolverine”

  THE WOLVERINE:  Watch It At Home – The Clawed Superhero’s Latest is Distinctive But Unthrilling THE WOLVERINE, wanting to be both more and less than a typical superhero spectacle, demonstrates the perils of ...
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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “The Wolverine” Shows Its Claws & Updated Thursday Box Office Chart

  THE WOLVERINE (20th) is the weekend’s only big newcomer at the box office, and it got off to a healthy $4M start last night.  That number is particularly strong since Wolverine held off till 10PM to start its laun...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/25/13

  A very steady if unexciting night on the networks. FOX:  The closest thing to an event in primetime last night was the season finale of HELL’S KITCHEN, which was up a tick from last week to 2.2 (but off 0.2 from last ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/24/13

  People really don’t care for the America’s Got Talent results show.  Discuss amongst yourselves. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT plunged 0.6 from last week to 2.3.  However, that was roughly even with the...
by Mitch Salem
 
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