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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 2/8/13

  Melissa McCarthy is a movie star. OPENINGS:  She co-stars with Jason Bateman (who is also a producer of the movie), but there’s no doubt that IDENTITY THIEF (Universal) is being sold on McCarthy’s back, and ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 2.21.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR gained 0.02 to 0.67.  The final ABC episode of PROMISED LAND (its remaining episodes will run on Hulu) was up 0.03 to 0.18. CBS:  After sitcom reruns at 0.51/0.40, BIG BROTHER: CELE...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Film Festival

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Review: “The Lobster”

  The allegory is piled on so thickly in Yorgos Lanthimos’ THE LOBSTER that after a while, it’s not clear just what the underlying subject is supposed to be.  Lanthimos is a cult-favorite filmmaker (the cult m...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE BIJOU: Early Weekend Boxoffice With Benefits – 7/23/11

> Deadline has rough estimates for the weekend boxoffice, and they’re pretty much in keeping with Friday’s numbers.  The biggest surprise, if the number holds, would be that Paramount is estimating CAPTAIN AMER...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot + 1

THE SKED Pilot (+1) Review: “Undateable”

  UNDATEABLE:  Thursday 9PM on NBC – Change the Channel UNDATEABLE, whose episodes NBC is burning off two at a time on summer Thursday nights, may not be quite bad enough to earn the obvious “unwatchable”...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: NBC All-In On “Up All Night”

> What’s better than a back order?  An extra back order.  NBC has increased its order for UP ALL NIGHT by 2 additional episodes, making for a total of 24 in the season.  Probably this indicates little more ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 5.13.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s XFL CHAMPIONSHIP was at 0.35.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.41.  On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION and TOTALLY WEIRD & FUNNY both ticked down to 0.02.   Broadcast Official Nationals P...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.24.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  LITTLE BIG SHOTS and the rerun of THE NEIGHBORHOOD lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGH...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: Tuesday Ratings 11.15.2016

  NOTE:  due to Election Day, the World Series and other preemptions, comparisons in the text are to prior Tuesdays. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 6/15/12

Question #1 on this weekend’s boxoffice:  if The Dark Knight Rises is a blockbuster but everything else Warners releases this summer is a bomb, is the studio having a good summer?  Based on preliminary Friday numbers at...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Midseason Finale

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Vinyl”

  VINYL watchers, HBO feels your pain.  Late in a run that matched low ratings with little buzz or critical enthusiasm, the network took the unusual step of not just firing co-creator/showrunner Terence Winter, but of pub...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: Seek “The Finder”

> FOX’s decision to move TOUCH to Thursdays and BONES to Mondays left THE FINDER as the odd show out, and today that other shoe fell:  Finder will run its remaining episodes (essentially burning them off) on Fridays ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot Reports

THE SKED Series Premiere Review: “Backpackers”

  BACKPACKERS:  Monday 8:30PM on CW – Change the Channel BACKPACKERS feels like a student film project, although it isn’t one.  Instead, it’s another example of the walls coming down between entertainme...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: A Note About Cable Ratings

  There was some byplay on Twitter today about the way we and other TV ratings sites report cable ratings, and it seems worthwhile to share a few guidelines. Part of the confusion may have been caused by the way that the e...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/22/13

  Despite a bit of last-minute disruption from the new Royal Baby, the night still belonged to Under the Dome. CBS:  UNDER THE DOME ticked up slightly.  Dome‘s adult 18-49 rating episode track so far: 3.3…2.9...
by Mitch Salem
 
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