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THE SKED REVIEW: “Hemingway & Gellhorn”

    It wasn’t so long ago that the announcement of an epic period love story starring Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen as war correspondent Martha Gellhorn and legendary novelist Ernest Hemingway, directed by Philip...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Mist”

  THE MIST:  Thursday 10PM on Spike – Change the Channel THE MIST is far from the most imaginative or robust of Stephen King’s works.  King has rarely been accused of too much concision, but he was only able ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 4.7.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC: STATION 19 rose 0.07 to 0.63, GREY’S ANATOMY climbed 0.08 to 0.63, and BIG SKY was up 0.03 to 0.29. CBS:  After reruns at 0.38/0.36/0.34, HOW WE ROLL dropped 0.05 to 0.29, and BULL was down 0...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.25.2016

  The night’s exits and returns didn’t excite many viewers. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-4...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.16.2017

  NBC’s MARLON debuted well–but with an asterisk or two. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 a...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE BIJOU: Boxoffice Footnotes – 9/23/11

> MONEYBALL‘s debut looks to be in line with the opening weekend of The Social Network ($22.4M) just about a year ago.  That movie rode the Oscar race to a $97M gross.  Moneyball is more likable but less incisiv...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 4.13.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The 8PM & 9PM shows hadn’t aired since March 23.  THE GOLDBERGS returned down 0.02 to 0.46, followed by THE WONDER YEARS up a tick to 0.34 from last week’s out-of-timeslot airing....
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “This Is Us”

  It’s easy to overlook the ingeniousness of Dan Fogelman’s THIS IS US, the season’s only broadcast network smash hit.  On its face, the show is a familiar, even old-fashioned family soap, in which the v...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: CBS Featurette – “Hostages”

  Here’s another of CBS’s “behind-the-scenes” blurbs, this time about the thriller HOSTAGES, which will occupy the Monday 10PM slot during the fall (to be replaced by Intelligence) at midseason. All...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: ABC’s “Fresh Off the Boat”

  FRESH OFF THE BOAT:  Midseason TBD on ABC THE FACTS:  Based on the memoir of chef Eddie Huang, it’s the story of a Chinese-American family that moves from Washington, where there’s a thriving Asian communit...
by Mitch Salem
 
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OSCARLAND: The Nominations and Instant Analysis

  …and now it’s all real.  AMERICAN HUSTLE and GRAVITY lead the Academy Award nominations with 10 each, with 12 YEARS A SLAVE right behind at 9, and those three are probably the leading candidates for Best Pic...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED NETWORK/CABLE SCORECARD – 11/10/13

  TUESDAY UPDATE:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to a 7.8 rating, a bit lower than we’d estimated.  On CBS, once the football overrun was adjusted out, 60 MINUTES had a 3.1, considerably below our estimate, but th...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: Wednesday Ratings Projections — UPDATED

>   A few notes: these projections are for original episodes (no repeats) aired in the 4th quarter of 2011.  Series premieres will likely be .3-.4 higher, thanks to network marketing pushes, and then tend to go down o...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/1/14

  The first night of 2014 was the last of the network holiday blahs. CBS:  The Eye’s reruns scored better than anyone else’s, sparked by 1.3 for CRIMINAL MINDS. ABC:  CBS took the night, but MODERN FAMILY was...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: Thoughts on ABC’s Schedule (and Our Predictions)

> WHAT WE LIKE:  Tuesday has been screaming for more comedy.  While Fox has had some success on the night with Raising Hope, both ABC and NBC have very strong histories on the night with comedy blocks.  With NBC ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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