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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.18.2020

  The preliminary DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION ratings were consistent with Monday at 0.2-0.3, a much tighter range than the ratings in 2016, which were at 0.4-1.3 on the broadcast networks.  (NBC was on the high end, t...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE BIJOU: Early Friday Boxoffice – 10.28/11

> The Hollywood Reporter has preliminary boxoffice numbers for Friday, and as expected, PUSS IN BOOTS will be the easy weekend winner.  Its $9-9.5M on Friday, if it holds, would probably mean $36-38M for the weekend, which...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/11/13

  We don’t have data yet for the season premiere of Breaking Bad, which frankly is of more interest than any of the blah network numbers last night. CBS:  The 0.3 boost for 60 MINUTES (to 1.2) is probably mostly due to ...
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “The Good Wife”

  It’s a little churlish, in the face of tonight’s mostly splendid Season 4 finale of THE GOOD WIFE, to point out that for the most part, the rest of the season didn’t quite live up to its high level of ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.18.2019

  LIFE IN PIECES had a subdued set of premieres. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Midseason Finale

SHOWBUZZDAILY Midseason Finale Review: “The Blacklist”

  THE BLACKLIST adequately completed the first act of its season’s mission with tonight’s fall finale–but the tough part is still to come.  NBC largely adopted a conservative schedule this season–a...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.26.2018

      NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for NFL preemptions, THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT and THE GOOD DOCTOR both dropped 0.2, to 0.9/1.0.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: “Community” Makes It To Senior Year

  Late today, NBC thrilled… well, not many viewers, but we’re very enthusiastic.  The network announced its renewal of COMMUNITY for a 4th season.  As had been rumored, the order is for 13 episodes (although ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Ballers”

  The ratings for BALLERS have more than justified its renewal by HBO, but the pieces of the series have yet to fit together.  Most of the show’s creative team hails from Entourage, and Ballers embraces the same bim...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Midseason Finale

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “State of Affairs”

  STATE OF AFFAIRS ended its season tonight with a cliffhanger that will almost certainly remain unresolved, although one might speculate whether the mysterious airstrike that was heading toward Charleston Tucker (Katherin...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE BIJOU’S THEATRE ON FILM: “Company”

> One of the most heartening developments of the past couple of years has been the spreading popularity in theaters of cultural events presented in HD video.  Operas and ballets have become monthly features in many cities,...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Transformers” Surges to Possible 9-Digit Weekend

  Despite a $8.7M start on Thursday night that was no better than the year’s other blockbusters, and bulletins throughout the day that business was slightly softer than expected, reports at Deadline and elsewhere ar...
by Mitch Salem
 
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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 5/17/13

  OPENINGS:  STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS (Paramount) is the first underperformer of the summer, and there will be plenty of harrumphing and speculation about why that is.  With Sunday likely to be much weaker than last week...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 1/10/16

  OPENINGS:  THE REVENANT (Regency/20th) had an impressive $38M start, the #5 January wide opening ever (although tomorrow’s final numbers could send it below Lone Survivor‘s $37.8M, the comp it wanted to beat...
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THE SKED: FOX Fall Premiere Dates

The concept of “premiere week” is getting seriously stretched this year by the networks, since NBC, CW and now FOX have announced schedules that launch only a few shows the week of September 24.  This is probably a...
by Mitch Salem
 
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