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THE BIJOU: UPDATED–Rise of the Planet of the Very Early Boxoffice Results

> UPDATE:  The Reporter now has fuller numbers, and even better news for Fox.  RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES looks to be headed for an $18M Friday, which should mean a $45M+ weekend, meeting and even exceeding expect...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Vince Uncensored”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots Not even the presence of Michael Chiklis and Elizabeth Perkins could make VINCE UNCENSORED endurable.   Deservedly consigned by CBS to its trash-bin, this isn’t one of those pilots yo...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Scandal”

  Watching Shonda Rhimes’ SCANDAL has more than once been likened to an addiction, and as with a drug, the danger is that users will build up a tolerance over time, requiring more and more to achieve the same high. ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/25/12

> Welcome back to Network Scorecard, where we consider the perplexing case of AMERICAN IDOL. FOX:  It’s now clear that the biggest story of the 2011-12 television season is the slump in established reality-competitio...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Force Awakens” Sets More Records; “Hateful 8″” & “The Revenant” Slide

  Another day, another record or two for STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (Lucasfilm/Disney).  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, its Saturday was no less than $55M, which tidily dispatched the biggest 2d Saturday ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 10.15.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  On another heavy COLLEGE FOOTBALL day, ABC’s primetime game was at 0.74, NBC’s was at 0.42, and FOX’s was at 0.78, although CBS had the prize with its afternoon game at 2.88.  NBC&#...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SUNDAY SCORECARD – 6/8/14

NETWORK UPDATE:  The time-zone adjusted rating for Game 2 of the NBA FINALS climbed to 6.0.  As expected, the primetime JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE and NBA COUNTDOWN dropped heavily, from 2.2/2.3 to 1.1/1.3. SATURDAY CABLE:  StarzR...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Midseason Finale

THE SKED Fall Finale Review: “Reign”

  REIGN rang down the curtain on the first piece of its season (it returns on January 23, having managed to hold onto its post-Vampire Diaries timeslot) in fine historical romance style.  The script, by series co-creator ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: How High Does Spidey Have To Fly?

  THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN will begin spinning its midnight webs in just a few hours, so let’s take a quick look at its competition in the midnight screening record books. The Sam Raimi 2002-07 Spider-Man trilogy were ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/30/12

    Summer network TV continues to fall behind cable. FOX:  It’s all but a foregone conclusion that everything on network TV last night was outrated by the Boston/Miami NBA Playoffs and History’s conclusi...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Nashville”

  An odd thing happened to NASHVILLE in its 5th season, as it shifted networks to CMT and showrunners to Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick.  When series creator Callie Khouri and original showrunner Dee Johnson were in...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.2.2016

  A foreboding start for summer programming. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audie...
by Mitch Salem
 
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STATUETTE STAKES: National Board of Review Has Its Day

> The National Board of Review is an organization with a virtually unknown membership that exists in public consciousness for precisely one day per year, and this is their day:  the announcement of their film awards. ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot Reports

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Limitless”

  LIMITLESS:  Tuesday 10PM on CBS – If Nothing Else Is On… LIMITLESS is the second new series in two days to reverse the basic point of the movie it’s based on and turn its premise into an excuse for a s...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: Friday Network Scorecard 5.5.2017

  BLUE BLOODS ended its season with a small bump. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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