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ShowbuzzDaily TV Review: “A Christmas Story Live”

  Coming off its acclaimed, Emmy-winning production of Grease, FOX had the holiday live TV musical market cornered this year, NBC having opted out of its planned Bye Bye Birdie in favor of a Spring 2018 Jesus Christ Supers...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD 2/11/13

The Following is losing its own. FOX:  After two strong weeks to start, THE FOLLOWING had its second consecutive ratings drop, this time falling a serious 0.5 to an only moderately positive 2.4, just good enough for 3rd place ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 11.15.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS (Due to last week’s election coverage, comparisons are to 2 weeks ago unless otherwise noted) ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE ticked up to 0.50, and THE ROOKIE: FEDS was down 0.04 to 0.21. CBS:  New e...
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2014-15 TV Season

THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: ABC’s “Selfie”

  SELFIE:  Tuesday 8PM on ABC starting September 30 – If Nothing Else Is On… PLAYERS:  George Bernard Shaw.  (And Lerner & Loewe, whose My Fair Lady made Pygmalion into a fixture of pop culture.)  Serie...
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK WEDNESDAY SCORECARD – 7/9/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  EXTANT slipped another 0.1 in final numbers to 1.6–a decidedly non-“event” result.  On ABC, MOTIVE gained 0.1 (as did the night’s MODERN FAMILY rerun), but TAXI BROOKLYN lost 0.1 fo...
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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/17/12

> The FOX Tuesday line-up returned to moderate results. FOX:  The network won the night, but unimpressively:  GLEE tied the season low it hit during the holiday season, and NEW GIRL was only 0.1 above its own. CBS:&nb...
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THOR: Hammered

> Watch It At Home:  The God of Thunder Musters a Tinny Roar. Put it this way:  the new superhero epic THOR cost something like $150M to produce, required the diligent services of hundreds of professionals over a peri...
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Midseason Premiere

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Nevers”

  THE NEVERS:  Sunday 9PM on HBO The arrival of HBO’s THE NEVERS introduces a continuing series that’s also, in a sense, a limited one.  It was initially meant to be the latest original franchise from creator...
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 3.27.2022

  OPENINGS:  THE LOST CITY (Paramount) opened at the high end of expectations at $31M, a particularly solid result these days for a movie that skews both female and older (the latter crowd evident in the 2% Friday-to-Satu...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 5.5.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The line-up aired new episodes for the first time in a month, with STATION 19 down 0.03 to 0.60, GREY’S ANATOMY up 0.02 to 0.65, and BIG SKY down 0.03 to 0.26. CBS:  After reruns at 0.36/0....
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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.6.2018

  Election coverage, by its nature, is live programming, and thus subject to adjustment in final numbers.  Currently NBC leads the night at 1.4, with ABC at 1.3 and CBS at 0.9.  In addition, while FOX and CW aired script...
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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part 1”





Our Review / 5 - Terrible
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Pilot + 1

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Bunheads”

A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and the production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have ha...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Spider-Man: Homecoming” Superheroic, “Despicable Me 3″” Drops, “Baby Driver” Holds Well

  It may have hurt Sony’s pride to turn SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (Marvel/Columbia/Sony) over to Marvel to produce, but it proved to be a smart business move, with preliminary numbers at Deadline that put opening day at...
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Informant!”

  Airing on Cinemax:  At Home In Your Home With the failure of THE INFORMANT! at the box-office in 2009 (it grossed around $41M worldwide), Steven Soderbergh seemed to reach a crossroads in his career. Informantfollowed t...
by Mitch Salem
 
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