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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/20/12

  The networks aren’t enjoying the holiday week. NBC:  THE VOICE followed its worst Monday of the season with its worst Tuesday (other than an Oct 2 clip show), down 0.6 to a 3.3 that had CBS right on its heels.  G...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Current Release

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Rise of the Guardians”

  RISE OF THE GUARDIANS:  Worth a Ticket – “The Avengers” as Holiday Fantasy RISE OF THE GUARDIANS doesn’t entirely look or feel like what we’ve come to expect from DreamWorks Animation.  Un...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Life of Pi”

  LIFE OF PI:  Worth A Ticket – A Floating Display of Visual Marvels A boy and a Bengal tiger get into a lifeboat… The digital paintbox now available to filmmakers provides an almost limitless variety of visua...
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Reviews

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Covert Affairs”

  Cable’s USA Network has the reputation of being a place where procedurals basically repeat variations on the same episode over and over for years, until the series finally dies of old age.  That’s certainly ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/19/12

Revolution stops the bleeding. NBC:  On a night when THE VOICE had its worst Monday of the season by far, plunging 0.7 to a relatively mortal 3.7, REVOLUTION held even at last week’s series low 2.6 (at least in prelimina...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR – Fall TV Turkey Edition

  As this is a week when turkeys are revered, celebrated, and then eaten, let’s take a look at what wisdom the network’s Fall feathered non-fliers have to impart to us.  In other words, What did this Fall̵...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/18/12

Not a tuneful evening. ABC:  The AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS collapsed to a 3.4, the highest non-football of the night and somewhat higher than what ABC has been doing on Sundays, but down 0.9 from last year’s telecast. FOX: ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 11/18/12

  OPENINGS:  Thanks to a slightly higher Saturday than its predecessor (down 42% from Friday instead of 44%), THE TWILIGHT SAGA:  BREAKING DAWN PART 2 (Summit/Lionsgate) is headed for the 2nd highest opening of the franc...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED REVIEW: SNL With Jeremy Renner

  For the most part, the cast, writers and even the crew of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE seemed to have taken off for their holiday break a week early, leaving the worst episode of the season (so far) behind.  The only saving grac...
by Mitch Salem
 
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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 11/16/12

  OPENINGS:  Was it the cash grab of splitting the final novel into 2 movies?  The tabloid antics of its stars?  In any case, “close but no cigar” seems to be the result for THE TWILIGHT SAGA:  BREAKING DAW...
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THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/16/12

Suddenly those ABC sitcoms aren’t such sure things. ABC:  For the third consecutive week, LAST MAN STANDING and MALIBU COUNTRY fell, to 1.4 and 1.3 respectively.  That’s particularly worrisome for Malibu, which dr...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

THE SKED FALL FINALE REVIEW: “Grimm”

  GRIMM aired its 12th and last episode of 2012 tonight, although NBC isn’t being specific about just when in 2013 it’s due to return with its remaining 10 hours.  The series has been markedly better in its se...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: Clean-Up Day Continues – “666 Park” Goes To Hell, “Last Resort” Sinks

  We may not always know for whom the bell tolls, but for low-rated network shows, today is the day it’s tolling.  ABC has seen and raised CBS’s cancellation of Partners this morning by executing both 666 PARK...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Film Festival

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Silver Linings Playbook”

  SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK:  Don’t Get Sold Out – A Rom-Com With Dance Moves All Its Own Anyone who doubts that Jennifer Lawrence is a real-thing, big-time movie star should get thee hence to a theater showing ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: “Partners” Is Dissolved

  CBS has canceled PARTNERS, and pulled it from the Monday night schedule.  The show, created by the Will & Grace team of Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, never got a grip on much viewership, and was by far the lowest-r...
by Mitch Salem
 
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