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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 1.31.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR ticked up to 0.78, and PROMISED LAND held at 0.22. CBS:  Reruns at 0.50/0.43/0.37/0.33 NBC:  KENAN was at 0.29/0.22 compared to last week’s 0.34/0.28.  THAT’S MY JAM ti...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 1.29.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game led primetime at 0.79.  NBC’s SNL dropped a tenth to 0.82.  On CW, GREAT CHOCOLATE SHOWDOWN premiered at 0.09, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS was up 0.03 to 0.07. &nbs...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 1.27.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The special TRUTH & LIES was at 0.49, followed by a rerun of the PROMISED LAND pilot at 0.18. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON fell a tenth to 0.73, and UNITED STATES OF AL ticked up to 0.54.  A pair of ...
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 1.30.2022

  OPENINGS:  Pedro Almodovar’s PARALLEL MOTHERS (Sony Classics) expanded to wide release at 684 theaters in anticipation of the Oscar nominations that are little more than a week away, but its $300K weekend translat...
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ShowbuzzDaily Sundance 2022 Reviews: “Emily the Criminal” & “blood”

  EMILY THE CRIMINAL (no distrib):  John Patton Ford’s feature debut is a lean, gritty, accomplished thriller with a smashing star performance from Aubrey Plaza.  Plaza (who also produced) plays the titular Emily, ...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 1.25.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JUDGE STEVE HARVEY fell a tenth to 0.54.  ABBOTT ELEMENTARY was steady at 0.54, and BLACK-ISH gained 0.02 to 0.42.  The night ended with a rerun JUDGE STEVE HARVEY at 0.26. CBS:  Reruns at 0.55...
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ShowbuzzDaily Sundance 2022 Reviews: “God’s Country” & “Phoenix Rising”

  GOD’S COUNTRY (no distrib):  A deliberative character study that’s also a thriller of sorts, anchored by one of the best performances of Thandiwe Newton’s career.  When two hunters (Joris Jarsky and Y...
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ShowbuzzDaily Sundance 2022 Reviews: “Sharp Stick” & “Babysitter”

  SHARP STICK (no distrib):  Lena Dunham is certainly no stranger to the concept of art as provocation, but it’s difficult to understand what Sharp Stick, her first feature film in a dozen years, and her first solo ...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 1.23.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from a rerun week, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.02 to 0.51, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE fell 0.19 to 0.43, SUPERMARKET SWEEP was also down 0.19 to 0.36, and THE ROOKIE lo...
by Mitch Salem
 
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ShowbuzzDaily Sundance 2022 Reviews: “892” & “After Yang”

  892 (no distrib):  John Boyega’s turbo-charged performance fuels this true story.  In 2017, when Brian Brown-Easley (Boyega) entered a Wells Fargo branch in a suburb of Atlanta and informed the teller that his ba...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 1.21.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK gained 0.05 to 0.65, and 20/20 fell a tenth to 0.44. CBS:  UNDERCOVER BOSS dropped 0.12 to 0.42, MAGNUM PI ticked down to 0.49, and BLUE BLOODS was up 0.05 to 0.53. NBC:  After a reru...
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ShowbuzzDaily Sundance 2022 Review: “My Old School”

  MY OLD SCHOOL (no distrib):  Although the story is apparently well-known in the UK, here the twisty tale that Jono McLeod unfurls in his documentary would constitute a spoiler, so we’ll leave things vague here.  ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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ShowbuzzDaily Sundance 2022 Reviews: “Palm Trees and Power Lines,” “Am I OK?” and “Lucy and Desi”

  PALM TREES AND POWER LINES (no distrib):  Jamie Dack’s first feature film (from a script written with Audrey Findlay) means to unsettle, and it does.  17-year old Lea (Lily McInerny) is stuck in a dead-end Southe...
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ShowbuzzDaily Sundance 2022 Reviews: “Nanny,” “Good Luck To You, Leo Grande” & “Resurrection”

  NANNY (no distrib):  Think Netflix’s Maid, but as a (sort of) horror movie.  Aisha (Anna Diop) is an undocumented Senegalese immigrant in New York who works as a nanny for the daughter of a well-off couple, Amy (...
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ShowbuzzDaily’s Sundance 2022 Reviews: “Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul,” “Cha Cha Real Smooth” & “Alice”

  HONK FOR JESUS.  SAVE YOUR SOUL (no distrib):  Scandal-ridden mega-churches aren’t exactly fresh territory for screens big (The Tears of Tammy Faye) or small (The Righteous Gemstones), with tones that range from ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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