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THE BIJOU: Harry Potter – House Cup to Gryffindor

> Box Office Mojo reports that with Monday’s receipts counted, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (PART 2) has moved ahead of TRANSFORMERS:  DARK OF THE MOON, $344.9M to $344.7M, to become the top-grossing film in ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 2.13.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Note that the length of the NBC schedule on Super Bowl Sunday cut off the other networks, so partial ratings for those are below. ABC:  Reruns of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS were at 0.17/1.7...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Midseason Finale Review: “Outlander”

  For fans of his remarkable Battlestar Galactica reboot, it’s still strange to see series creator Ronald D. Moore switch to Starz’s much more old-fashioned OUTLANDER.  (Some of the abruptness of that switch w...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 3.21.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A Monday edition of AMERICAN IDOL was up 0.08 from Sunday’s episode to 0.73, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.06 to 0.38. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD ticked down to 0.63, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA w...
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THE SKED: WHAT TO WATCH THIS FALL ON TUESDAYS (1st Draft)

> The networks have proclaimed their Fall schedules, the new series have been (partially) unveiled, so… what now?  What will actually be worth watching when network TV comes back to life in a few months?  SHOWBU...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “Game of Thrones”

  There was never a real-life game of thrones behind the scenes at GAME OF THRONES, and perhaps there should have been.  After six brilliant years adapting George R. R. Martin’s novels to television, series creators...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “House of Lies”

> Previously… On HOUSE OF LIES:  Marty Kaan (Don Cheadle) and his “pod” of associate management consultants (Kristen Bell, Ben Schwartz, Josh Lawson) travel the country, putting out fires for their high-p...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked SATURDAY RATINGS January 28

>FOX scored an impressive (for Saturday) preliminary 2.2 rating with Adults 18-49 last night with UFC: Evans vs Davis from Chicago (featuring two other undercard Ultimate Fighting bouts).  The live fights built smartly thr...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3.14.2018

  SPEECHLESS didn’t demonstrate an ability to thrive on its own. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/24/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The only move from this morning was a 0.1 hike for THE BACHELOR to 2.5. MONDAY CABLE:  DALLAS (TNT) had a decent Season 3 return at 0.8 in 18-49s–below last season’s premiere and finale, but ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/22/13

  The hills were mostly alive with the sound of football on network TV last night, but there was some music there too. ABC:  Carrie Underwood and her companions notwithstanding, the 1965 film version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Back In the Game”

  BACK IN THE GAME:  Wednesday 8:30PM on ABC Previously… on BACK IN THE GAME:  Newly divorced Terry Gannon, Jr (Maggie Lawson), with her son Danny (Griffin Gluck), has little choice but to move back home with her f...
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THE SKED: Emmy Odds – Theirs and Ours: Comedy

> With the help of some online bookmaking sites, we have the latest “official” odds for tonight’s Emmy Awards.  Let’s take a look about what they say about the conventional wisdom, and make some adj...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 5/17/15

  OPENINGS:  PITCH PERFECT 2 (Gold Circle/Universal) blew past even the highest of expectations, outgrossing the entire US run of its predecessor with a $70.3M weekend, and proving not to be all that frontloaded with a 12...
by Mitch Salem