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THE SKED: Wednesday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 11/2/11

> After 2 nights of sinking numbers, stability returned to the ratings on Wednesday. ABC:  All in all, a good night.  The first half of the evening was down a tenth or so here and there, but the network got help where...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 4.17.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICAN IDOL slipped 0.03 to 0.53, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.05 to 0.30. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD lost 0.04 to 0.42, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was down 0.03 to 0.34.  Reruns followed at 0.21/0...
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Behind the Friday Box Office – 4/4/14

  OPENINGS:  The $37M Friday for CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (Disney) was the highest ever in the month of April, ahead of Fast Five‘s $34.4M.  Fast Five fell 13% on Saturday to hit a $86.2M weekend, and Wi...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/17/13

CBS does FOX a favor. FOX:  With CBS in reruns last night, AMERICAN IDOL didn’t have to face fresh episodes of Big Bang Theory or 2 1/2 Men.  That allowed Idol to tie last year’s 5.6 Thursday premiere (which had t...
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PREMIERING TONIGHT – THE SKED’S PILOT REPORT: CW’s “Cult”

  CULT:  Tuesday 9PM on CW – Change the Channel CW has had little good news this season apart from the arrival of Arrow, and it’s not helping itself by deciding to launch the new thriller CULT just as FOX has ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY TV Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Sarah Silverman

  Two weeks is too soon to be a trend, but it’s been heartening to see the 40th season of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE rely more on original sketch ideas than franchise characters.  Of course, when building a weekly 90 minut...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Mayor”

  THE MAYOR:  Tuesday 9:30PM on ABC – Worth A Click The premise for ABC’s breezy THE MAYOR is wall-to-wall gimmick, in a likable way.  Courtney Rose (Brandon Micheal Hall) is a young aspiring rapper in the sm...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Box Office Footnotes

> It’s hard to spin the Pirates 4 US opening as anything but a disappointment–when you figure in 3D ticket prices, actual attendance is probably down 30% from the last installment. (Look for Disney to make sure the ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: FOX Season Finales

> FOX has added its season finales to the pile, which include an evening-long farewell to HOUSE.  Here’s the schedule: Tuesday April 17 9:30PM:  RAISING HOPE (Note:  after Hope‘s season finale, BREAKI...
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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Cowboys & Aliens” – Circle the Spaceships!





Our Review / 5 - Terrible
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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Hostages”

  The failures of HOSTAGES were many, and they separate into two dimensions.  One–the more important to CBS–was commercial; the show proved to be dead in the water from the night it premiered against the launc...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Legends”

  LEGENDS:  Wednesday 9PM on TNT Previously… on LEGENDS:  Martin Odum (Sean Bean) is the FBI’s most effective deep cover operative, a man who buries himself in his adopted personas (known as “legends...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.6.2018

  The summer originals continued to settle in. 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), aud...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere + 1 Review: “White Famous”

  WHITE FAMOUS:  Sunday 9PM on Showtime – Change the Channel Showtime’s shaky new comedy WHITE FAMOUS is spectacularly ill-timed for the week after the downfall of Harvey Weinstein.  The premiere half-hour ha...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED PILOT REPORT: ABC’S “Man Up” – PREMIERING TONIGHT

> Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall.  Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot.  So these critiques sh...
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