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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Conviction”

CONVICTION: Monday 10PM on ABC – Change the Channel It’s routine to refer to a procedural TV series as featuring a “case of the week,” but ABC’s CONVICTION takes it literally. When forme...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Frequency”

FREQUENCY: Wednesday 9PM on CW – Potential DVR Alert We still have ABC’s Time After Time and FOX’s half-hour Making History to come, but of the time-travel sagas we’ve seen so far, CW’s FR...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Smooth Ride For “Girl On The Train,” Low Start For “Birth Of A Nation”

From the start, THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (DreamWorks/Reliance/Universal) was perceived as a lower-intensity version of the Gone Girl phenomenon, and that’s holding with the opening of its film version. Where Gone Gi...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Divorce”

DIVORCE: Sunday 10PM on HBO – In the Queue In its opening half-hour, HBO’s DIVORCE doesn’t show much interest in the “-medy” part of “dramedy.” The series creator is Sharon H...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Insecure”

INSECURE: Sunday 10:30PM on HBO – In the Quene HBO introduces a promising new voice to TV comedy with Issa Rae’s INSECURE, which she created with Larry Wilmore (who left after pilot to concentrate on The Ni...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10/9/16

OPENINGS: THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (DreamWorks/Reliance/Universal) didn’t have much of a Saturday bump, rising just 2% (that compares to 15% for the 2d day of Gone Girl), suggesting that word of mouth is less than s...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Falling Water”

FALLING WATER: Thurs 10PM on USA – If Nothing Else Is On… The pilot for USA’s FALLING WATER is flashy, but it doesn’t have much on its mind. The project has had an extended period of develop...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Accountant” Adds Up Weekend Win, “What Now” Starts OK

It’s a deja vu weekend, as THE ACCOUNTANT (RatPac/Warners) had a $9M opening day (including $1.35M from Thursday night), according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, almost identical to last Friday’s $9.3M f...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Dead Heat For “Jack Reacher 2″” & “Boo!”, “Moonlight” Starts Strong

This weekend’s numbers will need some examination, with plenty of spin available in all directions. Preliminary estimates at Deadline have BOO! A MADEA HALLOWEEN (Lionsgate) a hair ahead of JACK REACHER: NEVER ...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10/23/16

OPENINGS: BOO! A MADEA HALLOWEEN (Lionsgate) took the weekend with $27.6M, Tyler Perry’s biggest start since the $29.3M for 2010’s Why Did I Get Married Too. Perry’s movies tend to run out of steam ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Man With A Plan”

MAN WITH A PLAN: Monday 8:30PM on CBS – Change the Channel As the traditions of television splinter around them, the broadcast networks have fled en masse to TV comfort food this fall–but for CBS, that̵...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Rectify”

RECTIFY: Wednesday 10PM on Sundance Ray McKinnon’s Sundance drama RECTIFY is the prestige television series for those who consider themselves just a little bit too good, even these days, for TV. With its glacia...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Inferno” In Ashes, “Jack Reacher” Collapses, “Moonlight” Expands

INFERNO (LStar/Columbia/Sony) was expected to earn less than The Da Vinci Code ($217.5M US/$540.7M overseas) and Angels & Demons ($133.4M/$352.6M), which is why Sony spent $75M less to produce the new film. But tha...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10/30/16

OPENINGS: As is frequently the case these days, the biggest opening numbers are outside the US. DOCTOR STRANGE (Marvel/Disney) won’t arrive here until Thursday night, but it’s already racked up $86M in 33...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Strain”

FX’s THE STRAIN is doing something that The Walking Dead and its cohorts in the undead genre won’t: telling a (more or less) coherent story from beginning to end, and exiting when it’s over. During ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Conviction”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Frequency”

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Smooth Ride For “Girl On The Train,” Low Start For “Birth Of A Nation”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Divorce”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Insecure”

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10/9/16

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Falling Water”

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Accountant” Adds Up Weekend Win, “What Now” Starts OK

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Dead Heat For “Jack Reacher 2″” & “Boo!”, “Moonlight” Starts Strong

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10/23/16

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Man With A Plan”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Rectify”

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Inferno” In Ashes, “Jack Reacher” Collapses, “Moonlight” Expands

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10/30/16

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Strain”

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