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THE SKED: A Good Night For Showtime as “Dexter” & “Ray Donovan” Rise

It’s encouraging when the ratings for a new series rise off a much-hyped premiere, and RAY DONOVAN managed that last night (in total viewers, at least–we don’t yet have any demo information), up from 1....

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “2 Guns”

2 GUNS: Watch It At Home – Mindless Movie Action, The Old-Fashioned Way In this endless CG demo reel of a summer, the old-time, human-scaled mayhem of 2 GUNS is downright charming. The idea of an action movie s...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s State of the Studio: Universal

We’ve reached the last of our major studio midsummer surveys (we’ll take a look at mini-majors and indie distributors next week), having tackled Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount, Sony,and 20th Century Fox. Ou...

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THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Covert Affairs”

COVERT AFFAIRS: Tuesday 9PM on USA Last season was an important one for COVERT AFFAIRS, as it transitioned from being a light spy caper about appealing newbie CIA agent Annie Walker (Piper Perabo) to presenting Annie a...

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THE SKED: “Smash” Makes It To Act 2

> SMASH, the ambitious musical drama that was intended from the start to be NBC’s new signature series (even if for some of us, it’s become a bit smudged) has officially been renewed for a 2d season. This was pretty...

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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. ...

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THE SKED Midseason Finale Review: “The Fosters”

Almost every quality series, at one point or another, takes a wrong turn (remember the Friday Night Lights murder storyline?); the mark of one with staying power is whether it can bounce back. THE FOSTERS was in danger...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 4/19/15

OPENINGS: PAUL BLART: MALL COP 2 (MGM/Sony/Columbia) was at the high end of diminished expectations with $24M. That’s roughly 25% below the $31.8M start for the first Paul Blart, not a surprise considering that...

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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/4/12

30 Rock sinks like a stone. NBC: Yes, things could get worse for NBC’s Thursday. 30 ROCK, making its final season debut, kicked off with a dreadful 1.3, down in every measurable respect (last season’s premiere, ...

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NIELSENWAR: The Value of a Super Bowl, and Midseason, Part I

Everyone knows that the Super Bowl is by far the highest rated show of each season, but what does it mean for a network’s big picture? Here were the season-to-date averages for the broadcast networks as of a week...

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/14/12

Another new show could be headed for the exits. ABC: 666 PARK AVENUE continued to fall, down another 0.2 to 1.5, and only a deal with the devil is likely to save it. Worse for ABC, though, might have been the 3.0 for ONCE U...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “APB”

APB: Monday 9PM on FOX – Change the Channel FOX’s APB is a zeitgeist show in the worst possible way. No doubt when it was pitched and even produced, its central notion that inner-city crime could be cured...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Independence Day” Doesn’t Surge, “Shallows” Deeper Than Expected

The underperforming spectacle of the week is INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE (20th), which found out that not all that many people cared to see a sequel to a two-decade old hit without its original star. According to prel...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Solo” Lonesome, “Deadpool 2″” Down Heavily To Kick Off Memorial Day Weekend

This may be a good time to pause the stories about Disney’s infalliability, and the unstoppable dominance of the Star Wars franchise. SOLO (Lucasfilm/Disney) is underperforming in a big way, with preliminary numb...

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THE SKED: Monday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 10/10/11

> Baseball threw FOX–sorry–a curveball, but there was plenty of bad news for everyone last night. FOX: Since the playoff game lasted until 8:52PM eastern time, it isn’t clear why FOX didn’t just fi...

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THE SKED: A Good Night For Showtime as “Dexter” & “Ray Donovan” Rise

SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “2 Guns”

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s State of the Studio: Universal

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Covert Affairs”

THE SKED: “Smash” Makes It To Act 2

ShowbuzzDaily Sundance 2022 Review: “My Old School”

THE SKED Midseason Finale Review: “The Fosters”

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 4/19/15

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/4/12

NIELSENWAR: The Value of a Super Bowl, and Midseason, Part I

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/14/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “APB”

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Independence Day” Doesn’t Surge, “Shallows” Deeper Than Expected

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Solo” Lonesome, “Deadpool 2″” Down Heavily To Kick Off Memorial Day Weekend

THE SKED: Monday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 10/10/11

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