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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 4.17.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

BROADCAST FINALS ABC: AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS, aided by an NBA PLAYOFFS lead-in, jumped two-tenths to 0.72. A 3-hour AMERICAN IDOL dipped 0.03 to 0.70. CBS: 60 MINUTES fell 0.36 from last week’s ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Outcast”

OUTCAST: Friday 10PM on Cinemax – If Nothing Else Is On… The surprise is that it took Cinemax so long to enter the world of TV horror. With the notable exception of The Knick (and somewhat less notably, t...

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THE SKED: Judgment Day For Fall Series

If you’re a fall series that hasn’t heard any news of your fate by Thanksgiving, the omens aren’t good–at that point, production of the initial 13 episodes is all but done, and for reasons of cost...

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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Chicago PD”

CHICAGO PD: Wednesday 10PM on NBC Previously… on CHICAGO PD: Sergeant Hank Voight (Jason Beghe) is a tough-as-nails cop out of the Dick Wolf school of tough cops, and he runs a tough squad, although he has a he...

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: FOX’s “Utopia”

UTOPIA: Tuesday 8PM and Friday 9PM on FOX THE FACTS: Based on a Dutch format and produced by unscripted specialist John de Mol, UTOPIA is a reality show that puts 15 people into an isolated area for an entire year an...

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TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW: “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her”

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY: HIM & HER is an extraordinary feature debut for its writer/director Ned Benson. Indeed, it’s so remarkable that it comes close to not needing the modifier “debutR...

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THOR: Hammered

> Watch It At Home: The God of Thunder Musters a Tinny Roar. Put it this way: the new superhero epic THOR cost something like $150M to produce, required the diligent services of hundreds of professionals over a peri...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 4.29.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

BROADCAST FINALS: ABC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.58. FOX’s USFL game was at 0.11. On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION was steady at 0.04, and TOTALLY WEIRD & FUNNY ticked up to 0.04. Broadcast Off...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” “Sundown” & “The Mad Women’s Ball”

THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE (Searchlight/Disney – in release): The reason for expanding a documentary into a scripted narrative is typically to allow for an exploration of motive and emotional background not available...

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THE SKED’S SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Private Practice”

PRIVATE PRACTICE: Tuesday 10PM on ABC WHERE WE WERE: Absorbing a lot of drama. Pete (Tim Daly) was arrested for his part in a mercy-killing. Addison (Kate Walsh), having chosen to finally begin her romance with J...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Winchester” Takes Day, “Jumanji” Likely To Rebound For Super Bowl Weekend

Although some films have opened well against the Super Bowl, both counterprogramming (the Hannah Montana concert movie and Dear John) and playing toward the action genre (Taken and Chronicle), as a rule the studios stay ...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 3/9/14

OPENINGS: Despite frontloading that led to an 8% Saturday drop, 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE (Warners/Legendary) is claiming a very low 30% decline on Sunday in order to report a $45.1M weekend. We’ll see if that num...

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OSCARLAND: WGA Awards and The Woody Allen Issue

Tonight the Writers Guild of America followed the lead of the Golden Globes and gave its award for Best Original Screenplay to Spike Jonze for HER rather than to AMERICAN HUSTLE. The WGA awards were seen as Hustle̵...

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THE SKED Series Finale Review: “Breaking Bad”

As the respect and stature given to TV drama has increased, so has the pressure to deliver a perfect ending. Series finales are not only expected to satisfyingly end the major storylines and round out the lives of the ...

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TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL Day 4 Capsule Reviews: “Sing,” “Denial,” “Nocturnal Animals,” “Moonlight” & “Queen of Katwe”

For this audience member, it was the day Toronto moved into high gear. MOONLIGHT (A24 – October 21): Barry Jenkins’s second film, after his little-seen but much-praised Medicine For Melancholy, is a validat...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 4.17.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Outcast”

THE SKED: Judgment Day For Fall Series

THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Chicago PD”

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: FOX’s “Utopia”

TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW: “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her”

THOR: Hammered

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 4.29.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” “Sundown” & “The Mad Women’s Ball”

THE SKED’S SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Private Practice”

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Winchester” Takes Day, “Jumanji” Likely To Rebound For Super Bowl Weekend

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 3/9/14

OSCARLAND: WGA Awards and The Woody Allen Issue

THE SKED Series Finale Review: “Breaking Bad”

TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL Day 4 Capsule Reviews: “Sing,” “Denial,” “Nocturnal Animals,” “Moonlight” & “Queen of Katwe”

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