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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Originals”

  As we noted yesterday in writing about The Good Wife, churning out 22 hours per season is a tough challenge for any serialized network drama, especially one that concentrates on one central story, unlike, say the multipl...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.10.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  DANCING WITH THE STARS, THE VOICE and KEVIN CAN WAIT each gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIG...
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Midseason Pilots

THE SKED Pilot Review: “Killer Women”

  KILLER WOMEN:  Tuesday 10PM on ABC – Worth A Look KILLER WOMEN can’t keep up the pace of its Kill Bill-inflected opening, but it’s a fun ride nonetheless.  The premise, adapted from an Argentine forma...
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THURSDAY Ratings — Early Results

>Two shows premiered last night, both on The CW.  Vampire Diaries returned to a 1.4 Adult 18-49 rating, while Secret Circle debuted at almost the same level (1.3 rating).  Last year Vampire Diaries debuted with a 1.6 ...
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: ABC Picks Up “Secrets & Lies,” Negotiates on “Nashville”

  One more drama for ABC:  the murder-driven soap SECRETS & LIES, which had a high-profile deal that would have required the network to pay a large penalty if it hadn’t ordered the series (it has a 10-episode or...
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: All Lions & Tigers & Bears As “Jungle Book” Devours “Keanu,” “Mother’s Day”

  With summer blockbuster season just days away, none of the studios brought their A game this weekend.  KEANU (New Line/Warners) isn’t going to do for Keegan Michael-Key and Jordan Peele what Trainwreck did for Com...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Eureka”

  EUREKA, while never a breakout hit, was a sturdy performer for 5 years on Syfy–and one of the increasingly small number of shows on its air that was actually science-fiction, as opposed to superhero fantasy, horror...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 2.19.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s primetime WINTER OLYMPICS coverage was at 0.76/1.06, compared to 2.19 for the parallel night in 2018.  CW’s GREAT CHOCOLATE SHOWDOWN was at 0.05.   Broadcast Official Nationals P...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Fall Pilots

PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED Pilot Review – CBS’s “The Millers”

  Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here and Midseason Pilot Reports here. THE MILLERS:  Thursday 8:30PM on CBS – If Nothing Else Is On… When Bad Shows Happen To Talented People, Chapter 2456:  you wouldn’...
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INSIDIOUS: What’s That Noise?

> Worth a ticket. The director and writer of Saw, James Wan and Leigh Whannell, combine again to bring us–hey, where are you going?  No, seriously:  don’t run away.  Leaving aside that Saw is rather u...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

The Sked: Sunday Network Scorecard 2.28.2021

The preliminary 8-11PM numbers below for NBC do not include live viewing of the GOLDEN GLOBES in the Pacific Time Zone from 5-8PM local time. The 7-8PM ET numbers below do include Pacific Time Zone viewing of the 10-11PM ET hou...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/22/13

  Even with a slip from last week, Mondays still belong to The Voice. NBC:  THE VOICE was down 0.4 from last week, a number that nevertheless doubled the next-highest rated show of the night.  Currently REVOLUTION is at ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot Reports

PREMIERING TONIGHT–THE SKED FALL PILOT REPORT: ABC’s “The Neighbors”

  THE NEIGHBORS:  Wednesday 8:30PM ABC – Change The Channel It could have been worse.  Initially, ABC slotted THE NEIGHBORS, which is just a New Normal away from being the worst new sitcom of the fall, in the netwo...
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/3/12

A night of mostly declines. NBC: THE VOICE fell 0.3 to 3.9,  still the highest-rated show of the night.  BLAKE SHELTON’S NOT SO FAMILY CHRISTMAS held very well, with a 2.8 that was higher than several recent episodes of...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 3.23.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE GOLDBERGS gained 0.02 to 0.48, THE WONDER YEARS ticked up to 0.31, THE CONNERS was up 0.02 to 0.48, and HOME ECONOMICS rose 0.06 to 0.37.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS was up 0.03 to 0.26. CBS:  ...
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