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The Sked: PROMO WATCH — Of Valentine’s Day and The Voice

>With four days of mid-season promo monitoring under our belts (Monday-Thursday), the top five (or so) priorities for each broadcast network are listed in the table below. ABC spent the bulk of its promotional time suppor...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Demand For “Insurgent” Not So Urgent

Despite the addition of 3D and IMAX screens with their increased ticket prices, the opening day result for INSURGENT (Summit/Lionsgate) was below the start for last year’s Divergent, according to preliminary number...

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/29/12

In a battle of reality competitions (and that’s not even including the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION), NBC came out on top. NBC: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT had the highest number of the night with a 2.5, and an 8PM rer...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Smashed”

James Ponsoldt’s SMASHED (not to be confused with NBC’s Smash), which premiered in the Dramatic Competition at Sundance, is a new spin on a fairly old story. The concept goes back (at least) to 1962’s...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10/25/15

OPENINGS: Nothing improved for the weekend’s newcomers after Friday’s dim numbers. THE LAST WITCH HUNTER (QED/Summit/Lionsgate) led with a soft $10.8M, and whether or not Lionsgate is being entirely frank...

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THE SKED’S FALL PILOT REPORT: NBC’s “Guys With Kids”

GUYS WITH KIDS: Wednesday 8:30PM starting September 26 on NBC (“sneak peek” Sept 12 after “America’s Got Talent” season finale) – Change the Channel Disclaimer: Network pilots now in c...

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THE SKED REVIEW: “Hemingway & Gellhorn”

It wasn’t so long ago that the announcement of an epic period love story starring Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen as war correspondent Martha Gellhorn and legendary novelist Ernest Hemingway, directed by Philip...

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 11/30/14

Last year’s Thanksgiving weekend was the biggest ever, thanks to the combo of Catching Fire and Frozen, and while plenty of tickets were sold over the past few days, this year didn’t come close. OPENINGS: T...

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/25/12

> Welcome back to Network Scorecard, where we consider the perplexing case of AMERICAN IDOL. FOX: It’s now clear that the biggest story of the 2011-12 television season is the slump in established reality-competitio...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 3.1.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

BROADCAST FINALS ABC: THE CONNERS fell 0.12 to 0.39, THE GOLDBERGS dipped 0.03 to 0.34, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY lost 0.08 to 0.42, and NOT DEAD YET was down 0.07 to 0.29. A MILLION LITTLE THINGS was steady at 0.20. CBS: ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Fright Night”

FRIGHT NIGHT – Watch It At Home: At Least Farrell Had Fun The new remake of Tom Holland’s 1985 FRIGHT NIGHT has a great set of credentials. Craig Gillespie, the director, was behind the well-reg...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Divergent”

DIVERGENT: Watch It At Home – Not Hungry Enough The film of DIVERGENT, even more than Veronica Roth’s YA-franchise source novel, is determined to resemble The Hunger Games as much as any movie can that̵...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Virtual Sundance Reviews: “Human Factors,” “Cryptozoo” & “How It Ends”

HUMAN FACTORS: Is Ronny Trocker’s Human Factors intended as a political allegory? The married couple at its center are the German Jan (Mark Waschke) and the French Nina (Sabine Timoteo), and there’s a plo...

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THE SKED: FOX Hates Its “Teenage Daughter”

> FOX is yanking its low-rated (and terrible) I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER from the schedule after Glee returns from hiatus and the network’s 4-sitcom Tuesdays end. The original plan had been for Teenage Daughter to s...

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THE BIJOU: “The Dark Knight Rises” (Briefly)

> Tonight at 43 real Imax theatres (the ones with the huge squarish screens), Warner Bros debuted an extended trailer for next summer’s THE DARK KNIGHT RISES shot in the full Imax format, consisting of the opening sequenc...

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The Sked: PROMO WATCH — Of Valentine’s Day and The Voice

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: Demand For “Insurgent” Not So Urgent

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/29/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Smashed”

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10/25/15

THE SKED’S FALL PILOT REPORT: NBC’s “Guys With Kids”

THE SKED REVIEW: “Hemingway & Gellhorn”

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 11/30/14

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/25/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 3.1.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Fright Night”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Divergent”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Virtual Sundance Reviews: “Human Factors,” “Cryptozoo” & “How It Ends”

THE SKED: FOX Hates Its “Teenage Daughter”

THE BIJOU: “The Dark Knight Rises” (Briefly)

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