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The Sked: Wednesday Network Scorecard 6.20.2018

  The trend was steady to slightly down. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot + 1

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “1600 Penn”

  1600 PENN:  Thursday 9:30PM on NBC A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and the production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/6/13

February Sweeps stunts by NBC and CBS both fail. NBC:  The network aggressively promoted last night’s SVU because it featured Mike Tyson as a guest star, but the show dropped 0.2 to 1.5, in 4th place for its hour.  CHIC...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival Reviews 2025: “Love, Brooklyn” & “Sunfish & Other Stories On Green Lake”

  LOVE, BROOKLYN (no distrib):  Roger (Andre Holland) is a successful magazine writer who’s hung up on his latest piece, because it requires him to come to grips about how he feels regarding the Brooklyn bourgeoisi...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.11.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  After football adjustment, the rerun BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA dropped 0.3, the rerun of THE NEIGHBORHOOD fell 0.2, and DANCING WITH THE STARS lost 0.1.           Br...
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.16.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE FLASH, ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO and THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIG...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: CBS Update

> CBS has joined FOX, ABC and The CW in announcing its Fall premiere schedule.  (See Mitch Metcalf on the calculations that go into these announcements HERE).  As with the other networks, most premieres will be the we...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Guardians 2″” Kicks Off Summer Movie Season

  With a franchise like GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 2 (Marvel/Disney), profitability isn’t at issue.  Guardians 2 carries around $350M in worldwide production/marketing costs, and it will be in hailing distance of f...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Oscars Live-Blog

  We’re live-blogging the Oscars tonight, for what may be a historic night for La La Land–or not  The red carpet arrivals were notable for their lack of political commentary, and we’ll see how long that ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/11/12

Even more than most Sundays, last night there was football… and everything else. ABC:  A dismal night for the network’s scripted shows.  With a football overrun stretching into the 8PM hour on FOX, ONCE UPON A TIM...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

    Airing on TCM March 24 and April 10:  See It On Any Screen.   The legacy of the late Elizabeth Taylor arises at least as much from her stature as one of the great, iconic Hollywood movie stars (and the proto...
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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”





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SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: Early Tuesday “Spider-Man” Numbers

  Deadline is reporting that THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Sony) has set a new all-time Tuesday record with $32-35M, beating previous record-holder Transformers, the last movie to open on a Tuesday that fell on July 3, which had...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “The Butler” Stays In Charge

  Preliminary figures at Deadline give THE BUTLER (Weinstein) a commanding victory over its competition.  Very impressively, on Saturday Butler reportedly increased its take by about 10% over Friday, putting it on target ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Midseason Pilots

THE SKED Pilot Review “The 100″”

  THE 100:  Wednesday 9PM on CW – Worth A Look THE 100 has promise, although it needs some work.  Based on a series of YA novels by Kass Morgan, the premise borrows liberally from Lord of the Flies, Lost, Battlesta...
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