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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “Veep”

  It seems as though just about all the impact of TV’s May finales has been subsumed into the maw that is Game of Thrones–even including The Big Bang Theory, itself one of the signature hits of the last decade....
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Friday Network Scorecard – 12/6/13

  An atypical night of programming on CBS helped out the competition. NBC:  Everything on the line-up was up:  DATELINE by 0.2 to 1.4, GRIMM by 0.3 to 1.6 and even DRACULA by 0.2 to 1.1. ABC:  A strong night here as wel...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Review: “London Road”

  LONDON ROAD may have seemed marginally less odd as the stage musical it originally was.  No matter how naturalistic a play may be, the mechanics of theatre make it somewhat stylized, and that may have brought the show&#...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Boardwalk Empire”

  BOARDWALK EMPIRE:  Sunday 9PM on HBO WHERE WE WERE:  Mourning an unexpected death.  In the Season 2 finale of Boardwalk Empire, anti-hero bootlegger Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) murdered his one-time protege, later ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Killing Eve”

  KILLING EVE:  Sunday 8PM on AMC/BBCAmerica AMC very much wants KILLING EVE to be its next big thing.  The critical and awards-season darling spent its first season on the network’s subsidiary BBCAmerica service, ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: Tim Burton’s “Batman Returns”

  After the gigantic success of Batman, Tim Burton went on to direct Edward Scissorhands, which although naturally a smaller level of hit, was enormously important to Burton’s career, because it was a very personal p...
by Mitch Salem
 
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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, ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Necessary Roughness”

  The renovations on Season 3 of NECESSARY ROUGHNESS worked out quite well.  The series jettisoned its original setting and much of its supporting cast, moving Dr. Dani Santino (Callie Thorne) from her job as in-house the...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Devious Maids”

  DEVIOUS MAIDS:  Sunday 10PM on Lifetime The comic soap DEVIOUS MAIDS, based on a Mexican telenovela, overcame a slow start to become a solid performer for Lifetime last season, rising 50% in total viewers between its pr...
by Mitch Salem
 
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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: 12/1/13

  Studio honesty is rare enough to be worth noting when it appears:  THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (Lionsgate) could easily have juiced its Sunday estimate to claim the #2 second weekend of all time today, but instead i...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/19/13

No good news for anyone last night. ABC:  It was never clear why ABC renewed BODY OF PROOF, which had marginal ratings last season (reportedly foreign sales played a part, as the network’s in-house studio produces the sh...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.9.2019

  THE CODE had a soft start. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audienc...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10.2.2022

  OPENINGS: As studio greenlight and release strategies continue to morph, one thing that’s clear is that there will never be a shortage of low-budget horror movies.  SMILE (Paramount) is the latest successful arriv...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot Reports

THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “Banshee”

  BANSHEE:  Friday 10PM on Cinemax Alan Ball’s name is the one most often thrown about in connection with the new Cinemax series BANSHEE, and that’s understandable, what with him being the creator of True Bloo...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/17/12

Viewers bid a fond XOXO to Gossip Girl. CW:  The final episode of GOSSIP GIRL earned the show its best rating of the season by a considerable margin, with a 0.8 (although it’s a sign of where the series ended up that thi...
by Mitch Salem
 
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