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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/3/13

  Only one show on network TV last night beat Sunday’s Game of Thrones and its 2.8 rating–even though that show is available in only 1/3 of US households. NBC:  The one winner, naturally, was THE VOICE, but it...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2017-18 TV Season

NIELSENWAR: The NBC Fall 2017 Schedule

  The Upfronts are officially here, more troubled than ever thanks to the ever-declining ratings at the broadcast networks.  (This Variety article does a good job of laying out the ways in which business considerations ar...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Black Panther” Stays Superpowered, “Game Night” OK, “Annihilation” Perishes

  BLACK PANTHER (Marvel/Disney) is now in competition only with the loftiest movie hits.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, its 2nd Friday was $28.4M (down 63% from last week), behind just The Avengers‘ ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/21/13

  March Madness takes a toll on American Idol.   CBS:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  The CBS numbers are adjusted fast nationals (ShowbuzzDaily estimates of what the live telecast will look like in the official nationals whe...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Film Festival

SHOWBUZZDAILY Virtual Sundance Reviews: “On the Count of Three” & “Ma Belle, My Beauty”

  ON THE COUNT OF THREE:  There was a well-deserved Sundance screenwriting prize for Ari Katcher and Ryan Welch’s script for Jerrod Carmichael’s big-screen directing debut, which threads an almost impossible n...
by Mitch Salem
 
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OSCARLAND: Final Oscar Nomination Predictions

  Let’s face it:  anyone with an interest in the matter has been circling the same basic list of titles and names for weeks now, if not months, and the truth is that as much fun as it would be for some shocking surp...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 3.5.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rose 0.11 to 0.72, AMERICAN IDOL ticked down to 0.72, and THE COMPANY YOU KEEP was down 0.06 to 0.23. CBS:  60 MINUTES inched up 0.02 to 0.52, THE EQUALIZER l...
by Mitch Salem
 
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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 8/11/13

  Here’s an instructive piece of box office math, courtesy of Disney and The Lone Ranger.  Ranger cost (including worldwide marketing) about $350M all told, and it’s going to have global theatrical revenues of...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 5.13.2018

  OPENINGS:  Even with a big Mother’s Day bump of 24% (the same as last year’s Snatched), the $18.5M weekend for LIFE OF THE PARTY (New Line/Warners) is the lowest of Melissa McCarthy’s starring career, ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.9.2016

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE CARMICHAEL SHOW’s premiere became even less impressive with a 0.1 dip in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: Thursday Network Scorecard 1.3.2019

  THE TITAN GAMES wasn’t THE MASKED SINGER, but it’ll do. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Angry Birds” Fly Higher Than “Captain America,” “Neighbors 2″”

  THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE (Rovio/Sony) is keeping the momentum going at the early summer box office, with a preliminary Friday, per Deadline, at $11M.  That’s almost exactly the same opening day as Sony’s Hotel ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “CSI”

  As of this week, there’s just one CSI left standing on CBS, and after 13 years, it’s the original recipe.  Having survived the bump in its creative road a couple of seasons ago when the misguided hire of Lau...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Midseason Premiere

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Backstrom”

  BACKSTROM:  Thursday 9PM on FOX – Change the Channel BACKSTROM is literally FOX’s try at being CBS:  the project, based on a series of Swedish mystery novels, was originally developed for the silver-haired...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “The Client List”

Tonight’s season finale of Lifetime’s very softcore (so soft it’s basically liquid) prostitution hit THE CLIENT LIST was more guilty than pleasure.  The hour, written by Producer Barbara Nance (from a story b...
by Mitch Salem
 
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