THE BIJOU REVIEW: “J. Edgar”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “J. Edgar”
J. EDGAR: Watch It At Home – Brokeback Hoover It’s a little unexpected that of all the films Clint Eastwood has directed, his new biography J. EDGAR most resembles The Bridges of Madison Count...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Tower Heist”
TOWER HEIST: Watch It At Home – Hardly Luxury-Class There may never have been a director more proud of being a hack than Brett Ratner. In a recent NY Times profile, Ratner boasts (when he’s ...
THE SKED:: ABC Hands Out Halloween Candy Corn Pick-Ups
> ABC was in a giving mood today, and the swag was full season pick-ups. ONCE UPON A TIME, of course, has already richly earned its extra episodes with 2 splendid weeks of ratings. HAPPY ENDINGS probably cemented it...
THE SKED: Wednesday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 11/2/11
> After 2 nights of sinking numbers, stability returned to the ratings on Wednesday. ABC: All in all, a good night. The first half of the evening was down a tenth or so here and there, but the network got help where...
THE SKED: Tuesday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 11/1/11
> Isn’t Sweeps supposed to be when viewers watch more TV? FOX: The post-baseball hangover continues. After Terra Nova and House struck out at the plate on Monday night, the Tuesday line-up came to bat and didn...
THE SKED: “X” Marks The Renewal
> In a week when the ratings news has been pretty bleak for FOX, they’ve whipped up some glad tidings by announcing that X FACTOR is renewed for the 2012-13 television season. It’s the first renewal of the sea...
THE SKED: Monday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 10/31/11
> It was all trick and no treat last night, especially for one of the networks. FOX: The network can blame Halloween for distracting some of its family audience, and cite the atypical competition from ABC’s Shrek sp...
The Sked: Ratings Update for Monday October 31
> It doesn’t look good for Rock Center with Brian Williams on NBC. In the metered market market overnights (excluding New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Hartford, which are still delayed because of widespread power ...
The Sked: Ratings Advisory for Monday Fast Nationals
>It’s ABC’s turn to have their fast national ratings for Monday programming inflated by Monday Night Football. KMBC in Kansas City is carrying the Chargers-Chiefs game in prime time instead of the ABC line-up....
THE SKED: Sunday Ratings – Network Scorecardj – 10/30/11
> The fairy tale continues for one of this season’s new arrivals. ABC: The back order for ONCE UPON A TIME should be arriving any minute. The fantasy soap has clearly found an audience sweet spot, and even wit...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Once Upon A Time”
> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may hav...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Boss”
> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may hav...
THE BIJOU: Weekend Boxoffice Footnotes & Early International Numbers – 10/31/11
> DreamWorks Animation can blame the weather for diminishing its PUSS IN BOOTS number–although there seemed to be little effect on the weekend’s other openings–but $34M is awfully low for a major animated rele...