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THE SKED: Friday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 10/7/11

> Fridays are only half a real night for the broadcast networks right now, so it stands to reason that they get only half the ratings. CBS:  Will the network accept a 1.2 from A GIFTED MAN?  (And, to be fair, along wi...
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THE BIJOU: Early Friday Boxoffice – 10/7/11

> Deadline has some preliminary numbers for Friday’s boxoffice, and as expected, REAL STEEL is headed for a weekend victory.  Assuming that it gets the Saturday bump that usually goes to pictures targeted at family a...
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THE SKED: CBS Explains “How To Be” A Flop Sitcom

> Well, that didn’t take long.  Here’s the difference these days between CBS and NBC:  earlier this week, NBC rewarded UP ALL NIGHT and WHITNEY, two sitcoms that most recently had 2.3 ratings, with full se...
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The Sked: The Skinny on the Nation’s TV Markets

> With all due respect to your geography class, the United States is really not made up of 50 states and the District of Columbia.  Readers of this website know it is a patchwork of 210 television markets, also known as De...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: Thursday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 10/6/11

> Once-glorious Thursdays continue to become just another broadcast network night. NBC:  Before the season started, all the attention on THE OFFICE was focused on how the show would replace Steve Carell.  But it’...
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The Sked: Major League Baseball Last Night

>From tvbythenumbers.com, decisive Game 5 last night (Detroit Tigers edging the New York Yankees 3-2 in the Bronx) made TBS the number three network in all of primetime television with a 7.3 Household rating in the metered mark...
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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “The Ides of March”





Our Review / 5 - Terrible
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The Sked: THURSDAY RATINGS October 6

> ABC is really losing audience on Thursdays at a rapid pace.  They could fall below already-weak NBC on the night.  Charlie’s Angels needs to go, but what are they going to replace it with?  Grey’s A...
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Ides of March”

    THE IDES OF MARCH:  Watch It At Home – An Excellent Play Becomes a Merely Good Movie   The Ides of March, one of the most eagerly awaited of this year’s festival crop, is more entertaining than i...
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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “How To Be A Gentleman”

> 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...
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THE SKED: “H8R” H8D

> The answer to the question “How low does a show’s ratings have to go on CW to get cancelled?” has been answered, as the network has axed reality series H8R, which was averaging an embarrassing 0.5.  The...
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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Real Steel”





Our Review / 5 - Terrible
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THE SKED: “American Horror Story” Ratings Moderately Scary

> Ratings for last night’s premiere of AMERICAN HORROR STORY on FX are promising, if not overwhelming.  The show’s 10PM initial airing was watched by about 2 million people 18-49, which should equal something l...
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THE SKED: Wednesday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 10/5/11

> The bell tolled for another failed new series last night, which was otherwise fairly stable. ABC:  If SUBURGATORY can hold its rating around last night’s 3 for another week, it should be a strong candidate for an e...
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THE SKED: “Free Agents” At Liberty

> After another awful 1.0 rating last night, NBC did what it had to do and put on the executioner’s hood for FREE AGENTS.  Early indications are that in the short-term, the network may fill the slot with reruns of WH...
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