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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 3.21.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from a 3-week break, THE ROOKIE slipped 0.02 to 0.45, THE ROOKIE: FEDS dropped 0.04 to 0.27, and WILL TRENT was up 0.04 to 0.29. CBS:  Reruns at 0.32/0.23/0.21. NBC:  After a rerun NIG...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot + 1

SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Fear the Walking Dead”

  FEAR THE WALKING DEAD:  Sunday 6PM on AMC   Previously… on FEAR THE WALKING DEAD:  Something odd is happening in Los Angeles, years before and a continent away from Rick Grimes and his troupe of survivors. ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Ray Donovan”

  Replacing a show’s creator with a new showrunner isn’t the preferred way for a series to proceed, but the change did some good for Season 3 of RAY DONOVAN, although tonight’s season finale didn’t ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/19/12

Revolution stops the bleeding. NBC:  On a night when THE VOICE had its worst Monday of the season by far, plunging 0.7 to a relatively mortal 3.7, REVOLUTION held even at last week’s series low 2.6 (at least in prelimina...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.21.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NEW AMSTERDAM rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s THE CURSE...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot Reports

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “American Gothic”

  AMERICAN GOTHIC:  Wednesday 10PM on CBS – Change the Channel Since even ABC is having trouble these days with its trademark soaps about melodrama, dark reveals and violence among close relations (The Family, Blood...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEWS: “Miral,” “Potiche” and “Peep World”

  People have been accusing Julian Schnabel’s MIRAL of being propaganda for the Palestinian cause, but in a way that’s an insult to propagandists, who are usually focused and effective at what they do.  Miral ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked

The Sked: Upscale Ratings — FOX Profile

> Previously in this series on upscale TV ratings, we have examined ABC (many upscale shows but too many series stuck with mid-level or low audience sizes) and CBS (sizable audiences but many downscale or at best middling incom...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: All “2 1/2 Men” Are Back

> From the Department of “Duh”:  CBS has worked out deals with Ashton Kutcher, Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones to return for another season of  2 1/2 MEN.  There had been reports that the cast and show c...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED FALL TRAILER REVIEW: NBC’s “Chicago Fire”

    CHICAGO FIRE:  WEDNESDAY 10PM on NBC WHAT IT’S SAYING:  Backdraft, not Rescue Me.  Big fires, sweeping, heroic music, a stalwart band of brothers (and the occasional sister) uniting despite their personal...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Current Release

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Review: “Black Mass”

  Scott Cooper’s BLACK MASS is a beautifully put together and wonderfully acted true-life drama about Boston gangsters and the law, but it has a void at its center that holds it back from greatness.  That center isn...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY OSCAR WATCH: THE WINNERS

> It’s a measure of how desperately this year’s Oscar needed some kind of surprise that the closest thing to a thrill all evening was Meryl Streep’s win as Best Actress.  Streep has been winning Academy A...
by Mitch Salem
 
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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 12/28/12

  OPENINGS:  LES MISERABLES (Universal) fell behind DJANGO UNCHAINED (Weinstein/Sony) for the first time on Friday, because Les Miz was up only 3% from Thursday, while Django rose more impressively by 17%.  Both should ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot + 1

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Guys With Kids”

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 in, networks and studios (which may have ha...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Deadpool” Slays “Zoolander 2,” “How To Be Single” For Valentine’s Day

  Are Americans tired of superhero movies?  There were whispers to that effect after The Avengers: Age of Ultron underperformed a bit and Fantastic Four outright flopped last year, but clearly the answer is Hell, No.  DE...
by Mitch Salem
 
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