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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/29/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Both CW shows edged up 0.1 in final numbers, giving ARROW a 1.1 and THE TOMORROW PEOPLE a healthy (for it) 0.7.  SVU also climbed 0.1 to 2.0, the first time it’s hit that mark in a while. WEDNESDAY...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.26.2017

  BIG BROTHER more than doubled the next highest-rated show on Wednesday night. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED PILOT REPORT: CBS’s “2 Broke Girls”

> Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall.  Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot.  So these critiques sh...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 9.3.2023

  OPENINGS:  THE EQUALIZER 3 (Escape Artists/Columbia/Sony) performed both within expectations and at around the same level as its predecessors, with $34.5M for the 3-day weekend compared to $36M for Equalizer 2 and $34M ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.21.2019

  A partial rebound for ABC. 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...
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The Sked: PROMO WATCH — Of Valentine’s Day and The Voice

>With four days of mid-season promo monitoring under our belts (Monday-Thursday), the top five (or so) priorities for each broadcast network are listed in the table below.  ABC spent the bulk of its promotional time suppor...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Halt and Catch Fire”

  A serialized drama without major stars, a familiar genre or a grabby premise simply can’t afford to take half its season figuring itself out.  (Having a title that says absolutely nothing about what the series is ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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HOLIDAY WEEKEND MOVIE REVIEW ROUNDUP

> For everyone journeying to the multiplex this long weekend, some reviews to click on: THE TREE OF LIFE:  An often stupendous achievement that courts ridicule–and sometimes earns it. THE HANGOVER PART II:  It w...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Fall Pilots

PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED Pilot Review – CBS’s “The Millers”

  Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here and Midseason Pilot Reports here. THE MILLERS:  Thursday 8:30PM on CBS – If Nothing Else Is On… When Bad Shows Happen To Talented People, Chapter 2456:  you wouldn’...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD 2/24/12

> FRINGE, having watched Monty Python & the Holy Grail, shouts “I’m not dead!” as the gravediggers try to take it away. CBS:  An extremely soft win for the night (1.6 average).  UNDERCOVER BOSS w...
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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Metro”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots The word was that Stephen Gaghan’s pilot METRO was in serious consideration for NBC’s schedule until the very end (conventional wisdom has it that the final choice came down to Metro...
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Current Release

SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “White House Down”

  WHITE HOUSE DOWN:  Worth A Ticket – Things Go “Boom”; We Go “Yay” WHITE HOUSE DOWN is wondrously stupid, so merrily, spectacularly idiotic that it washes the taste of Olympus Has Fallen and...
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HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: NEW YEAR’S WEEKEND STUDIO SCORECARD – 1/2/12

> As detailed in Mitch Metcalf’s Weekend Boxoffice Report, New Year’s Day wasn’t the bonanza the studios were expecting it to be. PARAMOUNT:  MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL‘s Sunday incr...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY NY THEATRE JOURNAL: “Other Desert Cities”

> Buzz has it that Jon Robin Baitz’s play OTHER DESERT CITIES is one of the frontrunners for this year’s Best Play Tony Award, and it’s easy to see why. (Let’s leave aside the fact that so few new plays ...
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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “The Big Year”





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