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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 7/7/12

  No major surprises in the Saturday boxoffice numbers, according to preliminary figures at Deadline.  THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Sony) is reporting a solid 18% Friday-to-Saturday bump, better than the 13% that Transformers ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: CW Promo – “Star-Crossed”

  The final bit of Upfronts material released by CW is a brief clip from its midseason series STAR-CROSSED, about an alien and a human in love. A group of nervous, ostracized teens (presumably the aliens) are bused into a ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’S 2011/12 PRIMETIME SCHEDULES

> Here at ShowbuzzDaily, we’ve had the guts–or maybe the madness–to predict all the network schedules, and the ratings for every Fall show, before any of them are officially announced!  Start programming ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Toronto Film Festival Review: “The Greatest Beer Run Ever”

  THE GREATEST BEER RUN EVER (Apple – September 30):  Peter Farrelly’s Green Book was one of the clearest beneficiaries of winning Toronto’s People Choice Award, vaulting from being entirely under the aw...
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Behind the Friday Box Office: 9/12/14

  OPENINGS:  NO GOOD DEED (Screen Gems/Sony) surged ahead of expectations with a $8.8M Friday.  The level of its frontloadedness, however, isn’t yet clear.  2009’s Obsessed, an April 2009 Screen Gems thrille...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SUNDAY CABLE SCORECARD – 10/20/13

  AMC:  THE WALKING DEAD couldn’t hold at last week’s premiere mega-numbers, but it didn’t fall off much, with a still-gigantic 7.1 for the 9PM airing (down from 8.2 last week), plus 1.6 from re-airings....
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot Reports

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Whispers”

  THE WHISPERS:  Monday 10PM on ABC – If Nothing Else Is On… What would the horror genre do without its creepy children?  Whether possessed by some sinister entity, born to be supernatural embodiments of evil...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 5.6.2018

  OPENINGS:  OVERBOARD (MGM/Pantelion/Lionsgate) opened in 45% more theatres than Eugenio Derbez’s How To Be A Latin Lover, and had a weekend that was 20% higher at $14.8M.  That’s not the cross-cultural brea...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: CBS Update

> CBS has joined FOX, ABC and The CW in announcing its Fall premiere schedule.  (See Mitch Metcalf on the calculations that go into these announcements HERE).  As with the other networks, most premieres will be the we...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Midseason Pilots

THE SKED Pilot Review: “Intelligence”

  INTELLIGENCE:  Preview Tonight at 9PM, then Monday 10PM on CBS starting January 13 – If Nothing Else Is On… Gabriel Black (Josh Holloway), the hero of CBS’s midseason entry INTELLIGENCE, follows in the...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Weekend Review Roundup

> Reviews of some of the more prominent movies in theatres right now: X-MEN:  FIRST CLASS MIDNIGHT IN PARIS THE HANGOVER PART II KUNG FU PANDA 2 THE TREE OF LIFE
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “American Horror Story: Cult”

  Calling a season of AMERICAN HORROR STORY “grounded” is like calling a batch of moonshine smooth:  it’s still going to make your eyes water on the way down.  But creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/14/14

  NBC:  See Mitch Metcalf’s Skedball post for detailed analysis of the Sochi WINTER OLYMPICS ratings.  Last night’s preliminary 4.5 slumped badly, down 1.4 from Thursday and below all 3 of the previous Winter...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/11/12

> AKA the season’s final pre-American Idol Wednesday. NBC:   In the absence of the 600-pound gorilla that’s arriving in a week, the new 8-9PM hour did respectably.  WHITNEY‘s 2.1 was slightly hi...
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 03.26.2017

  OPENINGS:  The news was good and bad for POWER RANGERS (Lionsgate).  Its US opening was very solid at $40.5M (even if that number turns out to be a bit overstated, with an ambitious Sunday estimate).  But it carries a...
by Mitch Salem
 
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