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Toronto Film Festival 2024 Reviews: “The Shrouds” & “Bird”

THE SHROUDS (no distrib): At age 81, David Cronenberg’s fascination with the malignant possibilities of the human body, and with the fiendish manipulation of same, still knows no bounds. The Shrouds begins wi...

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/29/12

> A football appetizer, compared to next week’s all-you-can-eat buffet. NBC: The PRO BOWL, aka the NFL All-Star Game, won the night, but at nowhere near the ratings for regular games, let alone the bonanza th...

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THE SKED: “Best Friends” Not Forever

> Some shows, believe it or not, are too low-rated even for NBC. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER has exhausted its single joke (the strain caused on star/co-creator Lennon’s live-in relationship when neurotic, boundaryless pal...

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The Sked: Tuesday Network Scorecard 5.14.2019

Another night of finales that were fairly steady for this season, but down significantly from 2018. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day ke...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Arrow”

ARROW had a somewhat unsuper fourth season. That was partly due to its villain: Damien Darhk, however enthusiastically played by Neal McDonough, was an all-smirk-all-the-time Big Bad in dapper suits, a Bond-ish villa...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Horrible Bosses”

HORRIBLE BOSSES – Watch It At Home: Doesn’t Earn A Raise A comedy can get away with not being very good as long as it’s funny, and HORRIBLE BOSSES delivers some laughs. Most of those come fro...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Shades of Blue”

Over the course of its season, NBC’s SHADES OF BLUE muddled its way from being a broadcast network-lite version of a gritty cable cop drama to a more conventional heist thriller. It was flawed in both contexts, b...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Divergent” and “Muppets” Underperform; “God’s Not Dead” A Sleeper

It’s clear, based on preliminary numbers at Deadline, that DIVERGENT (Summit/Lionsgate) isn’t going to reach prerelease hopes of an opening in line with the $69M of the original Twilight, much less that movie...

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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/8/13

Under the Dome is still the place to be on Mondays. CBS: UNDER THE DOME slipped again, down 0.2 from last week, but it remains one of the biggest hits of the summer with a 2.7 rating. That more than doubled the line-up&#...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Grown Ups 2” Has A (Temporary) Win; “Pacific Rim” Falls Back

If the preliminary numbers at Deadline hold, there was good news on Friday for Adam Sandler and his studio, as GROWN UPS 2 (Sony) won the day with a strong $16.5M (including $2.3M from Thursday night). That’s be...

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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Black Sails”

BLACK SAILS: Saturday 9PM on Starz Previously… on BLACK SAILS: In 1715, Nassau and the waters around it weren’t yet controlled by any government, and existed instead as the domain of independent pirates a...

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THE SKED REVIEW: SNL with Josh Hutcherson

It’s too easy to play the Hunger Games/”from hunger” card, so let’s just say that with one endearingly goofy exception, host Josh Hutcherson was barely even a presence on one of the weaker SATURDA...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “90210”

90210: Monday 8PM on CW WHERE WE WERE: Mid car-crash. A truck was plowing into Dixon (Tristan Wilds), in a way that would surely kill an actor in the middle of contract renegotiations. Dixon’s love Adriana ...

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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/12/12

REVOLUTION continues to slip. NBC: There are 2 more airings of REVOLUTION before it goes off the air until late March, and these are its ratings over its past 4 airings: 3.3, 3.0, 2.8 and last night’s 2.6. Now, 2.6 ...

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/12/13

Hockey had a big–and epic–night. NBC: Per Mitch Metcalf: A very good rating for the NHL STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 1. The match lasted over five hours, and it was well into the third overtime period (almost...

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Toronto Film Festival 2024 Reviews: “The Shrouds” & “Bird”

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/29/12

THE SKED: “Best Friends” Not Forever

The Sked: Tuesday Network Scorecard 5.14.2019

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Arrow”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Horrible Bosses”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Shades of Blue”

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Divergent” and “Muppets” Underperform; “God’s Not Dead” A Sleeper

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/8/13

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Grown Ups 2” Has A (Temporary) Win; “Pacific Rim” Falls Back

THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Black Sails”

THE SKED REVIEW: SNL with Josh Hutcherson

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “90210”

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/12/12

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/12/13

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