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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s State of the Studio: Lionsgate/Summit

  Last week we ran through all the major Hollywood studios–Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount, Sony, 20th Century Fox and Universal–to see how their summers have been going.  Today we’ll take a look at Lions...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/17/14

  UPDATE: Per expectations, the WINTER OLYMPICS adjusted to a 5.6 rating on Monday (Nielsen is still behind, recovering from the horror of dealing with a regular national holiday).  ALMOST HUMAN gained 0.1 to hit 1.7, tying t...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED MOVIE PROMO WATCH: OSCAR NIGHT EDITION

> The Academy limits the number of movie ads that can be aired on the Oscar telecast (until recent years, they didn’t allow any), so as not to make the night look like the awards are shilling for the studios.  (God f...
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Midseason Premiere

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Outlander”

  OUTLANDER:  Saturday 9PM on Starz OUTLANDER hasn’t been the ratings breakout for Starz that Power has been, but it may be something even more important:  the network’s first real buzz show, one that’s...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Behind the Weekend Box Office – 2/23/14

  OPENINGS:  For both 3 DAYS TO KILL (Relativity) and POMPEII (TriStar/Sony/FilmDistrict), the only hope of salvation lies overseas.  3 Days, at least, has a relatively low production cost, but even if the reported $28M ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “Grimm”

  For a while there, it seemed as though the finale of GRIMM was on a crusade to make sure the show could never be rebooted, massacring almost the entire regular cast one by one, which in an age where IP is more important ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked

THE SKED: Broadcast Network On-Air Promotion

>Last night in the hit summer shows (NBC’s America’s Got Talent and FOX’s Hell’s Kitchen), we took a look at the priorities for new fall series promotion.  The big winners on NBC were the comedies W...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.16.2018

NFL PRESEASON. The fast nationals for ABC, CBS and NBC below are inflated by a few tenths of a rating point by NFL Preseason pre-emptions in the following major markets: ABC (New York, Washington DC) CBS (Boston, Pittsburgh) NB...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Franklin & Bash”

  The ratings dipped badly for FRANKLIN & BASH in its 4th season, and if it stays on TNT’s air, it will likely be because the network has too many other problems (Dallas is already gone, Falling Skies is entering...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY “HUNGER GAMES” WATCH – 3/28/12

> On its first Wednesday in release, THE HUNGER GAMES fell 22% to $8.1M, but just as Tuesday’s hold wasn’t quite as good as it looked, Wednesday’s wasn’t as bad.  For whatever reason, Wednesdays ten...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.23.2018

  Inevitably, THE CONNERS dropped. 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), a...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE BIJOU: UPDATE – Cowboys & Incredibly Early Boxoffice Results

> UPDATE:  The Hollywood Reporter has refreshed its numbers, and a surprise appears to be coming from the most unlikely direction.  Cowboys and Aliens seems to be down a tad, to a $13-13.5M Friday and an underperformi...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 1.19.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  CELEBRITY JEOPARDY ticked down to 0.54, THE PARENT TEST ticked up to 0.36, and THE CHASE was up 0.02 to 0.27. CBS:  Reruns at 0.40/0.37/0.28/0.26. NBC:  Reruns at 0.45/0.43/0.31. FOX:  HELL’S...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: Lindsay Lohan on SNL

> We’re not on the tabloid beat at SHOWBUZZDAILY, but when Lindsay Lohan put herself in front of the cameras tonight on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, she made herself fair game.  It would be heartwarming to be able to report ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE BIJOU’S FRIDAY STUDIO SCORECARD – 12/9/11

> NEW YEAR’S EVE (Warner Bros):  So much for that franchise.  New Year’s was expected to have a softer start than Valentine’s Day, which opened on a holiday weekend that included the titular day itse...
by Mitch Salem
 
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