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THE SKED MIDSEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “The Walking Dead”

> Previously On… THE WALKING DEAD:  Our erstwhile humans spent many, many episodes on a farm owned by cranky vet Hershel (Scott Wilson), while they searched for the missing Sophia (Madison Lintz).  There were lo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind the Friday Box Office – 7/11/14

  OPENINGS:  DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (20th), with $27.7M on Friday and a likely $70M weekend, will probably have a significant US box office bump over its predecessor Rise ($176.8M, after a $54.8M opening), but it ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE BIJOU: Early Weekend Boxoffice – 9/24/11

>Not a lot of change in the numbers as early Saturday results are factored in.  Deadline reports THE LION KING at #1 with $22M, MONEYBALL 2d with $21M, and DOLPHIN TALE 3rd with $20M, so any or all of those could shift as ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “The Conjuring” Scares the Competition; “R.I.P.D.” Rots and Updated Thursday Box Office Chart

  The weekend looks highly promising for THE CONJURING (Warners), which haunted up $3.3M in screenings that began 7PM on Thursday night.  Although other summer openings have had similar mid-$3M starts (including The Great...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.20.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and the new WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while coverage of the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION went down 0.2 at NBC and up 0.1 at CBS. &nb...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE BIJOU: Early Friday Boxoffice – 11/4/11

> Friday’s preliminary boxoffice, according to the Hollywood Reporter, has the looks of another soft weekend for the major studios.  TOWER HEIST appears to be underperforming, and with a reported $9.5M Friday, may on...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Agents of SHIELD”

  The Season 2 finale of Agents of SHIELD was the show trying its very, very hardest–and still not hitting the mark.  A great deal of work has gone into rescuing Agents since it plummeted from the heights of its eno...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/17/12

Viewers bid a fond XOXO to Gossip Girl. CW:  The final episode of GOSSIP GIRL earned the show its best rating of the season by a considerable margin, with a 0.8 (although it’s a sign of where the series ended up that thi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 1/25/15

  AMERICAN SNIPER (Village Roadshow/Warners):  Depending on how one characterizes Titanic, American Sniper is on track to become the #3 or #4 “serious drama” of all time, behind that film, The Passion of the C...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 5.9.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a run of the movie MOANA at 0.33, THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.06 to 0.35. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD dropped 0.07 to 0.55, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was down 0.08 to 0.44.  Reruns followed at 0.3...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: 1st Pre-Look At The CW’s New Dramas

>DISCLAIMER: These initial impressions are based on the clips (usually 3-5 minutes) released by the networks to use in their Upfront presentations and for promos.  They’re chosen to sell the show, not to accurately r...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Political Animals”

  POLITICAL ANIMALS: Sunday 10PM on USA 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 weig...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “The Neighbors”

  I’m not sure when THE NEIGHBORS started winning me over.  I dismissed the pilot as an overbroad, gimmicky, mostly witless rehash of 3d Rock From the Sun, but as quickly as an October episode where Zabvronian alien...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: More NBC Pick-Ups

    The Peacock is clearly trying to get the jump on next week’s Upfronts with some early series orders.  The advantage of early announcements, even apart from the possibility that NBC will launch some of its n...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Mummy” Stays In Grave, “Wonder Woman” Triumphs

  THE MUMMY (Perfect World/Universal) is a disaster, although the studio and its minions will try to spin otherwise through the course of the weekend.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, it earned $12M on openi...
by Mitch Salem