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THE SKED’S NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/7/12

  It has to be demoralizing for programmers to watch 3 networks’ worth of original summer programming get soundly beaten by a sitcom rerun. NBC:  The new mystical/medical soap SAVING HOPE flatlined with a 0.7.  Bel...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

The Sked: Sunday Network Scorecard 1.6.2019

  We won’t really know where the GOLDEN GLOBES stand until final numbers come in. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser d...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/18/11

> Something unusual for NBC these days:  good news. NBC:  A 1.6 rating may not sound like anything to celebrate, but it’s a pretty good number for Friday night (only one show all evening did better last night).&...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Flash”

  Did we really need THE FLASH to go dark?  What had been the peppiest of CW’s DC/Berlanti-verse shows spent its 3rd season marked by existential angst, 22 episodes of Barry Allen’s (Grant Gustin) penance for ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: Updated Fall Ratings Projections and Viewing Recommendations

> SHOWBUZZDAILY’S COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE FALL TV SEASON: MONDAY           Rating Projections             &n...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Film Festival

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Boy Erased” & “Vita & Virginia”

  BOY ERASED (Focus/Universal – November 2):  Joel Edgerton’s film is the second of the year concerning gay conversion therapy, and its tone is far more conventional than The Miseducation of Cameron Post.  Lu...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/5/13

  A NASCAR overrun may have been the highest-rated show of the night. ABC:  ONCE UPON A TIME rose 0.2 from last week to 2.2, but it’s still hovering half a point below its season average.  REVENGE edged up 0.1 to 1...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “The Office”

  Has any great television series ever had the protracted, agonizing death of THE OFFICE?  We’re used to shows that stay on the air past their prime, and to those with disappointing or even disastrous finale episode...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.16.2018

  A solid start for BLACK LIGHTNING. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skew...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Film Festival

Sundance 2023 Reviews: “Rye Lane,” “Passages” & “Run Rabbit Run”

  RYE LANE (Searchlight/Disney – March 31):  Raine Allen Miller’s feature debut Rye Lane is a bubbly surprise, a quick-witted, fast-paced rom-com overflowing with charm.  The script by Nathan Bryon and Tom Me...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot Reports

THE SKED Series Premiere Review: “The Knick”

  THE KNICK:  Friday 10PM on Cinemax – DVR Alert It’s yet another measure of where television is these days in relation to movies that Steven Soderbergh, the main figure behind Cinemax’s new historical m...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Crossing Lines”

  The peril of dotting a season finale with cliffhangers is that if the show is canceled, they’ll never be resolved.  That may very well be the dilemma for fans of NBC’s summer drama CROSSING LINES, which clos...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 1.17.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE ROOKIE rose a tenth to 0.60, THE ROOKIE: FEDS gained 0.05 to to 0.37, and WILL TRENT was up 0.05 to 0.35. CBS:  Reruns at 0.33/0.31/0.32. NBC:  A strong premiere for the rebooted NIGHT COURT...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Film Festival

Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Good Nurse” & “My Policeman”

  THE GOOD NURSE (Netflix – Oct. 26):  An unusually serious thriller about a serial killer.  Tobias Lindholm’s film, from a script by Krysty Wilson-Cairns (who wrote 1917 and  Last Night In Soho) and based o...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Film Festival

ShowbuzzDaily Sundance 2022 Reviews: “Emily the Criminal” & “blood”

  EMILY THE CRIMINAL (no distrib):  John Patton Ford’s feature debut is a lean, gritty, accomplished thriller with a smashing star performance from Aubrey Plaza.  Plaza (who also produced) plays the titular Emily, ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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