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“THE SKED” RESTORED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’S 2011/12 PRIMETIME TELEVISION SCHEDULE

> AS WE WERE SAYING BEFORE OUR SITE’S HOST SO RUDELY INTERRUPTED US… NBC, FOX, ABC, CBS and The CW will present their new shows next Monday-Thursday at star-studded events in New York, but there’s no reason you sh...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SERVICE DISRUPTION

>We apologize for last night’s and this morning’s service disruption (due to failures with our hosting service). We are in the process of recovering yesterday’s posting, including THE SKED (our predictions for...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’S FALL 2011/12 SATURDAY SCHEDULE

> Welcome to ShowbuzzDaily’s coverage of the upcoming TV schedules for the 2011/12 TV season!  Above you see our guide to what to expect on Saturday nights this Fall:  the numbers are our projected Adults 18-49 ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’S FALL 2011/12 THURSDAY SCHEDULE

> Welcome to ShowbuzzDaily’s coverage of the upcoming TV schedules for the 2011/12 TV season!  Above you see our guide to what to expect on Thursday nights this Fall:  the numbers are our projected Adults 18-49 ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEEKDAY BOX OFFICE UPDATE MAY 9-10: Thor Performs Decently But Not Exceptionally

>The full Weekday Box Office Update will return next week after today’s abbreviated version.  Thor has grossed $10.8 million Monday-Tuesday or 16% of the opening weekend.  A 20% early week percentage would indic...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Box Office Footnotes – 5/6/11

> The weekend multiples this week are a little high for movies that skew to women like Something Borrowed, Jumping the Broom and Water for Elephants due to Mother’s Day, when many families treat mom to a flick. The Thor n...
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FRIDAY MAY 6 BOX OFFICE NUMBERS: Thor Slightly Below Expectations

> Thor will be #1 as expected this weekend, as expected, but a few million dollars below forecast, while the two female-skewing comedies are a few million dollars above forecast.  The weekend looks to be around 11% below t...
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THOR: Hammered

> Watch It At Home:  The God of Thunder Musters a Tinny Roar. Put it this way:  the new superhero epic THOR cost something like $150M to produce, required the diligent services of hundreds of professionals over a peri...
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SOMETHING BORROWED: The Weekend’s Not-Thor

> Watch it At Home;  Something Acceptable. As romantic comedies with Kate Hudson go, SOMETHING BORROWED isn’t so bad.  After her spectacular debut in Almost Famous, Hudson’s become something of a brand nam...
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THE BEAVER: Chew On This

> Watch It At Home:  Gibson Delivers, The Movie Wobbles As you may have heard, the new comedy-drama THE BEAVER stars a guy named Mel Gibson, who used to be a big-time movie star.  (It’s actually a surprise to re...
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WEEKDAY BOX OFFICE UPDATE MAY 2-3: Fast Five on Same Track as Fast and Furious

>The magic number for early weekday box office (Monday-Tuesday combined) is 20% of the opening weekend (and 10% of the opening weekend on Monday), indicators of better than average long-term playability.  Based on Monday&#...
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PROM: Bland-Land

> Not Even For Free; No Pig’s Blood At This Shindig. The relationships we have with the stars we watch are no less real for being imaginary, and that’s particularly true for television stars, whom we often watch inh...
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LIMITED RELEASE: “The Double Hour,” “Incendies” & “Cave of Forgotten Dreams”

> Plot spoilers are even more problematic when it comes to limited releases, because by definition they’re only being seen by a few people in certain selected locations, and–if they’re good–will ideally ...
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Box Office Footnotes – 4/22/11

> This Week: Don’t Miss ShowbuzzDaily’s First Annual Summer Blockbuster Draft!   The last weekend of April is an odd one for Hollywood:  as Mitch Metcalf’s analysis shows,sometimes it begins the...
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COMING SOON TO SHOWBUZZDAILY: TV COVERAGE!

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