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The Sked: Tuesday Ratings 4.4.2017

  PRISON BREAK returned solidly from parole. 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), audie...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Into the Badlands”

  The first season of AMC’s INTO THE BADLANDS felt entirely predigested.  It was Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by way of Game of Thrones by way of every post-apocalyptic Chosen One fantasy you’ve ever seen. ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Dallas”

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 weigh in, networks and studios (which may have ha...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 8.11.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  PRESS YOUR LUCK dropped 0.09 to 0.44, GENERATION GAP was steady at 0.41, and THE CON ticked up to 0.27. CBS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.03 to 0.76.  The rest of the night had reruns at 0.31/0.32/0.22...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK MONDAY SCORECARD – 5/26/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BACHELORETTE climbed 0.2 in final numbers, while MASTERCHEF and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.1.  (The NINJA WARRIOR clip show, however, lost 0.1.)   MONDAY CABLE:  It was ESPN’s turn for...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: “Hell On Wheels” Keeps Riding the Rails

  AMC has renewed its building-the-railroad melodrama HELL ON WHEELS for a 10-episode 3rd season.  The renewal was far from a sure thing, as the show has indifferent ratings among 18-49s (the recent season finale was at 0...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE BIJOU: Early Weekend Boxoffice – 10/15/11

> It’s anyone’s guess who’s going to walk away with this weekend’s title, and probably the winner won’t be clear until actual grosses are reported on Monday.  Deadline has updated numbers, and...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/12/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  There was no comfort for FOX in the final numbers, which left AMERICAN IDOL at 2.4, and even worse, left SURVIVOR at 2.5, giving the 14-year old reality show veteran its first win over IDOL.  SUBURGATORY...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.24.2015

  HEROES was sorta REBORN. 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 skews (women 1...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: Spidey Flies Fairly High On the 4th

  THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Sony) earned $23.4M at the boxoffice on July 4th, which is clearly a very good number.  The question is, how good? It was the 2d highest Independence Day gross ever, below only the original Trans...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/30/12

    Summer network TV continues to fall behind cable. FOX:  It’s all but a foregone conclusion that everything on network TV last night was outrated by the Boston/Miami NBA Playoffs and History’s conclusi...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Dunkirk” Battles “The Emoji Movie,” “Atomic Blonde” Non-Explosive

  The box office race is likely to be tight this weekend, with contenders at either end of the quality spectrum.  THE EMOJI MOVIE (Columbia/Sony) drew first blood with a $10.2M opening day (including $900K from Thursday n...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: Wednesday Network Scorecard 10.4.2017

  Everything was down from Premiere Week, but the drops were especially steep at FOX. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adu...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: Renewal Fever Hits NBC; “Chicago” Pair, “Parks & Recreation” & “Grimm” Back

  ABC is now the only network with all its pick-up letters still in its pocket, as NBC announced that CHICAGO FIRE, CHICAGO PD and GRIMM are officially back for 2014-15.  Oddly, the network press release phrases the retur...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Scream”

  SCREAM:  Tuesday 10PM on MTV Previously… on SCREAM:  In the town of Lakewood, it’s been 20 years since a misshapen student supposedly slaughtered a horde of schoolmates in a single night, all for the love o...
by Mitch Salem
 
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