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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Magic City”

MAGIC CITY: Friday 9PM on Starz You’d have thought, after the low-rated, little-buzzed first season of MAGIC CITY, that both Starz and series creator Mitch Glazer would have recognized the series needed to return...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Franklin & Bash”

FRANKLIN & BASH made a few cosmetic changes for its third summer on TNT, but nothing to disrupt the show’s basic air of genial dishevelment. The most high-profile move was bringing in Heather Locklear as new ...

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UPDATED: THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/24/12

World Series Game 1 won the night, but didn’t seem to affect anyone else very much. ABC: After a slightly increased 2.6 (in final numbers) steady 2.5 from its THE MIDDLE lead-in, THE NEIGHBORS was up a tick to 2.0, stil...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Fate” Slows But Outraces “Unforgettable,” “The Promise,” and the Rest

Considering the almost laughably low level of the competition it faced, THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS (Universal) didn’t hold up well on its 2d Friday. Preliminary numbers at Deadline have the day at $11.4M, down 75% f...

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/15/12

The summer reality shows keep grinding away. NBC: The live hour of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT had the highest number of the night with 2.2 (no bump from its pre-Olympics Wednesday), but it was sandwiched between a pair of 1.3...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Beauty and the Beast”

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...

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HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Early Saturday Numbers – 12/24/11

> As is traditionally the case, movie boxoffice declined sharply on December 24, the lowest ebb of the holiday period. According to Deadline, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (Paramount) remains #1, with $5.6M o...

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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Game of Thrones”

Season 4 of HBO’s epic GAME OF THRONES had the good fortune to cover the back half of George R. R. Martin’s third novel in the series, “A Storm of Swords,” which is perhaps the most thrill-packed ...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 1/5/13

OPENINGS: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES (Paramount), with its $18.2M weekend, made less at 2867 theatres than the first Paranormal made at 760, a little more than 4 years ago. It was also well below the $29M w...

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THE SKED: “Arrow” Flies For A Full Season

ARROW is the biggest hit to launch on CW since The Vampire Diaries 4 seasons ago with twin 1.3 18-49 ratings, and the network has quite properly leaped to give the show a full-season order. That still leaves CW with pr...

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 4/21/13

OPENINGS: OBLIVION (Universal) had a solid $38.2M start (although the studio is estimating the lowest Sunday drop in the Top 10, so that number may come down tomorrow), with a 12% Saturday bump. The less good news is...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Roadies”

ROADIES: Sunday 10PM on Showtime – In the Queue Showtime’s ROADIES is the first small-screen project from Cameron Crowe (he wrote and directed the pilot, and is showrunner with My So Called-Life‘s Win...

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THE SKED: Thursday Scripted Cable Scorecard – 7/26/12

USA: Another strong night for the BURN NOTICE/SUITS duo. Burn, which uncharacteristically featured the killing of a major recurring character, was the highest-rated show on cable with 1.4 in 18-49s (slightly up from ...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Hart of Dixie”

Sometimes shows overthink their season finales, and that may have been the case with tonight’s HART OF DIXIE. The show has gotten along quite well all season in its native Bluebell, Alabama, but for the finale se...

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THE SKED: “Up All Night” 2.0

> UP ALL NIGHT is a crucially important piece of new programming for NBC this fall, as you can tell from Mitch Metcalf’s Fall Promo Analysis, where it’s the network’s most-promoted new show. Not only doe...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Magic City”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Franklin & Bash”

UPDATED: THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/24/12

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Fate” Slows But Outraces “Unforgettable,” “The Promise,” and the Rest

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/15/12

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Beauty and the Beast”

HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE: Early Saturday Numbers – 12/24/11

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Game of Thrones”

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 1/5/13

THE SKED: “Arrow” Flies For A Full Season

BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 4/21/13

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Roadies”

THE SKED: Thursday Scripted Cable Scorecard – 7/26/12

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Hart of Dixie”

THE SKED: “Up All Night” 2.0

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