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2018-19 TV Season

NIELSENWAR: FOX Fall Schedule & Analysis (Includes 5-Network Grid)

  Welcome to Upfronts week, when the broadcast networks (or what’s left of them) announce their Fall schedules and attempt to generate billions of dollars worth of excitement from advertisers.  It’s harder than ever t...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 1.12.2020

  OPENINGS:  The release strategy for 1917 (Universal) has gone just about perfectly, culminating in a $36.5M wide opening weekend that was significantly ahead of industry expectations.  Universal screened the film to cr...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot Reports

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Whispers”

  THE WHISPERS:  Monday 10PM on ABC – If Nothing Else Is On… What would the horror genre do without its creepy children?  Whether possessed by some sinister entity, born to be supernatural embodiments of evil...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Episodes”

  EPISODES:  Sunday 10:30PM on Showtime EPISODES, written from beginning to end by David Crane (a creator of Friends) and fellow sitcom vet Jeffrey Klarik, improved considerably in its second season, adding some shading t...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 8.27.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.24.  CW’s new MASTERS OF ILLUSIONS was up 0.02 to 0.06.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE G...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: ABC Trailer – “The Goldbergs”

  THE GOLDBERGS, as it will be described in roughly 10 billion places between now and September, is The Wonder Years set in the 1980s, based on the childhood of series creator Adam F. Goldberg, with Jeff Garlin as gruff bu...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows”

    SHERLOCK HOLMES:  GAME OF SHADOWS:  Watch It At Home – Far Too Elementary   We have to come to terms with the fact that an entire generation may recognize the name Sherlock Holmes not as the template ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

THE SKED: WHAT TO WATCH THIS FALL ON WEDNESDAYS (1st Draft)

> The networks have proclaimed their Fall schedules, the new series have been (partially) unveiled, so… what now?  What will actually be worth watching when network TV comes back to life in a few months?  SHOWBU...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

2013: THE MOVIE YEAR TO COME (October-December)

  Today we conclude our early look at 2013’s coming attractions.  (The line-up for January-March is here; April-June is here, and July-September is here.)  Once we start heading this far down the calender, however,...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot Reports

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Better Call Saul”

  BETTER CALL SAUL:  Monday 10PM on AMC – Potential DVR Alert Spin-offs used to be an regular part of the TV landscape, even for the most celebrated shows–Norman Lear created a virtual tree of comedies origina...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2019-20 TV Season

NIELSENWAR: The Fall 2019 CW Schedule & Analysis

We’ve reached the broadcast networks’ Upfront Week… which used to be a lot more central to our television lives than it is now.  Ratings everywhere are down, and there’s no reason to think they’ve hit bottom, which h...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

THE SKED: “Work It” Loses Job

> It looks like the men who made ABC’s WORK IT will have to don dresses to land their next gig:  after only 2 low-rated airings, the network has given in to the inevitable and pulled the awful show from its schedule....
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/23/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  All the ABC sitcoms (except MIXOLOGY, which needed it most) were adjusted up 0.1 in final numbers, as was SURVIVOR.  There was no good news for AMERICAN IDOL or ARROW.  WEDNESDAY CABLE:  The NBA PLAYOF...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

THE SKED NETFLIX REVIEW: “House of Cards” Episodes 1-2

  The historical significance of HOUSE OF CARDS in the evolution of television is by now well-established.  It’s the first original production created specifically for Netflix, and the company made its first bet a h...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

The Sked: Tuesday Network Scorecard 5.14.2019

  Another night of finales that were fairly steady for this season, but down significantly from 2018. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day ke...
by Mitch Salem
 
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