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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/11/12

Even more than most Sundays, last night there was football… and everything else. ABC:  A dismal night for the network’s scripted shows.  With a football overrun stretching into the 8PM hour on FOX, ONCE UPON A TIM...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 11.15.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  DANCING WITH THE STARS lost 0.04 to 0.67.  THE GOOD DOCTOR, returning from an off-week, was down 0.05 to 0.38. CBS:  Reruns at 0.49/0.39/0.34/0.24. NBC:  THE VOICE gained 0.05 to 0.81.  ORDINA...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/11/13

  We don’t have data yet for the season premiere of Breaking Bad, which frankly is of more interest than any of the blah network numbers last night. CBS:  The 0.3 boost for 60 MINUTES (to 1.2) is probably mostly due to ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/7/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Nothing moved more than 0.1 from the morning numbers, with AGENTS OF SHIELD, NCIS and CHICAGO FIRE climbing that amount (the latter, still down for the week, moved into a tie with PERSON OF INTEREST a...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD -7.13.2018

  Another weak arrival. 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 18-4...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “Wildlife” & “The Tale”

  WILDLIFE (no distrib):  If you’ve ever felt sorry for youngsters who are cordoned off from their parents’ difficult relationships, and then blindsided by the consequences, Paul Dano’s directing debut a...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/5/12

Thanks to Nielsen delays, Chicago Fire had to wait to get some unaccustomed good news. NBC:  CHICAGO FIRE benefits by not airing against a new CSI on CBS, because their audiences, while overlapping, prefer the latter when they...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED PILOT REPORT: NBC’s “Free Agents”

>Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall.  Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot.  So these critiques sho...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.1.2016

NOTE: Each network’s fast affilliate-based numbers below will come down in the official nationals later today because of many local pre-emptions for NFL Preseason games.  Last night, 15 games were played, involving 30 te...
by Mitch Salem
 
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BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Thanksgiving Studio Scorecard – 11/24/11

> HUGO: The boxoffice story of the holiday was undoubtedly Martin Scorsese’s quasi-family film.  While almost every other film of the day fell steeply or at best held around even, Hugo zoomed an astonishing 40% ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Big Little Lies”

  It’s odd for a successful TV series to be asked to justify its continued existence, but that’s where HBO’s BIG LITTLE LIES found itself after the network looked at the Season 1 ratings (not just high bu...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.27.2016

  The new CBS line-up didn’t shake anything up. 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 rating...
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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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “The Vampire Diaries”

Season-4-Promotional-Image-the-vampire-diaries-tv-show-32007005-500-338.png THE VAMPIRE DIARIES:  Thursday 8PM on CW WHERE WE WERE:  Witnessing heroine Elena (Nina Dobrev) die and then un-die, a presumptive vampire-to-be. To ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: CBS/ABC/NBC/FOX FALL SCHEDULE

    Stay Tuned to SHOWBUZZDAILY for exclusive night-by-night Fall Ratings Predictions and Reviews!
by Mitch Salem
 
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