THE SKED: “Best Friends” Not Forever
> Some shows, believe it or not, are too low-rated even for NBC. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER has exhausted its single joke (the strain caused on star/co-creator Lennon’s live-in relationship when neurotic, boundaryless pal...
THE SKED @ BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Locke & Key”
>The FOX pilot LOCKE & KEY is a very effective hour of creepiness, but it’s not that hard to understand why the network didn’t put the project on its schedule. The show screams “cult hit” at be...
SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 6.9.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED
BROADCAST FINALS ABC; Game 4 of the NBA FINALS was at 3.23, down four-tenths from 2022’s Game 4. CBS: Reruns at 0.20/0.16/0.14. NBC: Reruns at 0.19/0.30. FOX: WWE SMACKDOWN dropped 0.13 to 0.60. CW: After...
UPDATED: THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9/27/12
[UPDATE: As expected, the post-football numbers for NBC left its shows with ratings virtually identical to last week’s. Optimists might say that’s an accomplishment with this week’s much stronger competiti...
THE SKED WEEKLY CABLE RATINGS SCORECARD – 7/12/13
THURSDAY USA: The night started out weakly with the premiere of reality show SUMMER CAMP, which only had a 0.5 rating among 18-49s year olds, and 1.1M total viewers. That seemed to set the tone for the evening, since a...
UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.11.2018
NETWORK FINALS: SUPERGIRL and THE ROOKIE gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Bravo’s BELO...
THE SKED REBOOT REVIEW: “Law & Order: SVU”
> Until now, LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT has been unique to the franchise in not having undergone a periodic reshuffling of its cast. For 12 seasons, SVU had been the only one of the series to be star-driv...
THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/17/13
Football gave Almost Human a strong start last night. FOX: The network carefully set its preview of ALMOST HUMAN for a Sunday night where FOX had the late NFL game, and the result was a solid 3.1 for the pilot. Of course...
THANKSGIVING WEEK BOX OFFICE: “Frozen” Doesn’t Put Out “Fire”
Happy Thanksgiving to all! Wednesday was a great day for both THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (Lionsgate) and the new FROZEN (Disney), setting the stage for a sensational holiday box office weekend for the pair. Catchi...
THE SKED PILOT REPORT: NBC’s “The Playboy Club”
> 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 sh...
SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “The Monuments Men”
THE MONUMENTS MEN: Watch It At Home – George Clooney’s Film Is No Classic Work of Art George Clooney’s THE MONUMENTS MEN is a startlingly complete failure. It’s Clooney’s fifth film behi...
THE SKED: 1st Pre-Look At The CW’s New Dramas
>DISCLAIMER: These initial impressions are based on the clips (usually 3-5 minutes) released by the networks to use in their Upfront presentations and for promos. They’re chosen to sell the show, not to accurately r...
Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7/26/15
OPENINGS: PIXELS (Columbia/Sony) isn’t the first Adam Sandler movie to approach a $90M production budget–incredibly, the first Grown Ups reportedly cost that much–but as his audience shrinks, it becom...