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THE SKED: Friday Ratings Projections

> A few notes: these projections are for original episodes (no repeats) aired in the 4th quarter of 2011.  Series premieres will likely be .3-.4 higher, thanks to network marketing pushes, and then tend to go down over tim...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEEKDAY BOX OFFICE UPDATE JUNE 20-21

>Green Lantern has grossed $10.1 million Monday-Tuesday, representing 19.0% of its opening weekend tally.  This is a solid first weekday number and indicates the potential to decline slightly better than average in its sec...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK FRIDAY SCORECARD – 6/27/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Both WHAT WOULD YOU DO? and 20/20 climbed by 0.1.  There was no good news for CROSSBONES. FRIDAY CABLE:  It was a happy night for The Disney Channel, which premiered GIRL MEETS WORLD to a strong 1.3 r...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: Writers Guild TV Nominations Announced

  Picking five dramas as the best of television (or “television,” as it’s more properly referred to these days) is a tough task, and the Writers Guild just announced its nominees, all of them worthy and y...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/17/13

  Daylight Savings Time only made ABC’s Sunday troubles worse. ABC:  It’s getting harder to label ONCE UPON A TIME as a “hit,” with last night’s episode tying its series-low 2.2 and the num...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot Reports

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “BrainDead”

  BRAINDEAD:  Monday 10PM on CBS – Potential DVR Alert The Good Wife was always as much about politics as the law.  And while it was officially a serious drama that dealt with Big Issues, Dark Themes and Edgy Chara...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/30/12

> SMASHWatch demands to know why “Bombshell” didn’t get any Tony nominations today.  NBC:  Last night’s SMASH encapsulated its season.  The episode began with high promise (a buoyant ̶...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Werner Herzog’s “Into the Abyss”

> Welcome to SHOWBUZZDAILY’s coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival, where the reviews will be as plentiful as we can cram into a week. TIFF started things off on a less-than-festive note with Werner Herzog&#...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “The Killing”

  THE KILLING:  Sunday 9PM on AMC By its second season, THE KILLING was as ridiculed as any serious drama on television this side of Smash.  There were its mannerisms–just how many flights to her fiancee in Califor...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “The Affair”

  THE AFFAIR:  Sunday 10PM on Showtime THE AFFAIR was one of last year’s most confounding shows.  It was at once carefully observed and gimmicky, precise and willfully vague, compulsively watchable and annoying. Th...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Current Release

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “That’s My Boy”

THAT’S MY BOY:  Not Even For Free – Low-Rent Even For Sandler   THAT’S MY BOY is 116 minutes long.  I mention that up front because, for those of us who consider time spent watching Adam Sandler movies ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/3/12

> America wasn’t in the mood for scripted drama. NBC:  The network replaced the deceased Chuck with the reality show WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? and could only pull a 4th place 1.1 in the hour (admittedly a bit better ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.2.2018

  Both of the night’s newcomers held well. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Film Festival

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Seven Psychopaths”

  Few movies are as wholeheartedly dedicated to meta-ness as Martin McDonagh’s SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS.  The title of the movie is also the title of the script its main character Marty (Colin Farrell)–which, I belie...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEEKEND ACTUALS: Hanna Sneaks Into Second Place at the Wire

>  Compared to the Sunday Studio Estimates, the actual weekend numbers were actually a touch higher for Hanna, while lower (which is more typical as studios often “round up” on Sundays) for Soul Surfer, Arthur, an...
by Mitch Salem
 
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