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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 9.24.2017

  OPENINGS: KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE (MARV/20th) took the weekend, but at $39M it was below Fox’s minimal target number of $40M.  Since sequels burn out faster than initial films in a series, Golden Circle will p...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Masters of Sex”

  MASTERS OF SEX:  Sunday 10PM on Showtime Previously… on MASTERS OF SEX:  In 1956, brilliant but arrogant and socially awkward fertility expert William Masters (Michael Sheen) prepares to start his trailblazing re...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 5/18/12

    Audiences sank Universal’s Battleship. OPENINGS:  There’s no way to spin the arrival of BATTLESHIP (Universal)  as anything other than a horribly expensive flop.  Its $9M opening day is even less th...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/3/12

A night of mostly declines. NBC: THE VOICE fell 0.3 to 3.9,  still the highest-rated show of the night.  BLAKE SHELTON’S NOT SO FAMILY CHRISTMAS held very well, with a 2.8 that was higher than several recent episodes of...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 03.26.2017

  OPENINGS:  The news was good and bad for POWER RANGERS (Lionsgate).  Its US opening was very solid at $40.5M (even if that number turns out to be a bit overstated, with an ambitious Sunday estimate).  But it carries a...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: No Parades For This Holiday

  Although ticket sales were up from July 4th, preliminary numbers at Deadline indicate that they remained very soft on Saturday, and in general, current releases will be at the low end of their weekend expectations.  Tha...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Update: 1.13.2016

      NETWORK UPDATE:  There was no news for SECOND CHANCE in final numbers.  However, MODERN FAMILY gained 0.1, and CODE BLACK lost the same.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE H...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “A Mann’s World”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots  A MANN’S WORLD isn’t the usual run of busted pilot.  Produced by Warner Bros for consideration by NBC, it’s quite skillfully written and directed by Michael Patrick ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE BIJOU: Weekend Boxoffice Footnotes – 10/23/11

> The Saturday drop for PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 turned out to be very much in line with Paranormal 2‘s.  Paramount is estimating a better Sunday hold than the second installment had; if the result is instead the same a...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Causeway” & “The Menu”

  CAUSEWAY (Apple – November 4):  After a decade as one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, there was reason to wonder whether the Jennifer Lawrence who first came to prominence with the Sundance movie Winter’...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Prisoners” Still In Front

  PRISONERS (Warners) had a strong Saturday at the box office, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline.  The dark thriller increased by 28% on its second day to $9M, and should reach $21-22M for the weekend.  That w...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Modern Family”

  After 4 seasons as a smash hit, MODERN FAMILY isn’t too concerned with creating forward momentum.  The show is better at what it does than just about anything else on television; the ratings may be down, but so ar...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY EMMY AWARDS LIVE BLOG

7 Welcome to SHOWBUZZDAILY’s live coverage of the 2013 Emmy Awards!  Will this be the year Netflix storms the barricades with House of Cards?  Will the Academy decide it can love a sit-com as much as it does Modern Fami...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “The White Queen”

  THE WHITE QUEEN:  Saturday 9PM on Starz Previously… on THE WHITE QUEEN:  Lady Elizabeth Woodville (Rebecca Ferguson) was a widow with two children who captured the lust, and then the heart, of England’s Kin...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “The League”

  In an era when even network sitcoms often try to Say Something Meaningful, let’s take a moment to appreciate THE LEAGUE, which devoted 7 prosperous seasons to ingeniously and hilariously being nothing but rude.  J...
by Mitch Salem