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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/15/12

The summer reality shows keep grinding away. NBC:  The live hour of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT had the highest number of the night with 2.2 (no bump from its pre-Olympics Wednesday), but it was sandwiched between a pair of 1.3...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED NETFLIX REVIEW: “House of Cards” (Full Season)

  It took me just under 6 weeks to get through the 13 hours of HOUSE OF CARDS, the first original Netflix series.  That’s a little less than half the time a regular weekly run would have taken, although nowhere near...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Shameless”

  In its 5th season, SHAMELESS recognized that some of its younger Gallaghers were now old enough to be corrupted, which resulted in strong storylines for Carl (Ethan Cutkosky), whose drug dealing ended up putting him (and...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/15/12

> Football is like crack for TV networks. FOX:  The NY Giants/Green Bay playoff game was massive, and since it ran until 8:12PM on the east coast, the giant SIMPSONS number, currently a 6.8, will end up adjusted.  Giv...
by Mitch Salem
 
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New Year’s Eve Box Office Update

  As was the case last Sunday, the weekend holiday has meant that estimates for New Year’s Day (which are all over the place, from 5% down to 40% up) are no more than speculative, and there are only fragmentary inter...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Metro”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots The word was that Stephen Gaghan’s pilot METRO was in serious consideration for NBC’s schedule until the very end (conventional wisdom has it that the final choice came down to Metro...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Vikings”

  VIKINGS:  Thursday 10PM on History The season 2 premiere of VIKINGS neatly demonstrated the series’ knack for straddling brawny historical action and engrossing historical soap.  Written by series creator Michael...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Spectre,” “Peanuts Movie” Mow Down Newcomers

  No one expected this weekend’s soft new arrivals to come near last week’s holdovers, and they’re not.  LOVE THE COOPERS (CBS/Lionsgate) is at least creditable, according to preliminary numbers at Deadl...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Low Winter Sun”

  LOW WINTER SUN:  Sunday 10PM on AMC Previously… on LOW WINTER SUN:  Detroit Detective Frank Agnew (Mark Strong), along with fellow Detective Joe Geddes (Lennie James), have murdered Geddes’s partner, a thir...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: A Lot of Silence

  All four of this weekend’s wide releases began with Thursday night screenings last night, but only KICK-ASS 2 (Universal) reported the results.  Kick Ass 2 started with a $1.3M Thursday (screenings started at 8PM)...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark”

  DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK – Not Even For Free:  No, Really–Don’t Be Afraid     FilmDistrict has gone out of its way to identify co-writer/co-producer Guillermo del Toro with DON’...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Behind the Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 5/4/14

  OPENINGS:  As summer kick-off weekends go, the $92M for THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Sony)–which may go down by $1M or so in final numbers tomorrow, given an aggressively high Sunday estimate–was pretty mild.  I...
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/19/12

>Some new arrivals didn’t get anyone excited. NBC: This year’s CELEBRITY APPRENTICE freak-show made its entrance onto the scene, down 0.2 from last year’s premiere despite the boosted lead-in of a Voice repeat...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot Reports

PREMIERING TONIGHT: SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot Review – “Black-ish”

  BLACK-ISH:  Wednesday 9:30PM on ABC – Worth A Look   PLAYERS:  Star and Executive Producer Anthony Anderson, and recurring guest star/EP Laurence Fishburne.  (And Executive Producer Larry Wilmore, although...
by Mitch Salem
 
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US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 4.11.2021

  OPENINGS:  The only new arrival in wide US release was the woebegone VOYAGERS (Lionsgate), which got a minimal push from its studio and opened at a low $1.4M, fated for $5M or so in the US. The major new international o...
by Mitch Salem
 
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