UNDATEABLE: Thursday 9PM on NBC – Change the Channel UNDATEABLE, whose episodes NBC is burning off two at a time on summer Thursday nights, may not be quite bad enough to earn the obvious “unwatchable”...
> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may hav...
> The holiday celebrations at the studios may have been a bit premature. Traditionally, the Tuesday after Christmas sees a 10-20% drop from Monday, and that number becomes the template for the rest of the holiday pe...
Valentine’s Day is an enormous moviegoing event each year, so it remains to be seen whether Friday’s brisk business will translate to the rest of the holiday weekend. OPENINGS: ABOUT LAST NIGHT (Screen Gems...
> There’s going to be a 7th game of the 2011 World Series, and when it’s over, either Texas or St. Louis will be the winner. The loser, though, will be NBC. GRIMM, the network’s last chance for a new fall hit ...
DECEPTION: Monday 10PM on NBC – Change the Channel Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a beautiful young woman returns to the Long Island estate of the family she knew when she was growing up, becomi...
OPENINGS: THE POST (DreamWorks/Reliance/Participant/20th) expanded to wide release with $18.6M over 3 days (which should become $22M with Monday). That’s a bit better than the $15.4M 3-day start for Steven Spie...
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: THE BACHELOR rose 0.08 to 0.59, and THE GOOD DOCTOR returned from a week off up a tick to 0.30. CBS: Returning from a rerun week, THE NEIGHBORHOOD gained 0.04 to 0.56, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA climbe...
>With the kind permission of Crushable.com, the following are excerpts from a recent interview conducted by Celine Geiger of Crushable with Alicen Schneider as part of their Hollywood Jobs feature. How did you get started...
EXTANT: Wednesday 10PM on CBS Although EXTANT survived to a second season (due at least in part to its lucrative Amazon streaming deal), no one involved fooled themselves that it was going very well, as critical respon...
No one will ever confuse the ratings for MAD MEN with those of TRUE BLOOD, but it was the former moving in the right direction with its season finale last night. The Season 5 finale was the show’s highest rated, with wh...
> Deadline has preliminary numbers for Friday, and they suggest BREAKING DAWN PART 1 will continue to narrowly edge out the opening weekend of New Moon in 2009, with a $73.5M Friday (compared to $72.7M for New Moon). If t...
NETWORK FINALS: WWE SMACKDOWN gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was a...