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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Barry”

  BARRY:  Sunday 10:30PM on HBO – Potential DVR Alert The buzz is that HBO’s BARRY is a series that changes quite a bit from its pilot, so we’ll keep this short and return to the series later in its 8-ep...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK MONDAY SCORECARD – 5/19/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE MAYA RUDOLPH SHOW didn’t start until 10:01PM, so it went down 0.1 while THE VOICE gained that much.  In terms of the future viability of a regular Maya Rudolph series (the special was more or...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE: 10/5/12

  Liam Neeson, superstar. OPENINGS:  TAKEN 2 (20th) is on track for an opening in the high-$40Ms, which would make it the biggest weekend #1 since late July’s 2nd weekend of The Dark Knight Rises.  Since the movie ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Slap”

  THE SLAP:  Thursday 8PM on NBC – Potential DVR Alert THE SLAP is strikingly different from everything else on broadcast television–it’s unusual even by cable standards, with an indie film, non-genre m...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Krampus” Comes To Town On Slow Post-Holiday Weekend

  We’re in the 2-week void between Thanksgiving and the Awakening of the Force, and the low-budget KRAMPUS (Legendary/Universal) is the weekend’s only major studio arrival.  According to preliminary numbers at...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: The Fall Schedule So Far

With CBS still in the wings, here’s the Fall Network TV Schedule as we know it for now:     Later this week, SHOWBUZZDAILY will have something you won’t find anywhere else:  projected ratings for the enti...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “The Guard”





Our Review / 5 - Terrible
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Friday Box Office: “Dunkirk” Victorious, “Girls Trip” Strong, “Valerian” Crashes

  There’s a reason why Christopher Nolan may be, along with James Cameron, the last filmmaker who can truly demand blank checks from Hollywood.  His WWII recreation DUNKIRK (Warners), devoid of name stars (apologies...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.22.2019

  The WORLD SERIES didn’t disrupt the other networks very much. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH — Update through February 19

>Over halfway through the February ratings sweep, the broadcast networks continue to exhibit very different strategies in allocating their precious on-air promotion time to market and launch new programs as well as supporting t...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “SpongeBob” Squeezes “Jupiter” & “Seventh Son” Dry

  A trio of movie fantasies opened on Friday, and only one survived.  In fact, THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER (Nickelodeon/Paramount) thrived, outperforming expectations according to preliminary numbers at Deadl...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 2.21.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR gained 0.02 to 0.67.  The final ABC episode of PROMISED LAND (its remaining episodes will run on Hulu) was up 0.03 to 0.18. CBS:  After sitcom reruns at 0.51/0.40, BIG BROTHER: CELE...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Friday Network Scorecard – 12/6/13

  An atypical night of programming on CBS helped out the competition. NBC:  Everything on the line-up was up:  DATELINE by 0.2 to 1.4, GRIMM by 0.3 to 1.6 and even DRACULA by 0.2 to 1.1. ABC:  A strong night here as wel...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce”

  GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE:  Tuesday 10PM on Bravo – If Nothing Else Is On… Bravo has established a very successful brand for itself in the unscripted realm, notably with the Real Housewives franchi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Project Nim”

  PROJECT NIM:  Worth A Ticket – If You Can Stand It   At first I wondered why on earth Fox Searchlight hadn’t grabbed James Marsh’s documentary PROJECT NIM at Sundance, to serve as an unofficial pr...
by Mitch Salem