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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.17.2016

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NCIS season finale went up another 0.1 in final numbers, as did CHICAGO FIRE.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 12.4.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  We had PETER PAN LIVE this morning at 2.3, but other sites seemed to have the number at 2.4.  So depending on your starting point, it either gained 0.1 or stayed where it was, but in any case its 2.4 i...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Mistresses”

  MISTRESSES:  Monday 10PM on ABC There isn’t much mistressing going on in MISTRESSES at the dawn of the unapologetically frothy summer soap’s 4th season.  Having weathered the loss of marquee star Alyssa Mil...
by Mitch Salem
 
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FRIDAY OCTOBER 18 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #42 of 2013 looks like a pretty weak $93 million for the top 12 films, down 18% from the average for the same weekend the past few years. Opening at 3,157 theaters Friday, Carrie from So...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 5.17.2015

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.     YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +5% above last year and +7% above the average for this point the past four years ($3.249 billion)....
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.14.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING and SHARK TANK each gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did BLUE BLOODS.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLI...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Sessions”

Oscar buzz has been trailing THE SESSIONS (which was then called The Surrogate) since it was unveiled at Sundance in January, and with good reason.  For Academy members, it doesn’t get much better than a warm “base...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot Reports

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Escape At Dannemora”

  ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA:  Sunday 10PM on Showtime Although the star currency of producer/director Ben Stiller and leading players Benicio del Toro, Patricia Arquette and Paul Dano doubtless were responsible for the 7 hours ...
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Behind the Weekend Box Office – 3/30/14

  This weekend was fine… but just wait till next week. OPENINGS:  Polarizing, controversial, dark, revisionist, divisive–and a hit.  NOAH (Paramount/Regency) took in $44M in the US this weekend after a 16% Sa...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Bunheads”

  The second half of BUNHEADS‘s first (and potentially only) season seemed designed to drive even fans of Amy Sherman-Palladino a little crazy.  The auteur delights in having her characters dance on the head of conv...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s State of the Indies

  Now that we’ve looked through all the major and mini-major Hollywood studios (Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount, Sony, 20th Century Fox, Universal and Lionsgate/Summit) and examined their summers, today we’ll wr...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Rust and Bone”

‎ Jacques Audiard doesn’t do sentimental. His last film, A Prophet, had the clear-eyed view of crime and the dramatic heft of a French version of “The Wire,” and his new and very different drama RUST & B...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Ant-Man & The Wasp” Large, “The First Purge” Soft, “Sicario 2″” Drops & More

  ANT-MAN & THE WASP (Marvel/Disney) will be Marvel’s lowest-grossing 2018 release, but it was designed to have relatively minor stakes, and while it’s not in a league with Black Panther or Avengers: Infini...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: Renewal Fever Hits NBC; “Chicago” Pair, “Parks & Recreation” & “Grimm” Back

  ABC is now the only network with all its pick-up letters still in its pocket, as NBC announced that CHICAGO FIRE, CHICAGO PD and GRIMM are officially back for 2014-15.  Oddly, the network press release phrases the retur...
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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 5.21.2017

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2017 film slates by studio. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2017 to date is still +7% above last year and now +11% above the avera...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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