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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Billions”

  BILLIONS:  Sunday 10PM on Showtime The second season of Showtime’s financial intrigue soap BILLIONS isn’t in a tremendous hurry to get started.  The story picks up a few weeks after the Season 1 finale, eno...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.8.2015

  Things didn’t get much better for AMERICAN IDOL on its second night. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34,...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: More NBC Pick-Ups

  NBC has added 3 more series to its 2013-14 dance card, whether for fall or midseason we don’t yet know. CHICAGO PD is a spin-off of Chicago Fire, and it’s a remarkable sign of where network TV is right now th...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD 1.15.2015

  AMERICAN IDOL continued its slide. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skew...
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: FOX Trailer – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”

  One of FOX’s big moves for the fall is revamping its Tuesday 8-9PM comedies, shifting sharply in tone from last falls soft duo of Raising Hope and Ben & Kate to a more guy-oriented tone.  Seth MacFarlane’...
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: ABC Trailer – “Trophy Wife”

  ABC has started putting up its Upfront trailers for the network’s new series, so we’re going to chime in with some instant impressions.  As always, remember that a trailer isn’t necessarily a real sign...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10.13.2019

  OPENINGS:  THE ADDAMS FAMILY (BRON/MGM) proved to be a still-fertile source of IP with a solid $30.3M US start, and the cartoon should benefit from closed schools on Columbus Day for a robust 4-day weekend total.  Prod...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Resurrection”

  Rarely has a TV series crashed as quickly and completely as ABC’s RESURRECTION.  It premiered just 10 months ago with a 3.8 rating in the 18-49 demo, yet last week it managed only an 0.8 (actually up a tenth from ...
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: CW Promo – “Star-Crossed”

  The final bit of Upfronts material released by CW is a brief clip from its midseason series STAR-CROSSED, about an alien and a human in love. A group of nervous, ostracized teens (presumably the aliens) are bused into a ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SKEDBALL: March Madness TV Ratings through Second Thursday

Updated ratings for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament through the second Thursday of March Madness (the first night of the Regional Semifinals). Two games have been added to the CBS averages, and two games have been ad...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance 2015 Capsule Reviews

  Every year when I arrive at Sundance, I swear to myself that I’ll review each film there as soon as I’ve seen it, but after making the effort to keep up for the first day or two, a daily screening sched...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’s Fall TV Ratings Predictions – Thursday

  We’re continuing our survey of the fall primetime schedule (our merry band includes former head of NBC Scheduling Mitch Metcalf, former head of NBC Current Programming Ted Frank and myself) with Thursdays, when CBS...
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The Sked: MONDAY Ratings Chart

Memorial Day 2013 on the broadcast networks, actually up over Memorial Day 2012 because NBC’s regular Monday schedule is extending into June this year.
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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.22.2019

  Nielsen wasn’t in a hurry with today’s ratings. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2.20.2015

  Even in rerun form, SNL40 outperformed the usual NBC Friday line-up. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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