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Fall Pilots

THE SKED FALL PILOT REPORT: ABC’s “Super Fun Night”

  Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here and Midseason Pilot Reports here. SUPER FUN NIGHT:  Wednesday 9:30PM on ABC starting October 2 – If Nothing Else Is On… Anyone who’s seen Rebel Wilson confidently w...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Ray Donovan”

RAY DONOVAN:  Sunday 9PM on Showtime Showtime has been having an awful summer, marked by the abject failure of I’m Dying Up Here and Twin Peaks, an 18-hour stunt that is filling the tiniest of niches.  (The soon-to-re...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 5/17/15

  OPENINGS:  PITCH PERFECT 2 (Gold Circle/Universal) blew past even the highest of expectations, outgrossing the entire US run of its predecessor with a $70.3M weekend, and proving not to be all that frontloaded with a 12...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/18/13

  The really interesting numbers last night are likely to be on cable, with the roaring Breaking Bad airing against the season finale of True Blood. FOX:  NFL PRESEASON FOOTBALL (Indianapolis at NY Giants) scored a prelim...
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Articles

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Hitman’s Bodyguard” Shoots Down “Logan Lucky”

  THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD (Summit/Lionsgate) is off to a mild late-August start, but it will be enough to win the quiet weekend.  Preliminary numbers at Deadline have opening day at $8.1M (including $1.7M from Thursd...
by Mitch Salem
 
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AUDIENCE MAP: CW Primetime Full 2014-2015 Season

The AUDIENCE MAP series continues with a look back at the complete 2014-2015 television season.  The CW’s primetime lineup is shown below.  As a reminder, the programs are arranged by broadcast schedule, with each show...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Weekly Network Ratings & Summer to Date Standings

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). With two preseason NFL games this past week (Friday and Saturday), CBS jumped to the top of the networ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Current Release

TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW: “Gravity”

  It’s not really a surprise to see Alfonso Cuaron join James Cameron, Martin Scorsese and Ridley Scott in that small group of film artists who have made 3D part of the essential toolbox of their imagery (no, Baz Luh...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “iZombie”

  The existence of the strikingly similar (in premise) Stitchers provides some perspective on the imagination and skill that’s gone into IZOMBIE.  Both shows involve young women who temporarily enter the minds of th...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

The Sked: THURSDAY Ratings Charts

Thursday ratings last night, last year and last week.  CBS and ABC ratings subject to significant change (up to 0.4 rating point) due to pre-emptions in New York (WCBS) and Boston (WCVB ABC) for the Jets-Patriots game aired na...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Reviews

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Finding Carter”

  MTV’s FINDING CARTER is another high-concept series challenged by its concept losing some of its height.  The original impetus for the story was teenager Carter (Kathryn Prescott) being rescued from a kidnapping a...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

SHOWBUZZDAILY EMMY AWARDS LIVE BLOG

7 Welcome to SHOWBUZZDAILY’s live coverage of the 2013 Emmy Awards!  Will this be the year Netflix storms the barricades with House of Cards?  Will the Academy decide it can love a sit-com as much as it does Modern Fami...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Parks & Recreation”

  PARKS & RECREATION:  Thursday 8PM on NBC PARKS & RECREATION had a much better time in London than Elementary.  The marvelous never-a-hit comedy, starting its improbable 6th season, brought most of the cast over...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.30.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 8PM rerun of MODERN FAMILY lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News dominated Tue...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Pilot Reports

THE SKED Series Premiere Review: “Super Fun Night”

  SUPER FUN NIGHT:  Wednesday 9:30PM on ABC – Change the Channel ABC’s decision to bury the original pilot for its Rebel Wilson vehicle SUPER FUN NIGHT isn’t unheard-of, but it’s certainly no mark ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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