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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 11/2/14

  OPENINGS:  NIGHTCRAWLER (Open Road) and Ouija are in a dead heat for the weekend title, with Nightcrawler claiming a temporary $9000 edge at $10.909M.  We won’t know the real winner until tomorrow, but Ouija is a...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: SATURDAY Ratings 11.1.2014

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 skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ s...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Weekend Studio Estimates 10.31-11.2.2014

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #44 of 2014 looks like $82 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down 33% the norm for this weekend ($123 million), which admittedly does not usually have Halloween ruining it by f...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Nightcrawler” and “Ouija” Battle For Slow Weekend Title

  The movie business rebounded from Halloween on Saturday, with substantial gains for just about everything.  Somewhat surprisingly, the second weekend of OUIJA (Blumhouse/Universal) is challenging the new release NIGHTCR...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Chris Rock

  Chris Rock’s new movie Top Five is a breakthrough for him partly because in it, he finally manages to capture his stand-up comedy persona in a fully-fledged character.  It was too much to hope that SATURDAY NIGHT ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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FRIDAY 10.31.2014 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #44 of 2014 looks like $76 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down a big 38% the norm for this weekend ($123 million), which admittedly does not usually have Halloween ruining i...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.31.2014

  The networks found little that was tasty in their Halloween bags last night. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-3...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Nightcrawler” Says Boo!

  Halloween is a terrifying holiday for studios and theatre owners, because the young adult audience that both count on have better things to do that night–and it’s particularly bad when the holiday falls on a ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Constantine”

  CONSTANTINE:  Friday 10PM on NBC Previously… on CONSTANTINE:  John Constantine (Matt Ryan), a character who originated in DC Comics, is a demon-hunter, trying to regain his own soul (which he lost by allowing a y...
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR: Bring Out Your Dead! NBC Executes “Bad Judge” and “A To Z”

  After last night’s atrocious 0.9/0.7 pairing, it was clear that the writing on the wall for NBC’s BAD JUDGE and A TO Z was scrawled in blood.  The network chose Halloween afternoon to announce the burials. ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 10.30.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Things got a lot uglier for CBS once THURSDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL was removed from its affiliates’ ratings for the night.  Although THE BIG BANG THEORY held onto its 4.1 (season-low) rating, MOM fel...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.30.2014

  Welcome to November sweeps. 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 skews (wome...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Elementary”

  ELEMENTARY:  Thursday 10PM on CBS Nothing makes ELEMENTARY look better than the arrival of ABC’s Forever, an even more ersatz updated Sherlock Holmesisn procedural that features a fantastically knowledgeable Briti...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Mom”

  MOM:  Thursday 8:30PM on CBS MOM is a grittier brand of sitcom than CBS’s usual variety.  It features three generations of teen moms, and its lead characters, Christy Plunkett (Anna Faris) and her mother Bonnie (...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 10.29.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  WORLD SERIES GAME 7 adjusted up to 6.6 in final ratings.  Although the basketball in Chicago may be responsible for lowering THE 100 by 0.1, ARROW retained its morning rating.  On ABC, THE GOLDBERGS ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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