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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Thursday Cable Originals (and Network Update): 8.28.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Now that the preseason football preemptions have been scrubbed out of the network ratings, we can see that it was an ugly night for ABC, where a 2-hour episode of THE QUEST dropped 0.2 from last week t...
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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/28/14

  There were so many preemptions in local markets for NFL preseason games last night that it’s pointless to try and gauge the ratings at this point.  The numbers below are presented for the record, and we’ll t...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Defiance”

  In its second season, Syfy’s DEFIANCE continued to be erratic, although sometimes in a more satisfying way than in Season 1.  Under the helm of series co-creator and new showrunner Kevin Murphy (replacing fellow c...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Wednesday Cable Originals: 8.27.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  EXTANT lost its slight gain from this morning, down 0.1 in final numbers, and TAXI BROOKLYN fell by 0.1 as well. Below are ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts of the day, along ...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Divide”

  Hardly anyone in America watched THE DIVIDE this summer, and it wasn’t because the series was some kind of bleak, off-putting experiment in reinventing the form of television drama, taking pleasure in alienating al...
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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/27/14

  Another summer Wednesday, another night for Big Brother and America’s Got Talent. CBS:  BIG BROTHER remained at last week’s 2.3.  The two-hour helping of EXTANT was slightly up from last week with 1.1 in it...
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2014-15 TV Season

THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: CBS’s “Stalker”

  STALKER:  Wednesday 10PM on CBS starting October 1 – Change the Channel PLAYERS:  Series creator Kevin Williamson, of The Following, The Vampire Diaries and Scream fame.  Stars Maggie Q and Dylan McDermott, and ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Weekend Box Office Predictions AUGUST 29-31

Weekend #35 of 2014 is looking like $95 million for the top 12 films this weekend, up 11% from the norm for this weekend and on track to be the fifth up weekend in a row after six straight down weekends. Opening at around 2,500...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Tuesday Cable Originals: 8.26.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Both BACHELOR IN PARADISE and 20/20 climbed 0.1 in final network numbers. Below are the ratings in key demos for last night’s Top 25 original cable telecasts.  If there are any lower-rated series...
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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/26/14

  Another summer Tuesday that belonged to America’s Got Talent. ABC:  A special edition of BACHELOR IN PARADISE had the same 1.3 rating as Monday’s episode.  20/20 was down 0.1 from last week at 0.8. NBC:  B...
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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Tyrant”

  TYRANT wasn’t the summer’s worst show, but it’s been the most piercing disappointment of the mini-season,  wasting a potentially thrilling premise–behind the scenes at a Middle Eastern military d...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Monday Cable Originals: 8.25.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE EMMY AWARDS adjusted up to 4.2 in final numbers, still considerably below last year’s final 4.9. Below are the Top 25 cable originals from Monday night, with their ratings in key demos.  If t...
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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/25/14

  Maybe airing the Emmys on a Monday wasn’t such a great idea. NBC:  THE EMMY AWARDS, airing on a weeknight for the first time in decades, fell 0.5 from last year in preliminary numbers to 3.8.  (It’s current...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday Cable Originals and Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals: 8.24.2014

  SATURDAY CABLE:  The season premiere of DOCTOR WHO on BBCAmerica scored 0.85 in 18-49s, with 2.2M total viewers.  The premiere of INTRUDERS, airing afterward, lost most of that lead-in with 0.23/796K.  The DOCTOR WHO ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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2014-15 TV Season

THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: NBC’s “Constantine”

  CONSTANTINE:  Friday 10PM on NBC starting October 24 – If Nothing Else is On… (but also Incomplete) PLAYERS:  DC Comics.  Series creators Daniel Cerrone (a showrunner, although not creator, of Dexter) and ...
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