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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Da Vinci’s Demons”

The farther it gets from the historical person named Leonardo Da Vinci, the better Starz’s DA VINCI’S DEMONS tends to be as a series. In its 2d season, it went very far–all the way to South America, i...

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Maleficent” Loses A Bit of Magic, “A Million Ways” Still Dead

Based on preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere, MALEFICENT (Disney) gained just 6% on Saturday from its Friday start, not a great bump for a family movie, giving it around $25.5M on Saturday and a weekend that no...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “A Million Ways To Die In the West”

A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST: Not Even For Free – They Don’t Include “Die Laughing” Seth MacFarlane, out from behind his high-concept animated and fantasy premises, has a surprisingly retr...

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 5/30/14

OPENINGS: MALEFICENT (Disney) didn’t come cheap–with worldwide marketing, its price-tag will top $300M. But it seems to be money well spent, as its $24.2M Friday should propel it into a $70M+ weekend. I...

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FRIDAY MAY 30 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #22 of 2014 looks like $159 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, 16% above the norm for this weekend but -1% from last year. Opening at 3,948 theaters, Maleficent from Disne...

by Mitch Metcalf

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THE SKED Series Premiere Review: “Crossbones”

CROSSBONES: Friday 10PM on NBC – Potential DVR Alert Viewers of Starz’s Black Sails will find much that’s familiar in NBC’s summer pirate adventure CROSSBONES. We’re back in the Caribbea...

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Maleficent” Soars, “A Million Ways” Perishes

MALEFICENT (Disney) performed as well as its Thursday night start suggested it might, at the high-end of expectations according to preliminary Friday numbers at Deadline and elsewhere. The revisionist fairy tale surged...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Maleficent”

MALEFICENT: Watch It At Home – Only Jolie Casts a Spell The conflicting agendas driving the new MALEFICENT don’t leave much room for the movie itself. Like Wicked and Once Upon A Time, it’s a revisi...

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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Maleficent” Spreads Its Wings, “Million Ways” Dies

MALEFICENT (Disney) made it clear very quickly that it’s not going to play strictly as a family movie, earning a strong $4.2M in Thursday night screenings that began at 7PM. That’s better than the Thursday ...

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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK THURSDAY SCORECARD – 5/29/14

NETWORK UPDATE: Both GANG-RELATED and BLACK BOX went up 0.1 in final numbers, which is a bit heartening for GANG in particular, since it means the show went up–however slightly–from its premiere. Also up 0.1:...

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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Gang-Related”

GANG-RELATED: Thursday 9PM on FOX Previously… on GANG-RELATED: Ryan Lopez (Ramon Rodriguez) is an LAPD detective on the city’s inter-agency anti-gang task force, working for Sam Chapel (Terry O’Quin...

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THE SKED Pilot (+1) Review: “Undateable”

UNDATEABLE: Thursday 9PM on NBC – Change the Channel UNDATEABLE, whose episodes NBC is burning off two at a time on summer Thursday nights, may not be quite bad enough to earn the obvious “unwatchable”...

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NIELSENWAR: The Kevin Reilly Exit

The clock starts ticking on a network head’s job the second that he or she takes it, and today time ran out for Kevin Reilly, Entertainment Chairman of the FOX television network. (Everyone is being extremely civ...

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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK TUESDAY SCORECARD – 5/27/14

NETWORK UPDATE: The only changes were in reruns: NCIS rose 0.1 and both CW shows lost 0.1. TUESDAY CABLE: TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was in charge at 2.6. The NHL PLAYOFFS on NBC Sports Network WERE AT 0.6. THE ...

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THE SKED Pilot Review: “Halt and Catch Fire”

HALT AND CATCH FIRE: Sunday 10PM on AMC – Potential DVR Alert HALT AND CATCH FIRE won’t remind you much of The Social Network. (Or for that matter of Silicon Valley.) Set in 1983 Texas and written by fi...

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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Da Vinci’s Demons”

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Maleficent” Loses A Bit of Magic, “A Million Ways” Still Dead

SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “A Million Ways To Die In the West”

Behind the Friday Box Office – 5/30/14

FRIDAY MAY 30 Box Office Report

THE SKED Series Premiere Review: “Crossbones”

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Maleficent” Soars, “A Million Ways” Perishes

SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Maleficent”

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Maleficent” Spreads Its Wings, “Million Ways” Dies

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK THURSDAY SCORECARD – 5/29/14

THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Gang-Related”

THE SKED Pilot (+1) Review: “Undateable”

NIELSENWAR: The Kevin Reilly Exit

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK TUESDAY SCORECARD – 5/27/14

THE SKED Pilot Review: “Halt and Catch Fire”

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