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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 10.31.2021

  OPENINGS:  Taking the spotlight from higher-profile arrivals, the anime title MY HERO ACADEMIA: WORLD HEROES’ MISSION (Funimation) was the weekend’s highest-grossing newcomer with $6.4M, better than the $5.9...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Scandal”

  SCANDAL:  Thursday 10PM on ABC WHERE WE WERE:  Washington DC, where Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) is the best fixer around.  Not a lawyer (although she has a law degree), not a publicist (although she’s expert ...
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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The Americans”

  In its second season, THE AMERICANS continued to be a expertly crafted saga of betrayals, both political and personal.  Tonight’s chilling season finale, written by series creator Joe Weisberg and his co-showrunne...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 11.22-11.28.2021

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday November 22 through Sunday November 28, 2021. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Pro...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR: The First Back Orders

  NBC understandably wants to shout its early-season good tidings as loudly as possible, and to that end it’s given very quick back orders (9 additional episodes on top of the 13-episode initial order) to REVOLUTION,...
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The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 10.13.2018

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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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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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 12.18.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Primetime was led by ABC’s coverage of the JIMMY KIMMEL BOWL at 0.49, although that was outrated by the network’s afternoon INDEPENDENCE BOWL at 0.60.  The highest-rated show on broadcast...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 10.21.2018

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday October 20-21, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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FRIDAY JUNE 6 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #23 of 2014 looks like $165 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, 10% above the norm for this weekend and 15% above the same weekend last year.   Opening at 3,173 theaters, The F...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 1.9.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS jumped 0.16 to 0.49, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE rose 0.11 to 0.62, SUPERMARKET SWEEP climbed 0.14 to 0.55, and THE ROOKIE was up 0.08 to 0.40. CBS:  The netwo...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR – Week 3

  Another week’s worth of ratings are in, and once again, we ask:  what do we know now that we didn’t know a week ago? NEXT CALLER MUST HAVE BEEN A REALLY, REALLY BAD SHOW.  Last week NBC stopped production o...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Power”

  POWER:  Saturday 9PM on Starz Previously… on POWER:  James “Ghost” St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick) is secretly one of New York’s most successful narcotics distributors, as well as the owner of the ...
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ShowbuzzDaily Sundance 2022 Reviews: “Palm Trees and Power Lines,” “Am I OK?” and “Lucy and Desi”

  PALM TREES AND POWER LINES (no distrib):  Jamie Dack’s first feature film (from a script written with Audrey Findlay) means to unsettle, and it does.  17-year old Lea (Lily McInerny) is stuck in a dead-end Southe...
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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 10/19/12

  Eventually, every franchise runs out of steam.  (Although they sometimes pick it up again, like Bond James Bond.) OPENINGS:  PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 (Par) is off to a worse start than the last two in the series (the orig...
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