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THE SKED: Midseason News for How I Met Your Mother, Hannibal and More

  The broadcast networks continue to finalize their midseason plans, and today CBS and NBC presented some of their decisions. HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER will bring its 9 year run to a close with a 1-hour finale on Monday, March...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEDNESDAY BOX OFFICE: “Anchorman 2″” Stays Classy

  Early numbers for the opening day of ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES (Paramount) give it $8.1M (including $2.3M from Tuesday night shows).  It continues to run ahead of Wednesday openers This Is The End ($7.8M) and We...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/18/13

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The BARBARA WALTERS 10 MOST FASCINATING PEOPLE special gained 0.1, going out on a high note with 2.2.  In addition, the Celine Dion HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS special picked up 0.1, bringing it to a still-low...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Mob City”

  Frank Darabont has had a busy couple of weeks, although not necessarily in a good way.  He launched TNT’s MOB CITY, his first project since being thrown off AMC’s The Walking Dead after less than two seasons...
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Weekend Box Office Predictions DECEMBER 20-22

The 51st weekend of the year is looking like $141 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, above last year’s similar weekend but -7% below the multi-year average for this weekend. Opening at around 3,450 theaters today...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “The Wolf of Wall Street”

  THE WOLF OF WALL STREET:  Buy A Ticket – Scorsese’s Boisterous Epic of Bottomless Greed The key sequence in Martin Scorsese’s THE WOLF OF WALL STREET arrives about 2 hours into its 3-hour length.  (No...
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TUESDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Anchorman 2″” Starts Strong

  In shows that started at 9PM last night, Will Ferrell and his ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES (Paramount) crew pulled in $2.3M.  That’s ahead of the $2.2M earned by This Is the End and $1.7M for We’re the ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/17/13

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Little excitement in the final numbers.  THE VOICE gained 0.1 for a 4.0 total, still substantially below last year’s fall finale.  On CBS, NCIS and PERSON OF INTEREST also both added 0.1, and a co...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”

  ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES:  Watch It At Home – Fun But Overextended Silliness ANCHORMAN 2:  THE LEGEND CONTINUES runs 119 minutes, which is rather too much of a not-bad thing (the original Anchorman, in 2...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Sunday Cable Ratings Scorecard – 12/15/13

  SHOWTIME:  The season finale of HOMELAND climbed by 300K total viewers and 0.1 in the 18-49 demo to 2.4M/0.9.   The MASTERS OF SEX finale was more subdued, holding even at 1.2M total viewers but declining 0.4 in the ...
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/16/13

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The only ratings adjustments were due to local football coverage in Detroit and Cincinnati.  On NBC, THE VOICE held onto its 3.3, but THE SING-OFF dropped 0.2 to 2.0, while at ABC, THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LI...
by Mitch Salem
 
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OSCARLAND: The Critics Choice Nominations

  The Broadcast Film Critics Association and their “Critics Choice” awards seem on the whole way too eager to please, desperate to have as many movies and stars in their tent (and on their CW awards telecast) a...
by Mitch Salem
 
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NIELSENWAR: The End of Fall

  With a few scattered exceptions, over the next couple of days the broadcast networks will shut down their regular series for breaks that will range from 2 to 12 weeks, for all intents and purposes ending the “fall&...
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THE SKED: Homeland & Masters of Sex Finale Ratings

  Preliminary numbers from last night’s season finale have HOMELAND setting a new series record with 2.4M total viewers for its initial airing (an additional 500K tuned in for the re-broadcast later in the evening).�...
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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday December 14 and Sunday December 15, 2013. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television popu...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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