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SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “Late Night” & “Paradise Hills”

  LATE NIGHT (Amazon):  It’s legitimate to note that the thoroughly mainstream and commercial Late Night belonged at Sundance just about as much as The Devil Wears Prada would have, since to a large extent it transp...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Midseason Finale

THE SKED Midseason Finale Review: “Suits”

  SUITS is USA Network’s last remaining scripted hit, yet it finds itself in a bind:  with tonight’s midpoint of Season 4, it’s taken its original premise–Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams) having been h...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 7.30.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s telecast of UFC PRELIMS was at 0.23.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.20.    Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Discovery’s SHARK WEEK c...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Current Release

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY HOLIDAY MOVIE GUIDE

  The year-end movies are almost all out now (2012’s final limited release, PROMISED LAND, opens on Friday), so here’s a handy capsule guide to what’s worth seeing at the multiplex-and what isn’t. ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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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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Articles

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 8.21.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.46, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD dropped 0.05 to 0.52, THE $100,000 PYRAMID ticked up to 0.45, and THE FINAL STRAW was up a tick to 0.30. CBS:  BI...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS January 4-6

The first weekend of 2013 should total about $117 million for the top 12 films, somewhat below average for a normally sluggish weekend as life and movie-going returns to normal.  Texas Chainsaw 3D has the most promise of the f...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Film Festival

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto 2014 Review: “Clouds of Sils Maria”

  CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA (IFC):  no release date scheduled – Watch It At Home Olivier Assayas is a dazzlingly ambitious filmmaker, determined to do something totally different with each project he undertakes.  The re...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 9.15.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of PRESS YOUR LUCK was steady at 0.43, and the season finale of GENERATION GAP gained 0.02 to 0.32.  An episode of TRUTH & LIES was at 0.21. CBS:  After reruns at 0.29/0.23...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

The Oscar Nominations

  In any given year, there are perhaps 15 movies that can even be seriously entertained in a Best Picture conversation, so with the combination of a potential 10 Oscar nominees under the new rules and the weeks of prelimin...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Strong Saturday for “No Good Deed,” “Dolphin Tale 2″” and “The Drop”

  NO GOOD DEED (Screen Gems/Sony) held better than expected on its 2d day of release and better than Obsessed did in 2009, and that guarantees the Idris Elba/Taraji P. Henson thriller the weekend win.  Based on preliminar...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 9.29.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals with NFL TNF UPDATE

[Broadcast chart updated with Amazon Prime Video NFL Thursday Night Football]     BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE special at 0.48, a run of the movie HOCUS POCUS (tying in with the new Disne...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/16/18

American Idol isn’t scary anymore. FOX:  As Mitch Metcalf detailed this morning, AMERICAN IDOL‘s 6.0 season debut–while obviously still a huge number for any network series–was down 1.4 ratings points f...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot Reports

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Pitch”

  PITCH:  Thursday 9PM on FOX – Potential DVR Alert Dan Fogelman is a busy man.  He’s not only the creator of This Is Us, which debuted strongly two nights ago, he’s also co-creator (with Rick Singer) ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

SHOWBUZZDAILY Network Scorecard – 9.21.2014

  Almost there… CBS:  The network used the eve of the fall TV season to launch MADAM SECRETARY.  The night started with a big boost from the 8.3 overtime of the Seattle/Denver Super Bowl rematch, which went into pr...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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