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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/12/14

  Tina and Amy remained solid for the Golden Globes. NBC:  In time zone-adjusted numbers, the GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS scored a 6.5, up 0.1 from last year’s edition.  It was preceded by 2.8 for the ARRIVALS SPECIAL. CBS:  ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

2013 is turning into a photo finish.  The worldwide studio tallies below are for total box office performance of the films released wide sometime in 2013, so we are still counting up the figures for movies released late in the...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Bunheads”

A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and the production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have ha...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/27/14

  Viewers really wanted to see the Mother‘s side of the story. CBS:  The 200th episode of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, told from the Mother character’s point of view, leaped 0.7 to a season high 3.8, and seemed to perk ...
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Broadcast News & Late Night Series 1.25-1.31.2021

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 5: January 25-31, 2021 Broadca...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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NIELSENWAR: The Value of a Super Bowl, and Midseason, Part I

  Everyone knows that the Super Bowl is by far the highest rated show of each season, but what does it mean for a network’s big picture?  Here were the season-to-date averages for the broadcast networks as of a week...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: “Dallas”

  DALLAS – Wednesday 9PM on TNT:  If Nothing Else Is On…   DALLAS is a gusher, all right.  TNT’s disinterment of the 1980s blockbuster soap is loaded with so many emptily portentous glares and melo...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Dads”

  FOX executives have been swearing to anyone who’ll listen that DADS improved greatly after its much-panned early episodes, so it seemed appropriate to check back in with the show on the occasion of its back-to-back...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Broadcast News & Late Night Series 2.15-2.21.2021

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 8: February 15-21, 2021 Broadc...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY LA FILM FEST REVIEW: “Ruby Sparks”

  RUBY SPARKS:  Worth A Ticket – A Narrative Feat   Woody Allen is one of the most influential figures in modern independent film, but his ghost is usually evident in the many romantic comedy-dramas we get each...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SKEDBALL: Winter Olympic Ratings Update

NBC averaged a 4.8 adult 18-49 rating from 7:00-11:00 pm Sunday night in the preliminary fast nationals, although the final rating for Sunday’s coverage will probably be a 5.0 rating when the low-rated 7:00 half hour is e...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT — June 24 Update

Team Salem’s top pick (Pixar’s Brave) opened this weekend, helping increase the slate to $290 million, up almost $97 million from last week.  Meanwhile, continued strong business from Madagascar 3 and a few other...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 12/20/15

  OPENINGS:  Here’s the crazy thing about the official record-busting $238M weekend estimate for STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (Lucasfilm/Disney), which smashed the previous weekend record by more than 12%, and nearl...
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THE SKED Series Premiere Review: “Late Night With Seth Meyers”

  Lorne Michaels has controlled the post-Tonight Show slot on NBC for more than 20 years (and with Jimmy Fallon’s ascension, he now has The Tonight Show in his portfolio as well), and for the third consecutive time, ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE June 25-July 1

Another down week at the North American box office, although the declines are not severe as last week.  With the arrival of Spider-Man early this week and expected decent mid-week business for two solid openers this past weeke...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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