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SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “Now You See Me”

  NOW YOU SEE ME:  Watch It At Home – Don’t Look Too Closely A summer action movie, like a magic act, is only as good as its final trick, and the one in the relatively low-budget NOW YOU SEE ME (which this sea...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/31/13

  A steadily unimpressive night. CBS:  The season finale of MIKE & MOLLY, pushed back because of a tornado storyline, was all but buried among reruns on Thursday night, and it only managed a series-low 1.8, even below...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY MOVIE REVIEW: “After Earth”

  AFTER EARTH:  Not Even For Free – The Smith Family In Outer Space In AFTER EARTH, Will Smith plays Cypher Raige, an emotionally austere father who withholds affection from his son because of his doubt that the boy...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: NBC Renews “Hannibal” and Network TV Changes Some More

  NBC’s decision, announced today, to bring back its series HANNIBAL for a second season (probably again at midseason) provides some insight into how the network television business has changed, and will continue cha...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED AND CORRECTED: THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/29/13

  First, our abject apologies.  We were working from inaccurate ratings numbers this morning when this was first posted, and consequently our charts were off.  We’ll try to make sure that doesn’t happen again...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Psych”

  Tonight’s Season 7 finale of PSYCH promised at least a bit of a shake-up for Season 8, and even though it looks to be less extreme than it should have been and likely just temporary, it’s welcome.  7 seasons...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED NETFLIX REVIEW: “Arrested Development” (Episodes 4-7)

  See also:  THE SKED NETFLIX REVIEW:  “Arrested Development” (Episodes 1-3) A second helping of Netflix’s ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT includes 4 episodes that give a better feel for the scope and ingeniousnes...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS May 31-June 2

The 22nd weekend of the year is looking like a very good $186 million for the top 12 films, up 30% or more from the same weekend in previous years.    Opening at over 3,000 theaters Friday (a slightly above average theater co...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Weekly Cable and Broadcast Telecast Rankings

Updated cable and broadcast program rankings for the week ending Sunday and the prior week.  As the May sweep ends and repeats begin to dominate summer schedules, the length of the list begins to contract.  (Remember we are o...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/28/13

  Viewers had plenty to choose from in last night’s line-ups–and essentially chose none of it. NBC:  THE VOICE was the highest rated show of the night and it gave NBC the win, but its 3.0 rating marked its 7th...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: Liberace Draws A Crowd

  The same number of people–2.4 million–watched Sunday’s HBO premiere of BEHIND THE CANDELABRA, its Liberace biography directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, as watched...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports Ratings

The NBA playoffs are really starting to lose steam, as the games this weekend were generally about 30% down from last year (or about two full household rating points lower).  The ratings below are household ratings from the 56...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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UPDATED WITH CHARTS: THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/27/13

  Remember when The Voice was a big hit? NBC:  We won’t know until fall if it really means anything–certainly there are fewer people watching TV in general now that the regular season is over–but THE VOI...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: MONDAY Ratings Chart

Memorial Day 2013 on the broadcast networks, actually up over Memorial Day 2012 because NBC’s regular Monday schedule is extending into June this year.
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “The Goodwin Games”

  THE GOODWIN GAMES:  Monday 8:30PM on FOX Previously… on THE GOODWIN GAMES:  After the death of their father Benjamin (Beau Bridges), his estranged children–type-A surgeon Henry (Scott Foley), underperformer...
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