INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through May 12
Updated international box office chart.
THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: CBS Picks Up “Friends With Better Lives”
CBS continues to trickle out its new series orders, and the latest to be announced is the sitcom FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES, about friends who each envy the others, with a cast that includes James Van Der Beek, Brooklyn D...
THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: The New NBC Schedule(s) – Instant Analysis & Grids
NBC’s formal Upfront presentation isn’t until tomorrow, but the network has already released both its Fall and Midseason 2013-14 schedules. Let’s dig right in. FALL MONDAY: 8PM: THE VOICE 10...
BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 5/12/13
Mothers Day made for a happy holiday at the multiplex. OPENINGS: The Marketing department did its job extremely well, and THE GREAT GATSBY (Warners) overperformed to the tune of $51.1M for the weekend. However, the 9...
THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: “Late Night” To Be With Seth Meyers
Perhaps the worst-kept secret in recent network history is one no longer, as NBC officially announced today that it will be fellow former Saturday Night Live Weekend Update host Seth Meyers who will take over from Jimmy ...
THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: CBS Picks Up “Reckless”
The latest CBS drama pick-up for 2013-14 comes a bit out of left field: RECKLESS, a legal soap about an illicit romance between a defense attorney (Cam Gigandet) and a prosecutor (Anna Wood) against the background of a...
WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES May 10-12
Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #19 of 2013 looks like $152 million for the top 12 films, about the same as the $151 million estimate yesterday. Iron Man 3 picked up the pace with a very strong s...
THE SKED REVIEW: SNL With Kristen Wiig
Watching the parade of Kristen Wiig’s Greatest Hits that marked her return to SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE as tonight’s host, you could be forgiven for wishing you missed her more. For all her great talent, Wiig had...
THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Vegas”
There was a sequence late in the one and only season of VEGAS that suggested what the show could have been. It wasn’t a big deal: deputy sheriff Dixon Lamb (Taylor Handley) needed a favor from the entertainment...
BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 5/10/13
OPENINGS: THE GREAT GATSBY (Warners) opened about as well as Warners could have hoped with a $19.8M Friday (including Thursday night). Mothers Day is traditionally a big ticketselling day, especially for femal...
THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/10/13
Last night was Battle of the Canceled Shows. CBS: Even though UNDERCOVER BOSS was up a robust 0.4 to 1.6 as a lead-in, the last episode of VEGAS only managed to hold even at 0.9. The season finale of BLUE BLOODS was ...
FRIDAY MAY 10 BOX OFFICE REPORT
Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #19 of 2013 looks like $151 million for the top 12 films, below the same weekend last year but above the four-year average for the weekend. Iron Man 3 remains #1 in its second weekend,...
THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Touch”
If there was a way to turn its premise into a TV series worth watching, TOUCH didn’t find it. The show tried very different approaches in its two seasons, but FOX’s cancellation notice this week closed the ...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Person of Interest”
The all-knowing Machine at the heart of PERSON OF INTEREST turned positively chatty in last night’s Season 2 finale, providing real-time advice and assistance via phone and text services to just about anyone who as...
THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: ABC Pick-Ups
ABC is in need of a lot of help next season, and it’s ordered a ton of product for its shelves, with 5 new comedies and 7 dramas on tap. (The network also renewed The Neighbors, Nashville and Suburgatory among th...