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SUMMER BOXOFFICE BEGINS: “Iron Man 3” Starts Its Foreign Campaign

You might think we’re still a week away from the beginning of the summer movie season, but if you were overseas, you’d be wrong. IRON MAN 3 (Disney) has already started its run in a dozen foreign territorie...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/24/13

The night before Sweeps was a dim one. FOX: AMERICAN IDOL lost 0.2, for a 3.2 that was 0.1 above its series low and just half a point above Survivor. ABC: HOW TO LIVE WITH YOUR PARENTS (FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE) sur...

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS April 26-28

The two openers this weekend will be forgotten in several days or weeks, while Oblivion has a good chance of staying at #1 in its second weekend and 42 will be the other holdover still above the significant $10 million weekend ...

by Mitch Metcalf

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THE SKED NETFLIX REVIEW: “Hemlock Grove” (Episodes 1-3)

If Netflix is going to be the 21st-century version of a “network,” its content will eventually have to include all sorts of genres–and the quality, inevitably, will vary as well. There may be high-cla...

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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/23/13

Even The Voice lost momentum on a very blah night for network television. NBC: THE VOICE tumbled 0.6 to 4.0, its lowest rating of the spring cycle. After that, the final scheduled airing of READY FOR LOVE held even, ...

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Box Office Year to Date Scorecard — New Format

Looking at wide-release films in North America (those that play on at least 400 screens at some point), 2013 now totals $2.37 billion, down 15% from 2012 and down 8% from the prior four-year average 2009-2012. Each year-to-da...

by Mitch Metcalf

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THE SKED: NBC Losing its “Revolution”

This morning, preliminary ratings had NBC’s REVOLUTION tying its series-low 2.2 rating. But that turned out to be the good news. When final numbers were released this afternoon, Revolution fell an unusually hea...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED’S FRI-MON CABLE SCORECARD – 4/19-22/13

FRIDAY STARZ; In its second week, DA VINCI’S DEMONS lost half its premiere rating, falling to a 0.2 in 18-49s and half a million total viewers. Starz strenuously asserts that this is primarily due to viewers wa...

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Weekly Cable and Broadcast Rankings

A fairly typical week at the top of the adult 18-49 rankings, with The Voice the top broadcast network program and Duck Dynasty the top cable entry. But the riveting events in Boston last week also had an impact in the mi...

by Mitch Metcalf

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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/22/13

Even with a slip from last week, Mondays still belong to The Voice. NBC: THE VOICE was down 0.4 from last week, a number that nevertheless doubled the next-highest rated show of the night. Currently REVOLUTION is at ...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Defiance”

DEFIANCE: Monday 9PM on Syfy Previously… on DEFIANCE: Now that the usual post-apocalyptic interstellar warfare is over, a variety of alien races live alongside the remaining humans on Earth. In the town that ...

by Mitch Salem

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Sign of the Times 2: Netflix the Network

The other notable story of the day was contained in Netflix’s 1st Quarter 2013 financial report, which showed that the company grew by 3 million subscribers during that period (2M in the US and 1M more internationa...

by Mitch Salem

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Signs of the Times I: Don’t Forget About it, Jake. It’s China.

In an entertainment universe changing with bewildering speed, two stories today spoke to the difficulties and opportunities of old and new media. First, let’s take a look at what’s happening to the traditio...

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports Ratings — NBA Playoffs Start Solidly; MLB Strikes Out

This weekend, the NBA playoffs got off to a solid start, with the eight games across two days and three networks up 6% from the same time periods last year. The Lakers, Heat and Celtics/Knicks all broke a 3.5 household rating...

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THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “Rectify”

RECTIFY: Monday 10PM on Sundance Channel (2-hour premiere at 9PM on April 22) Taking a leaf from the Hollywood studio playbook, Sundance Channel is promoting its new series RECTIFY as being “from the producers of...

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SUMMER BOXOFFICE BEGINS: “Iron Man 3” Starts Its Foreign Campaign

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/24/13

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS April 26-28

THE SKED NETFLIX REVIEW: “Hemlock Grove” (Episodes 1-3)

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/23/13

Box Office Year to Date Scorecard — New Format

THE SKED: NBC Losing its “Revolution”

THE SKED’S FRI-MON CABLE SCORECARD – 4/19-22/13

Weekly Cable and Broadcast Rankings

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/22/13

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Defiance”

Sign of the Times 2: Netflix the Network

Signs of the Times I: Don’t Forget About it, Jake. It’s China.

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports Ratings — NBA Playoffs Start Solidly; MLB Strikes Out

THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “Rectify”

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