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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 4/12/13

  OPENINGS:  After a painful post-Hobbit winter, Warners was in dire need of a hit, and Jackie Robinson became its great American hero, as 24 (Warners) had a very strong $9.1M opening day.  Word of mouth should be on the...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/12/13

  No good news for the shows that most needed it. ABC:  The second week of HAPPY ENDINGS‘ Big Friday Dump was even worse than the first, its two half-hours scoring 0.8/0.6, down from last week’s 1.1/1.0.  Cre...
by Mitch Salem
 
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FRIDAY APRIL 12 BOX OFFICE REPORT

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #15 of 2013 is looking like $104 million for the top 12 films, down just a few percentage points from the same weekend in prior years.  Two films opened this weekend.  A sports drama p...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Upstream Color”

  UPSTREAM COLOR:  Worth A Ticket – But Not If You Require Coherent Plotting I’d be lying if I said I really knew what the hell was going on in UPSTREAM COLOR, and yet the experience of watching it was surpris...
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THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: “Da Vinci’s Demons”

  DA VINCI’S DEMONS:  Friday 9PM on Starz – If Nothing Else Is On… Starz has been searching for a signature original series it can call its own, especially now that Homeland has brought Showtime, arguabl...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/11/13

  With the other 3 networks in reruns, FOX and NBC prospered. FOX:  An “event” GLEE that dealt (albeit in a superficial, gimmicky way) with the issue of school shootings gave the show a 2.4, an increase of 0.4...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Hannibal”

  HANNIBAL:  Thursday 10PM on NBC 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,...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Go On”

  GO ON is a genuine bubble show–not just in its ratings (which are strong when it has The Voice as a lead-in and barely acceptable when it doesn’t), but in its quality.  The series wobbles from episode to epi...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Jackie Robinson & Branch Rickey: Thoughts on 42 from a Lifelong Dodger Fan

In the movie 42, Jackie Robinson (played by Chadwick Boseman) repeatedly asks Branch Rickey why he is breaking baseball’s unwritten whites-only rule.  Rickey (played by Harrison Ford) gives very vague, unsatisfying resp...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/10/13

  Has American Idol finally leveled out? FOX:  After 3 weeks of consecutive drops that brought the show down 0.7 from a month ago, AMERICAN IDOL was up a tick last night to 3.2.  That’s still a full point below its...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “How To Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)”

  HOW TO LIVE WITH YOUR PARENTS (FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE):  Wednesday 9:30PM on ABC 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/prod...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS April 12-14

The box office this weekend should be slightly off the pace for this weekend the last few years, cooling off a bit after a few solid weekends.  Two new films open, and it appears 42 will lead the way with just under $20 millio...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “42”

  42:  Watch It At Home – The Hallmark Baseball Hall of Fame It may well be that 42 is the Jackie Robinson movie audiences want.  It’s a straightforward, handsomely-produced, inspirational telling of a genuin...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: “Cult” Disbands

  It really takes some doing to have ratings too low for CW on Friday nights, but CULT pulled it off, yanked from the network’s schedule with almost half of its episodes still unaired.  (Last week Cult had a 0.2 ra...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Rogue”

  ROGUE:  Wednesday 9PM on Audience Network (DirecTV only) 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, audien...
by Mitch Salem
 
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