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The Sked: Monday Ratings

NBC won another Monday night last night with adults 18-49 according to the fast national ratings, but it was the worst Monday rating of the season by a mile (a 3.3 rating from 8-11 pm compared to a 4.1 Monday night average the ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Broadcast Season to Date Rankings

SEASON TO DATE through eight full weeks (54 nights of official ratings and 2 nights of adjusted fast nationals through Sunday, November 18, 2012): NBC is averaging a 2.79 adult 18-49 rating in prime time (up 14% from the same ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE November 12-18

The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between November 12 and November 18 grossed an amazing $300 million, up 28% from the four-year average for the week and up 24% from the same week last yea...
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THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR – Fall TV Turkey Edition

  As this is a week when turkeys are revered, celebrated, and then eaten, let’s take a look at what wisdom the network’s Fall feathered non-fliers have to impart to us.  In other words, What did this Fall̵...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/18/12

Not a tuneful evening. ABC:  The AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS collapsed to a 3.4, the highest non-football of the night and somewhat higher than what ABC has been doing on Sundays, but down 0.9 from last year’s telecast. FOX: ...
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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports Ratings Bowl

Over the weekend football continued to dominate the afternoon sports daypart.  On Saturday, college football filled the air, but only one game broke out: Stanford upsetting Oregon in prime time on ABC.  The other big upset (K...
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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through November 18

Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 enters the worldwide chart with $200 million overseas to date.  Ultimately, we expect the overseas number to rise to about $425 million, putting the final Twilight on track for $710 million...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 11/18/12

  OPENINGS:  Thanks to a slightly higher Saturday than its predecessor (down 42% from Friday instead of 44%), THE TWILIGHT SAGA:  BREAKING DAWN PART 2 (Summit/Lionsgate) is headed for the 2nd highest opening of the franc...
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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES November 16-18

The weekend looks like a terrific $242 million for the top 12 films, a little better than it looked yesterday (now 20% better than the multi-year average for this weekend).  Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2 appears a little str...
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The Sked: Saturday Ratings — ABC scores with Stanford-Oregon But the Big Prize Comes Next Week with Notre Dame-USC

Last night ABC won prime time easily with a 2.2 fast national rating with adults 18-49 for the thrilling overtime upset of Stanford over Oregon.  We estimate that the game will go up to around a 2.5 rating in the official nati...
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THE SKED REVIEW: SNL With Jeremy Renner

  For the most part, the cast, writers and even the crew of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE seemed to have taken off for their holiday break a week early, leaving the worst episode of the season (so far) behind.  The only saving grac...
by Mitch Salem
 
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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 11/16/12

  OPENINGS:  Was it the cash grab of splitting the final novel into 2 movies?  The tabloid antics of its stars?  In any case, “close but no cigar” seems to be the result for THE TWILIGHT SAGA:  BREAKING DAW...
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THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/16/12

Suddenly those ABC sitcoms aren’t such sure things. ABC:  For the third consecutive week, LAST MAN STANDING and MALIBU COUNTRY fell, to 1.4 and 1.3 respectively.  That’s particularly worrisome for Malibu, which dr...
by Mitch Salem
 
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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

Weekend #46 is on pace to exceed the multi-year average for this weekend by 17% — not as high as we forecast earlier this week but still very good.  The final Twilight film in the series is on pace to open with $135 mill...
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THE SKED FALL FINALE REVIEW: “Grimm”

  GRIMM aired its 12th and last episode of 2012 tonight, although NBC isn’t being specific about just when in 2013 it’s due to return with its remaining 10 hours.  The series has been markedly better in its se...
by Mitch Salem
 
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