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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Whitney”

  WHITNEY:  Wednesday 8PM on NBC WHERE WE WERE:  Mostly in the apartment shared by Whitney (series creator Whitney Cummings) and her boyfriend Alex (Chris D’Elia), a longterm but unmarried couple who tend to hurl z...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS November 16-18

This weekend is looking incredibly strong: over $250 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up 27% from a typical third weekend in November.  The final Twilight (12-34 females), Lincoln (35+ adults), and the second weeken...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/13/12

Ugliness in almost all directions. NBC:  THE VOICE had by far its worst regular outing of the season at 3.0, down 0.8 from 2 weeks ago (Election Night preempted all of primetime last week) and tying a clip show that aired on O...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: Tuesday Week 8 — A Particularly Weak Night

After two atypical Tuesdays (Election Night and a two-hour Voice the week before), NBC has come back down to a 2.6 rating with adults 18-49 on Tuesday (below the 3.3 Tuesday average so far this season), just slightly ahead of...
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THE SKED: Sunday Cable Scorecard – 11/11/12

  AMC:  THE WALKING DEAD,  with another strong episode that continued to put last year’s dim drama into its rear-view mirror, recovered from its blip of slight decline the week before, up 0.7 to another gigantic 5....
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THE SKED: “Nashville” Keeps Twanging

  Yesterday ABC announced a full-season order for NASHVILLE, adding the usual back 9 to its initial 13 episodes.  The show’s ratings haven’t been great, hovering in the 1.8-2.0 neighborhood in recent weeks, bu...
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/12/12

REVOLUTION continues to slip. NBC:  There are 2 more airings of REVOLUTION before it goes off the air until late March, and these are its ratings over its past 4 airings:  3.3, 3.0, 2.8 and last night’s 2.6.  Now, 2.6 ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: Monday Week 8

A very similar night last night in the ratings compared to last Monday.  NBC still on top despite a slight cool down, while the rank order of the other networks remains the same. ESPN’s Monday Night Football (Kansas Ci...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE November 5-11

The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between November 5 and November 11 grossed an excellent $207 million, up 22% from the four-year average for the week and up 30% from the same week last ye...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Broadcast Network Rankings through Week 7

SEASON TO DATE through seven full weeks (46 nights of official ratings and 3 nights of adjusted fast nationals), NBC is averaging a 2.85 rating in prime time (up 23% from the same period last year). CBS is in second place with...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/11/12

Even more than most Sundays, last night there was football… and everything else. ABC:  A dismal night for the network’s scripted shows.  With a football overrun stretching into the 8PM hour on FOX, ONCE UPON A TIM...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SKEDBALL: Weekend Ratings Bowl

Welcome to the first edition of ShowbuzzDaily’s SKEDBALL, a weekly look at the weekend afternoon sports daypart on television.  This past Saturday was filled with college football games, as is typical in the fall, and on...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through November 11

Updated International chart — now tracking the past six months on a rolling basis.  At any given time, that will translate to about 75 films on the chart at a time. New this week is Skyfall, which will probably top out...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 11/11/12

  OPENINGS: The weekend belonged to Bond.  James Bond.  SKYFALL (Sony/MGM) had by far the biggest start for any Bond movie in the US, with an estimated $87.8M.  That’s more than $20M ahead of the previous record-h...
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The Sked: Saturday Ratings — College Football in a Rare Fumble

Last night ABC won prime time with a disappointing 1.7 adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals for the Notre Dame-Boston College game in which the Fighting Irish extended their undefeated season.  The game will go up in the o...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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