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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through October 21

Paranormal Activity 4 opened this weekend with $27 million overseas from 33 markets, on its way to an estimated $110 million total overseas and a weak $67 million total domestic (according to ShowbuzzDaily projections). That ...

by Mitch Metcalf

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES October 19-21

The weekend looks like a decent $124 million for the top 12 films, a little softer than it looked yesterday (but still significantly ahead of the comparable weekends the last few years). Paranormal Activity 4 gets a little...

by Mitch Metcalf

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THE SKED REVIEW: SNL With Bruno Mars

If tonight’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE didn’t have much to recommend it–and it didn’t–blame can’t be put on its very busy host and musical guest Bruno Mars. Mars did everything that was as...

by Mitch Salem

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BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 10/19/12

Eventually, every franchise runs out of steam. (Although they sometimes pick it up again, like Bond James Bond.) OPENINGS: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 (Par) is off to a worse start than the last two in the series (the orig...

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THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/19/12

Not a lot of support for scripted programming. ABC: The Alphabet took the night, winning each hour with its unscripted trio of SHARK TANK (2.0, the highest rated show of the night), PRIMETIME (1.6) and 20/20 (1.4). CBS: Som...

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FRIDAY OCTOBER 19 BOX OFFICE RESULTS — Strong Weekend Despite Flabby Paranormal Activity 4

The fourth up weekend in a row, weekend #42 will be about 19% ahead of the multi-year average for this weekend. However, Paranormal Activity 4 is on track for an opening weekend way below expectations and easily the softest o...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Boss”

Few television series have worked so hard to be unlikeable as BOSS. There had been some thought, after its initial off-putting season, that when Starz replaced series creator Farhad Safinia with Dee Johnson as showrunn...

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THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: ‘Hunted”

HUNTED: Friday 10PM on Cinemax – Potential DVR Alert On the same night that coincidentally brought the season premiere of Nikita, we have a new series that treads similar ground, both centering on gorgeous, betra...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 10/19/12

With what appears to be the exception of a sensational hold for Argo, this weekend is looking fairly lackluster, according to preliminary Friday numbers at Deadline. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 (Paramount) of course, will do...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Nikita”

NIKITA: Friday 9PM on CW WHERE WE WERE: Vanquishing Division. Percy is finally, truly dead, Amanda is gone, and Nikita (Maggie Q) and her cohorts–lover and now fiance Michael (Shane West), protege Alex (Lynds...

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THE SKED: FOX Tries To Rescue Tuesday

When we last left baseball’s beleageured network partner, FOX was trying to recover from a particularly knotty night of rain delays. The result was that what was supposed to be Wednesday’s episode of THE X ...

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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/18/12

Sometimes stunt casting works. CBS: On a night when most of broadcast TV was even at best, 2/2 MEN was up a healthy half-ratings point from last week to 4.0, by far its best Thursday rating thus far. The reason seems to be ...

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The Sked: Thursday Week 4 — Not a Pretty Picture

The fourth Thursday of the season offered a big opportunity for ABC, CBS and NBC, as FOX had to pre-empt The X Factor for a postseason MLB game that no one cares about. A lot of displaced X Factor viewers decided not to sa...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Beauty and the Beast”

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, networks and studios (which may have ha...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Alex Cross”

ALEX CROSS – Not At Any Price – A Pilot For A Show You Wouldn’t Watch ALEX CROSS is as generic as a cop movie can be–it’s a few commercial breaks away from airing on CBS or TNT–but the...

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through October 21

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES October 19-21

THE SKED REVIEW: SNL With Bruno Mars

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 10/19/12

THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/19/12

FRIDAY OCTOBER 19 BOX OFFICE RESULTS — Strong Weekend Despite Flabby Paranormal Activity 4

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Boss”

THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: ‘Hunted”

SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 10/19/12

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Nikita”

THE SKED: FOX Tries To Rescue Tuesday

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/18/12

The Sked: Thursday Week 4 — Not a Pretty Picture

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Beauty and the Beast”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Alex Cross”

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