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THE SKED’S SUNDAY CABLE SCORECARD – 10/14/12

  Zombies take over the world. AMC:  As yesterday’s numbers had promised, THE WALKING DEAD was a monster in more ways than one.  With a 5.8 18-49 rating in its 9PM airing and an additional 1.9 for the 10PM rebroadc...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Major Crimes”

  MAJOR CRIMES has been doing for TNT what it was created to do–that is, fill the hole left by the departure of the network’s long-running hit The Closer–and it’s earned the Season 2 renewal it̵...
by Mitch Salem
 
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PREMIERING TONIGHT – THE SKED’S FALL PILOT REPORT: CW’s “Emily Owens, MD”

  EMILY OWENS, MD: Tuesday 9PM on CW – If Nothing Else Is On… Say this for EMILY OWENS, MD:  it really makes you appreciate Shonda Rhimes.  The seeming ease with which Grey’s Anatomy mixes medical drama...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/15/12

You say you want a Revolution. NBC:  REVOLUTION, coming off its best episode thus far, leaped up 0.4 from last week to 3.4, making it by a substantial margin the biggest 10PM hit on broadcast TV.  Its lead-in from THE VOICE w...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: Monday Week Four

NBC Monday moved up again, a 4.3 Adult 18-49 prime time rating in the fast nationals (probably a 4.4 in the official nationals). CBS and ABC are even with recent weeks.  FOX earned a 1.3 in the fast nationals for Game 2 of St ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED REVIEW: SNL With Christina Applegate

  There were a few moments in this week’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE where you could actually have mistaken it for a place that offers trenchant political satire.  That’s hasn’t been SNL‘s mode since Tina...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR – Week 3

  Another week’s worth of ratings are in, and once again, we ask:  what do we know now that we didn’t know a week ago? NEXT CALLER MUST HAVE BEEN A REALLY, REALLY BAD SHOW.  Last week NBC stopped production o...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SBD AWARDSWATCH: “Argo” Springs a Small Leak

  Mitch Metcalf will have more to say about this weekend’s actual boxoffice numbers versus Sunday’s studio estimates later today, but one point is worth noting for its Oscar implications.  It was important to ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: “Walking Dead” Chomps On the Ratings

  In a time of steadily declining ratings for network television  THE WALKING DEAD is proof that there’s still a staggeringly large audience available for scripted drama that viewers want to see.  Last night’...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/14/12

Another new show could be headed for the exits. ABC:  666 PARK AVENUE continued to fall, down another 0.2 to 1.5, and only a deal with the devil is likely to save it.  Worse for ABC, though, might have been the 3.0 for ONCE U...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: Sunday Ratings and Network Averages for First Three Weeks

NBC had a very typical Sunday night win — we are projecting their Adult 18-49 rating for the night will go up to a 6.3 in the official nationals tomorrow.  FOX should have been a strong second place because it had the NF...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “The Walking Dead”

  THE WALKING DEAD:  Sunday 9PM on AMC WHERE WE WERE:  Finally leaving the farm owned by Herschel (Scott Wilson), where for most of a becalmed season, there had been at least as much soul-searching as zombie killing, muc...
by Mitch Salem
 
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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through October 14

Updated tracking of overseas box office.  Taken 2 is really starting to pick up steam overseas (up $65 million overseas since last week’s report), while Argo and Sinister open this weekend in the middle of the worldw...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES October 12-14

The weekend still looks like a very good $123 million for the top 12 films, a little better than it looked yesterday.  Argo and Sinister flipped places in the weekend rankings.  Argo opened with $5.93 million Friday and ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/12/12

  No one at CBS misses MADE IN JERSEY. CBS:  Without Jersey breaking up the night, both CSI NY and BLUE BLOODS were up by 0.2 to 1.4, giving the latter a tie for the 10PM lead.  Even the NCIS rerun at 8PM manage...
by Mitch Salem
 
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