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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/8/12

No one welcomes back Gossip Girl. NBC: Although REVOLUTION slipped slightly to 3.1, at this point it’s fair to call the show a substantial hit, the first scripted one NBC has had since… well, since The Office. U...

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The Sked: Monday Ratings Week Three

NBC Monday inched up a tenth of a rating point from the last two weeks — a very solid night top to bottom. CBS appears to have had a good night (the best Monday in three weeks), but that 2.8 rating is probably inflated ...

by Mitch Metcalf

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THE SKED: “Community” and “Whitney” Stay On the Shelf

Adjust all those DVRs set for the season premiere of the newly revamped COMMUNITY. (And both of those set to record WHITNEY as well.) The two shows had been scheduled to join the NBC Friday line-up on October 19, but...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Gossip Girl”

GOSSIP GIRL: Monday 9PM on CW WHERE WE WERE: Blair (Leighton Meester) with Chuck (Ed Westwick), and then not. Serena (Blake Lively) with Dan (Penn Badgley), and then not. Mix, then repeat. Other things happened...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “90210”

90210: Monday 8PM on CW WHERE WE WERE: Mid car-crash. A truck was plowing into Dixon (Tristan Wilds), in a way that would surely kill an actor in the middle of contract renegotiations. Dixon’s love Adriana ...

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WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE October 1-7

The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between October 1 and October 7 grossed a very strong $163 million, up 36% from the four-year average for the week and up 41% from the same week last year...

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THE SKED NIELSENWAR – WEEK 2

We’ve had a second week of ratings to examine, and it’s time once again to ask: How goes the war? And what do we know now that we didn’t know a week ago? ANYTHING OVER 1.5 IS THE NEW 2.5. NBC and ...

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THE SKED: More Bad “Neighbors” Scripts On the Way

Typically when a network orders additional scripts for a series, it does so at the Writers Guild minimum, so it’s a very minimal investment compared to ordering additional episodes–thousands rather than milli...

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THE SKED: FOX Joins the Backorder Brigade

One trend of the early season seems to be networks willing to accept ratings from their newcomers that would have ensured cancellation just a few seasons ago. Last week NBC gave a full-season order to The New Normal, w...

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/7/12

On a night when a pulse-pounding hour of HOMELAND conclusively answered the question “Can this season be as good as the first?” (the answer is Yes), the broadcast networks continued their fall in more ways than one....

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The Sked: Unofficial Standings for the First Two Weeks of the Season

With two weeks of the new season under our belts (11 nights of official ratings and 3 nights of adjusted fast national ratings), here is how the season stands for the four major networks: Thanks to The Voice moving int...

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The Sked: Sunday Week Two

NBC will win another Sunday in the fall, although it will be one of the lower-rated Sunday Night Football nights of the season. The 5.3 rating with Adults 18-49 in the fast nationals from 7:30-11 pm last night should go up to...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Hell On Wheels”

The 2nd season of HELL ON WHEELS was different, and perhaps somewhat better, than its first. (Behind the scenes, experienced producer John Shiban was brought on to showrun with series creators Joe and Tony Gayton.) I...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “666 Park Avenue”

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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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through October 7

Taken 2 enters the worldwide chart at #10 among recent movies, with a projected $138 domestic total when all is said and done and an overseas to date total of $67 million already. An eventual overseas total of $200 million is...

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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/8/12

The Sked: Monday Ratings Week Three

THE SKED: “Community” and “Whitney” Stay On the Shelf

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Gossip Girl”

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “90210”

WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE October 1-7

THE SKED NIELSENWAR – WEEK 2

THE SKED: More Bad “Neighbors” Scripts On the Way

THE SKED: FOX Joins the Backorder Brigade

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/7/12

The Sked: Unofficial Standings for the First Two Weeks of the Season

The Sked: Sunday Week Two

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Hell On Wheels”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “666 Park Avenue”

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through October 7

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