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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Rock of Ages”

ROCK OF AGES:  Watch It At Home – Stop Believin’   No one expects finesse from a movie musical constructed out of songs by Journey, Twisted Sister and Def Leppard.  And, to be certain, the hair-band era of th...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Virtual Sundance Reviews: “Passing,” “Street Gang” & “Mass”

  PASSING:  The actress Rebecca Hall has taken a big swing in her writing/directing debut.  Her film Passing, based on the 1929 novel by Nella Larsen, embraces ambitious, difficult themes with sensitivity and expertise.�...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Cinderella” On Its Way To A Fairy Tale Weekend

  CINDERELLA (Disney) had an enchanted Friday, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, with $23M (that includes $2.3M from Thursday night), and since its target audience is all about weekend matinees, it should be at...
by Mitch Salem
 
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OSCARBALL: The SAG Nominations

  The Screen Actors Guild award nominations are important in the Oscar precursor game, but not in their most showcase way:  the Best Ensemble winner (often taken to be SAG’s equivalent of “Best Picture,”...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.4.2017

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of SHARK TANK gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the new MASTERS OF ILLUSION and the rerun of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT lost the same.         Broadca...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.22.2015

  Given the choice between Muppets and murder, America made an emphatic choice. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.6.2015

  There wasn’t much good news for anyone last night. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 r...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 10.11.2015

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +6% above last year and still +3% above the average for this point the past four years ($7.588 billion)....
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through May 5

Updated international box office.  The $505 million overseas to date for Iron Man 3 (after only two weeks) puts it on a pace to challenge the $888 million overseas total for The Avengers last year, as well as the $947 mill...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Pilot Reports

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Grand Hotel”

  GRAND HOTEL:  Monday 10PM on ABC ABC’s cardboard summer soap GRAND HOTEL is set at a resort hotel in Miami that isn’t as much fun as the one in Jane the Virgin.  This one has a standard-issue set of crises:...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Series Finale Review: “Revolution”

  REVOLUTION was sort of a sad story.  The lights-are-out sci-fi adventure was NBC’s top priority in Fall 2012, promoted like crazy and given the network’s prized post-The Voice timeslot.  At first the show l...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 2.19.17

  OPENINGS:  THE GREAT WALL (Legendary/Universal) scraped its way to $18.1M in the US, and should add another $3M or so on Monday.  The $50M it will hope to reach here will barely pay for its US marketing campaign, so th...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.24.2020

      NETWORK FINALS:  A holiday gift for our readers:  we are now able to provide final broadcast network ratings to the hundredths of a point.  We’ll alter the way we report adjustments from morning nu...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Weekend Box Office Predictions JANUARY 3-5

The first weekend of the new year is looking like $125 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, slightly above average for this weekend versus previous years. Opening at around 2,500 theaters Friday (slightly below the 2,8...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.3.2017

  The few shows that aired original episodes on 4th of July Eve didn’t fare well. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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