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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Dallas”

The title of tonight’s season finale of DALLAS was “Revelations,” but really it had only one reveal worthy of a SPOILER ALERT, and even that one was increasingly guessable as the hour went on, for anyon...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED’S MIDSEASON PILOT REPORT: NBC’s “Next Caller”

NEXT CALLER: TBD Midseason on NBC – Change the Channel If you were going to do a satire about network television in the vein of Episodes, one that required a show-within-the-show to illustrate how hackneyed and w...

by Mitch Salem

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PREVIEWING TONIGHT POST-OLYMPICS – THE SKED PILOT REPORT: NBC’S “Go On”

Disclaimer: Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall. Pilots are often reedited and re-scored, and in some cases even recast or reshot. These critiques shouldnR...

by Mitch Salem

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS August 10-12

Weekend #32 of 2012 looks like a fairly typical second weekend of August: the last gasp of summer with three films headed for modest success. The top 12 films this weekend should total $136 million, up substantially from last...

by Mitch Metcalf

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The Sked: Olympic Ratings through 12 Nights — Updated Chart

Updated London Summer Olympic ratings chart. Preliminary 9.3 Adult 18-49 rating last night (back on track and higher than previous recent summer games on this night). Average through 12 nights now 10.3 rating, down a tenth fr...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Campaign”

THE CAMPAIGN: Not At Any Price – Abstain THE CAMPAIGN, like many a politician before it, tries to be all things to all people, and winds up delivering almost nothing. There was reason to be hopeful about The Camp...

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THE SKED SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 8/5/12

Any negative ratings effect due to the Olympics seems to have subsided, as the numbers were generally up for cable on Sunday night. HBO: TRUE BLOOD, of course, was in the lead, with a 2.7 rating that was up slightly fr...

by Mitch Salem

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Broadcast Network Weekly & Summer Averages: The Ratings Bounty of the Olympic Movement

NBC averaged almost a 10.5 Adult 18-49 rating in prime time the week of July 30-August 5, a cool 814% improvement over the same early-August week a year ago. NBC deftly kept the weekly rating in double digits by excluding t...

by Mitch Metcalf

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The Sked: Olympics Ratings — Into the Final Week

One week to go for the Summer Olympic Games in London, which end with the greatest anti-climax of all: the Closing Ceremony Sunday night. The ratings in the final week suffers from viewer fatigue and a dearth of marquee eve...

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ShowbuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT: August 5 Update

Once again, Team Weil has the only summer movie slate with any significant business this past week, up $108 million to $842 million to date. Team Salem’s slate grew $15 million this past week, to just under $725 million t...

by Mitch Metcalf

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WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE: July 30-August 5

Another relatively slow week at the North American box office. Dark Knight Rises keeps chugging along (still lagging behind the domestic pace of 2008’s Dark Knight but still on track for close to $450 million), but two ...

by Mitch Metcalf

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The Sked: Olympics Ratings through Ten Days

NBC changed format a bit Sunday night and aired Michael Phelps: America’s Golden Champion from 7-8 pm, followed by traditional Olympic coverage from 8 pm-midnight, including the men’s 100M dash, gymnastics individ...

by Mitch Metcalf

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 8/5/12

The 41% Weekend 3 drop for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (Warners) is a bit better than Dark Knight‘s parallel 43% decline, but in actual numbers, Dark Knight‘s 3d weekend is $6.3M ahead ($42.7M vs $36.4M), and the $...

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through August 5

Total Recall joins the chart this week in the middle of the pack, with a projected $66 million final domestic total and $6 million to date overseas. It might get to $95 million overseas ultimately, which would put its eventu...

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES August 3-5

The weekend is looking almost exactly like it appeared yesterday with Total Recall and especially Diary of Wimpy Kid 3 struggling to make an impact, while The Dark Knight Rises holds on at #1. The ShowbuzzDaily Domesti...

by Mitch Metcalf

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Dallas”

THE SKED’S MIDSEASON PILOT REPORT: NBC’s “Next Caller”

PREVIEWING TONIGHT POST-OLYMPICS – THE SKED PILOT REPORT: NBC’S “Go On”

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS August 10-12

The Sked: Olympic Ratings through 12 Nights — Updated Chart

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Campaign”

THE SKED SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 8/5/12

Broadcast Network Weekly & Summer Averages: The Ratings Bounty of the Olympic Movement

The Sked: Olympics Ratings — Into the Final Week

ShowbuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT: August 5 Update

WEEKLY BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE: July 30-August 5

The Sked: Olympics Ratings through Ten Days

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 8/5/12

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through August 5

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES August 3-5

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