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THE SKED THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/5/12

There was plenty of original programming available on Thursday, but viewers wanted only one familiar friend. CBS:  Back-to-back reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY were the highest rated shows of the night, with 2.1 and 2.4 ratings&...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Savages”

  SAVAGES:  Watch It At Home – Great Book, OK Movie Don Winslow’s novel SAVAGES is one of the extraordinary reads of recent years.  The plot may sound unremarkable–a mini-war is waged between a couple o...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: Early Thursday Numbers for Spidey and More

  Deadline has preliminary boxoffice figures for Thursday, and reports that THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Sony) was at $16.3M for the day, down 30% from July 4th.  If that number holds, it would be slightly better than the 34%...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: Spidey Flies Fairly High On the 4th

  THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Sony) earned $23.4M at the boxoffice on July 4th, which is clearly a very good number.  The question is, how good? It was the 2d highest Independence Day gross ever, below only the original Trans...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/4/12

  The bombs burst in midair for NBC on July 4th. NBC:  There are fireworks, and then there is the MACY’S 4TH OF JULY SPECTACULAR, by far the highest rated show of the night with a 1.7 (although that was down from 2....
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Louie”

  LOUIE:  Thursday 10:30PM on FX WHERE WE WERE:  In the mind of Louis C.K.  It’s a place where a moderately successful working stand-up comic named Louie shares custody of two daughters with his ex-wife and lives ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/3/12

  A Happy 4th of July to all!  Viewers started their holiday early last night, leading to reduced ratings for everyone. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was the highest rated show of the night with a 2.3, but that was do...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: Early Tuesday “Spider-Man” Numbers

  Deadline is reporting that THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Sony) has set a new all-time Tuesday record with $32-35M, beating previous record-holder Transformers, the last movie to open on a Tuesday that fell on July 3, which had...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED REVIEW: “Brand X With Russell Brand”

  BRAND X WITH RUSSELL BRAND:  Thursday 11PM on FX – Change the Channel Russell Brand has been more or less flailing around for the past several years, trying to find a place in American pop culture.  His introduct...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS July 6-8: Spider-Man Returns to the Scene

Weekend #27 of 2012 looks pretty solid: $185 million for the top 12 films, up 27% from last year’s comparable weekend and up 22% from the four-year average for the weekend. Much of this increase can be attributed to the c...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED PILOT(S) REVIEW: “Anger Management”

  ANGER MANAGEMENT:  Thursday 9:30PM on FX – Change the Channel The most interesting thing about ANGER MANAGEMENT–by far–is the deal that put it on the air.  When Charlie Sheen found himself at liberty,...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 7/1/12

  We speculated yesterday that HBO might have carefully timed its renewal of THE NEWSROOM not to coincide with the show’s Episode 2 ratings, and we may have been right. HBO:  The Newsroom took a substantial hit from...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: “Spider-Man” Starts Swinging At Midnight

  The first real numbers are in for THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Sony) in the US, and they’re… OK. Amazing made $7.5M in midnight screenings last night.  This is nowhere near the Top 10 midnight openings (#10, Reve...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/2/12

  No news is no news. NBC:  The OLYMPIC TRIALS didn’t get the benefit of a Women’s Track & Field runoff, and came in third for its half-hour with 1.8.  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was the highest rated sho...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Amazing Spider-Man”

  THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN:  Watch It At Home – Not So Amazing   Part of the unwritten suspension of disbelief deal we have with the movie studios is that although we know they’re going to constantly tell u...
by Mitch Salem
 
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