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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/14/12

Everyone knows it’s not worthwhile for the networks to put on real programming during the summer, because no one watches… except for the 14 million or so who tuned in last night. ABC:  Miami and Oklahoma City coope...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: THURSDAY RATINGS June 14 — NBA Continues Strong

The NBA ruled the airwaves again last night, with a preliminary 5.8 Adult 18-49 rating. This will probably go up to over a 7 rating in the official nationals when the west coast viewing is properly factored in, putting Game 2 o...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “That’s My Boy”

THAT’S MY BOY:  Not Even For Free – Low-Rent Even For Sandler   THAT’S MY BOY is 116 minutes long.  I mention that up front because, for those of us who consider time spent watching Adam Sandler movies ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Suits”

SUITS – Thursdays 10PM on USA   WHERE WE WERE:  On a precipice.  Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams) was a hustler with limited formal education but a photographic memory.  He used his talents, among other things, to tak...
by Mitch Salem
 
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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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THE SKED: NBC’s Early Start & Premiere Schedule

  NBC, as expected, is using its Summer Olympics coverage to launch some of its new fall shows, with a variety of stunt airings and “sneak peeks.”  On the other hand, some returning shows won’t arrive on...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/13/12

Last night’s TNT premiere of Dallas was watched by more viewers than any show on network television. FOX:  One broadcast network did manage to win the night in 18-49s, thanks to So You Think You Can Dance and its 2.4,  ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: “Dallas” Drills For Ratings

TNT’s much-hyped reboot of the venerable soap DALLAS got off to a good start, with a total viewership of 6.9 million people.  That’s the biggest launch of the year on basic cable, although it’s not even a rec...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS June 13

NBC could have used Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday rather than Monday.  The 2.0 rating the concluding game generated Monday would have doubled last night’s rating for the regular NBC Wednesday line-up (...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: “Dallas”

  DALLAS – Wednesday 9PM on TNT:  If Nothing Else Is On…   DALLAS is a gusher, all right.  TNT’s disinterment of the 1980s blockbuster soap is loaded with so many emptily portentous glares and melo...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS June 15-17 — Adam Sandler & Tom Cruise’s Weekend of the Banal

Weekend #24 of 2012 looks like it will total a just okay $146 million for the top 12 films, down 1% from last year’s comparable weekend and down 6% from the four-year average for the weekend.  Two films with once-big sta...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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The Sked: TUESDAY RATINGS June 12

ABC surged into first place Tuesday night, riding the wave of the NBA Finals, which started in Oklahoma City with the Thunder’s convincing Game 1 victory over the Miami Heat.  NBC and FOX are locked in a tie for second p...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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The Sked: Cable Ratings June 5-11

HBO’s True Blood premiered its new season with a 2.9 rating with Adults 18-49, about where it left off last season.  The final four episodes last year (Aug 21-Sep 11, 2011): 3.1– 2.9– 2.4– 2.8.  At the...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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The Sked: MONDAY RATINGS June 11 — Hockey Mercifully Ends for NBC

FOX benefited from America’s Got Talent being benched by the NHL on NBC, which carried Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final (the Los Angeles Kings winning their first championship in the franchise’s 46-year history).  A...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: “Bunheads”

  Back in 2000, the rapid-fire fizzy dialogue of Gilmore Girls prompted some to spread an utterly unfounded rumor that Amy Sherman-Palladino, its creator and chief writer, didn’t actually exist, and that Girls was re...
by Mitch Salem
 
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