THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Horrible Bosses” – 401 (kill) Plan
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE June 18-24 — What a Shaky First Half of Summer
The domestic box office was down again this week, making five out of the past six weeks down significantly from prior years. We took a look at how the past six weeks collectively stack up to prior years — mid-May throug...
THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/27/12
Nobody is earning any stripes at NBC. NBC: STARS EARN STRIPES is now a full-fledged disaster, falling to 0.9 in its 3rd week. GRIMM fell a bit as well to 1.6 against reruns, which isn’t much better than the show had b...
ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT June 17 Update
> It’s not looking good for Team Metcalf, which is about $160 million behind Team Salem in the first annual ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft. And it’s not going to get any better this weekend. Even if Sa...
THE SKED: NBC Summer
> NBC, for whom this season cannot end too soon, has added a few summer premiere dates to its schedule: Monday May 21 9PM: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR – reality competition series that will air both on NBC an...
THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/23/12
The kitchen outrated the boudoir. ABC: BACHELOR PAD wasn’t able to capitalize on the strong ratings for Sunday’s Bachelorette finale, premiering with a 1.4 that was way below last year’s 2.2 start. That di...
The Sked: TUESDAY RATINGS May 29
America’s Got Talent powered NBC to another nightly victory last night. A repeat AGT scored a 2.0 preliminary rating with Adults 18-49 at 8 pm, and an original hour at 9 pm averaged a 3.7 rating (up from the showR...
ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT Update
Memorial Day weekend pushed Team Metcalf’s front-loaded slate to $682 million through Monday in the second annual ShowbuzzDaily Summer Movie Fantasy Draft, with only two significant films left to open on his slate: Prome...
ShowBuzzDaily SUMMER MOVIE DRAFT: June 13 Update
> Team Salem has taken a commanding lead in the first annual ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft. Team Metcalf will get back in the game with his #3 pick at the end of June (Cars 2) and two movies July 1, including his #1 se...
THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” – Palatably Painless
> Watch It At Home: Fodder For the Undemanding Young One of the running gags in MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS is that the birds are fascinated by old Charlie Chaplin movies, and can be kept calm for hours just by placing them in ...
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...
THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Weeds”
WEEDS: Sunday 10PM on Showtime WHERE WE WERE: After a season largely concerned with a battle for supremacy in the New York drug trade, both within and outside the family, there seemed to be a moment of compara...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “30 Minutes Or Less”
30 MINUTES OR LESS – Watch It At Home: Doesn’t Deliver The frustration of 30 MINUTES OR LESS is that of all the R-rated comedies this summer, it was the one with the most original premise and promisi...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Snow White and the Huntsman”
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN: Worth A Ticket – Not a Disneyland Ride Just to be clear, the new SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN bears about as much resemblance to this spring’s Mirror Mirror as The Dark ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Prometheus”
PROMETHEUS: Worth A Ticket – For the Visual Splendor, Not the Plot Expectations were undoubtedly too high for PROMETHEUS. The Alien franchise (and notwithstanding Ridley Scott and co-writer Damon Lindelo...