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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Murder In the First”

  In its second season, Stephen Bochco and Eric Lodal’s MURDER IN THE FIRST altered its format, only to find new ways to fail.  Season 1 had told a single convoluted story, a murder mystery loaded with so many red h...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.21.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NOTE–because of NFL PRESEASON preemptions, comparisons are to last Friday’s final ratings, rather than to the Saturday morning preliminaries.  NBC:  the AMERICA’S MOST TALENTED rer...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.23.2015

  NOTE:  Preseason football will again lead to some adjustments in final numbers. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Ballers”

  The ratings for BALLERS have more than justified its renewal by HBO, but the pieces of the series have yet to fit together.  Most of the show’s creative team hails from Entourage, and Ballers embraces the same bim...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Fear the Walking Dead”

  FEAR THE WALKING DEAD:  Sunday 9PM on AMC – In the Queue The opening episode of FEAR THE WALKING DEAD was audacious as only a sure thing can be.  The new series is, of course, a spin-off of the fantastically succ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.22.2015

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 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ s...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Blunt Talk”

  BLUNT TALK:  Saturday 9PM on Starz – If Nothing Else Is On… For Jonathan Ames, the creator of Starz’s new comedy BLUNT TALK, the sweet spot is the intersection of addled (male) self-delusion and yearni...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.21.2015

  On another night riddled with football preemptions and likely to be adjusted by Monday numbers, there was little to say.  ABC’s WE DAY special went largely unseen at 0.4, and the night’s original 20/20, down...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Killjoys”

  KILLJOYS is, along with Dark Matter, one of the ultra-cheap scripted pieces that Syfy runs on Friday nights.  (Defiance, which airs with them, is a somewhat more ambitious enterprise.)  The grubby aesthetics of the tw...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.20.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  After adjustment for football preemptions, both FOOD FIGHTERS and DATELINE dimmed by 0.2 from preliminary numbers, respectively to 0.9 and 1.2.  At FOX, BOOM lost 0.1 to 0.6, and the BONES rerun drop...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.20.2015

  NOTE:  NBC, ABC and FOX all had exhibition football preemptions in various markets, so their numbers may shift in finals this afternoon. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “The Astronaut Wives Club”

  THE ASTRONAUT WIVES CLUB never achieved much in the way of lift-off, and although ABC knew it was coming–there was a reason it was pushed to a summer run as the lead-in to Mistresses–the show’s flat qua...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.19.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only adjustment from this morning was a 0.1 bump for MASTERCHEF. CABLE UPDATE:  The season finale of DUCK DYNASTY jumped by two-tenths to 1.04, easily winning the cable night.  However, that was ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.19.2015

  NOTE:  The NFL PRESEASON enters its 2d week tonight, which means that for the next several days there will be preemptions in many cities, leading to more afternoon adjustments than usual. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each b...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Tuesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.18.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and ZOO gained 0.1 in final numbers, while both reruns of FRESH OFF THE BOAT declined by the same amonnt. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s THE DEADLIEST CATCH climbed 0.1...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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