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MEMORIAL DAY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE: “Fast & Furious 6″ Runs Over “The Hangover 3″
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THE SKED’S Fall TV Ratings Predictions: Full Week Network Summary
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MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE: “Fast & Furious 6″ Debuts With Speed
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/23/13
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THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Rookie Blue”
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MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE: “The Hangover” Is Having One
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MEMORIAL DAY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE: “Fast & Furious 6″ Runs Over “The Hangover 3″
It wasn’t even a contest, let alone a drag race. FAST & FURIOUS 6 (Universal) had a sensational $36M Thursday night/Friday, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline. That’s better than the $34.4M opening for Fast Five, and thanks to the holiday weekend, 6 should have a far better 4-day start that Fast Five‘s $92.4M. [...]
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THE SKED’S Fall TV Ratings Predictions: Full Week Network Summary
All this week, we’ve been giving you our predicted fall network ratings for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Let’s wind up our week of forecasts with an overview of how the fall is likely to go for each of the networks in summary. We don’t see any precipitous drops, although we also [...]
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MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE: “Fast & Furious 6″ Debuts With Speed
FAST & FURIOUS 6 (Universal) is off to a quick start with $6.5M from Thursday night shows, considerably above the $3.8M that Fast Five made (only in midnight shows) in its Thursday start 2 years ago. That bodes very well for 6, considering that Fast Five had a huge $86.2M opening over a non-holiday 3-day weekend. [...]
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/23/13
Welcome to summer TV. Collectively, the broadcast networks declined 22% from the same night last year. NBC: The network can’t get rid of the awful SAVE ME fast enough, as NBC is double-pumping it on Thursdays to make the pain pass quicker. It debuted last night with twin 0.7 ratings, the same as the [...]
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THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Rookie Blue”
It’s no small thing to be a scripted success on the broadcast networks during the summer, and while it’s never been a breakout hit, the fact that the Canadian series ROOKIE BLUE has made it to a 4th season on ABC is impressive in itself. Its modest, accomplished mix of police procedural and soap [...]
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MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE: “The Hangover” Is Having One
Last weekend, Star Trek Into Darkness was the first boxoffice underperformer of the summer season; this weekend, it appears that THE HANGOVER PART III (Warners) may be the first unmitigated disaster. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, the combination of Wednesday night and Thursday shows was only $11M. If those numbers hold, it will [...]
