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THE BIJOU’S FRIDAY STUDIO SCORECARD – 12/2/11

> The post-Thanksgiving weekend is usually brutal, and this year is no exception. BREAKING DAWN PART 1:  The likely 60% drop from last weekend is as expected for this very front-loaded series.  Right now the film is r...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/2/11

> It turns out that while Americans are football crazy, they’re not crazy. FOX:  The first-ever PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, in which UCLA was never close to nationally-ranked Oregon, could only manage a dismal 1.4 rati...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/1/11

> Even with weakened competition on the other 2 networks, NBC and FOX weren’t able to capitalize. NBC:  There were holiday specials on ABC and reruns on CBS, and none of it did much for the NBC line-up.  COMMUNI...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: FOX Midseason

> FOX has announced the specifics of its midseason schedule, with no surprises (you don’t need surprises when you’re cruising in 1st place, with your unstoppable biggest gun on the way).  Below are the shows an...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE BIJOU @ SUNDANCE: Behold the Edgy

> Sundance announced the second group of its 2012 titles today (Competition entries were announced yesterday; Premieres will be unveiled on Monday), mostly in what are traditionally the most untraditional categories of the Fest...
by Mitch Salem
 
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STATUETTE STAKES: National Board of Review Has Its Day

> The National Board of Review is an organization with a virtually unknown membership that exists in public consciousness for precisely one day per year, and this is their day:  the announcement of their film awards. ...
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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/30/11

> While ABC was away, the other networks did play (a little). FOX:  The network seized the opportunity afforded by ABC’s all-repeat night to launch the last new series of the “fall” season, I HATE MY TEEN...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE BIJOU @ SUNDANCE: Let The (Show)Buzz Commence

> The Sundance Film Festival, like Toronto, issues its announcements about the films that will be screening in several stages.  (Sundance’s sadism about actually obtaining tickets, however, is all its own.)  Tod...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – “I Hate My Teenage Daughter”

> Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall.  Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot.  So these critiques sh...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/29/11

> America knows what it wants this holiday season:  a flying middle-aged reindeer and lots of lingerie models! CBS:  RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER first aired (on NBC) in 1964, and 47 years later, it’s still go...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/28/11

> The only shows last night with ratings north of a 3 were reruns. FOX:  Even with weaker competition on both CBS and ABC, TERRA NOVA couldn’t climb more than 0.1 from last week’s season low, and with only 2 ep...
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STATUETTE STAKES: NY Film Critics Kick Off Awards Season

> The New York Film Critics Circle famously (notoriously?), having decided that they simply couldn’t wait to announce their 2011 awards until, y’know, they had actually seen all the movies (when Warners couldn’...
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/27/11

> With Thanksgiving over, we’re in the mix of original episodes, specials and reruns that mark December. ABC: ONCE UPON A TIME weathered its first preemption last week pretty well, falling a bit but still very comfortable...
by Mitch Salem
 
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BIJOU BOXOFFICE: WEEKEND STUDIO SCORECARD – 11/27/11

> BREAKING DAWN PART 1: After a full week of running behind New Moon on a day-to-day basis, often by more than $1M per day, Summit’s estimates for the past 2 days suddenly have Breaking Dawn 1 ahead by a few thousand doll...
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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Arthur Christmas”

> ARTHUR CHRISTMAS: Worth A Ticket – Yuletime Tidings With the Aardman Touch As the Thanksgiving holiday box-office has started to be counted, it’s become fairly clear that there isn’t much of an audience, at ...
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