Posts Tagged ‘scandal’
 

 

ShowbuzzDaily Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “Studio 54″” & “What They Had”

  STUDIO 54 (no distrib):  Matt Tynauer’s documentary covers all the bases of the disco that defined nightlife for a surprisingly brief time in the late 1970s, from the club’s construction on the site of an ol...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Scandal”

  SCANDAL:  Thursday 10PM on ABC WHERE WE WERE:  Washington DC, where Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) is the best fixer around.  Not a lawyer (although she has a law degree), not a publicist (although she’s expert ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH — Update through February 23

>GCB and the Oscars are the big bets for ABC in recent days, while NBC continues to make an extraordinary push for Awake.  CBS is hoping to take Person of Interest to another level, and FOX just doesn’t seem to be ma...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: FALL RATINGS PREDICTIONS — THURSDAY Night

There’s a new sheriff in town on Thursday nights this fall: CBS is poised to take command of the night.  CBS has been building toward this achievement for years, and this season all the pieces are in place: two solid com...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH — Huge Scandal Promotion Lures Few Viewers

>The most recent Promo Watch numbers are based on prime time broadcast network programming between April 2 and April 8, with about 8 hours of programming sampled for each network over that period.  (Click “read more&...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: Terra Nova and Other Short Orders

> The typical episodic order for a new Fall show is 13 episodes, with a network option for 9 more (known as the “back-order”) to bring the full season to 22 episodes.  Shows that debut at Midseason typically ge...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: THURSDAY RATINGS April 12

>American Idol rebounded last night, pushing FOX to another Thursday win.  But CBS was the real winner last night.  With mostly repeats, they earned a strong second place finish on the night with four comedies and a d...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/19/12

> When you’re NBC, even a 1.8 rating can look good. NBC:  PARKS & RECREATION returned to the schedule last night in the 9:30PM slot, with a 1.8 that was far better than the 1.2-1.5 that Up All Night had been gett...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: Thursday September 27 Ratings — Updated with Official Nationals

Completely updated with official national ratings. Thursday premiere night is down 23% collectively for the broadcast networks (10.5 Adult 18-49 rating last night versus 13.7 last fall on premiere Thursday).  CBS is most on tr...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S Pre-Upfront Projected ABC Fall Schedule

  See Also:  THE SKED’s Pre-Upfront Projected NBC Fall 2013 Schedule                  THE SKED’s Pre-Upfront Projected FOX Fall 2013 Schedule We’re continuing with SHOWBUZZDAILY‘s v...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” “Sundown” & “The Mad Women’s Ball”

  THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE (Searchlight/Disney – in release):  The reason for expanding a documentary into a scripted narrative is typically to allow for an exploration of motive and emotional background not available...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: ABC Fall Schedule and Instant Analysis

Lots of moves from ABC, some–but not all–of which we anticipated.   Let’s take a look night-by-night: MONDAY:  The aging DANCING WITH THE STARS isn’t ideal, but as we anticipated, it’s the be...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/3/12

> Big Bang makes one. CBS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY roared back from last week’s decline, up half a ratings point for its best number since March, and zooming past American Idol as the highest-rated show of the night.  T...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE BEAVER: Chew On This

> Watch It At Home:  Gibson Delivers, The Movie Wobbles As you may have heard, the new comedy-drama THE BEAVER stars a guy named Mel Gibson, who used to be a big-time movie star.  (It’s actually a surprise to re...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/26/12

> Not at all the way the networks wanted May Sweeps to begin. NBC:  All the hype for 30 ROCK‘s live episode (a very busy half-hour with some great gags) and COMMUNITY‘s self-contained episode-long Law & Ord...
by Mitch Salem