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SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Bill Hader

  Bill Hader’s return to SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE had everything:  a singing monologue; a celebrity cameo (from Harvey Fierstein); a more-than-cameo assist from Kristen Wiig (Hader’s co-star in the current The Ske...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Gone Girl” Scares Away “Dracula Untold”

  As expected, GONE GIRL (20th) flew past DRACULA UNTOLD (Legendary/Universal) on Saturday and based on preliminary numbers at Deadline, it will easily take the weekend.  Gone Girl‘s $11.4M Saturday was down just 25...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Survivor’s Remorse”

  SURVIVOR’S REMORSE:  Saturday 9PM on Starz Previously… on SURVIVOR’S REMORSE:  When basketball phenom Cam Calloway (Jessie T. Usher) signs his first giant free agency contract and moves to Atlanta, he...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Behind the Friday Box Office – 10/10/14

  Once again, Gone Girl was vanquished for a day by a horror movie, but will almost certainly rebound to take the weekend. OPENINGS:  DRACULA UNTOLD (Legendary/Universal) gets the partnership between Universal and its new...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.10.2014

  CRISTELA had a fair start. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment) Friday, the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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FRIDAY 10.10.2014 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #41 of 2014 looks like a very strong $138 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, 31% above the norm for this weekend ($106 million).   Opening at 2,885 theaters, Dracula Untold fro...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Gone Girl” Isn’t Going Anywhere

  GONE GIRL (20th) should easily retain its title in its 2d weekend of release, based on preliminary numbers at Deadline.  Although the Friday race is tight between Gone Girl at $7.1M and the new DRACULA UNTOLD (Legendary...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 10.9.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Nielsen announced this morning that there have been systematic problems with their ratings since March, which weren’t noticed through the months of low summer viewing, but became obvious once the ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Gracepoint”

  GRACEPOINT:  Thursday 9PM on FOX Previously… on GRACEPOINT:  In the small seaside town of Gracepoint, in the western US (as opposed to the small seaside town of Broadchurch in the UK, where the BBC version of the...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.9.2014

  Shondaland richly earned its latest back-order last night. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment) Thursday, the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “A to Z”

  A TO Z:  Thursday 9:30PM on NBC Previously… on A TO Z:  Dating website marketer Andrew (Ben Feldman) and lawyer Zelda (Cristin Milioti) have had their meet-cute, they’ve discovered that the office windows i...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Bad Judge”

  BAD JUDGE:  Thursday 9PM on NBC Previously… on BAD JUDGE:  Rebecca Wright (Kate Walsh) is a hard-drinkin’, free-lovin’ gal–who also happens to be a tough Los Angeles judge.  Medical expert witn...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR: Early Notes From the Front

  We’re a bit more then 2 weeks into the Fall 2014 TV season, most of the new series have had their debuts, and a few selected hours aside, the results aren’t pretty.  We’re going to take a capsule loo...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 10.8.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  At this point, it’s far from a surprise that all of ABC’s sitcoms gained in afternoon adjusted ratings:  THE MIDDLE, THE GOLDBERGS and BLACK-ISH by 0.1, and MODERN FAMILY by 0.2.  (No good...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.8.2014

  So far, Wednesdays are working out just about the way ABC had hoped. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment) Wednesday, the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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