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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/23/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  All the ABC sitcoms (except MIXOLOGY, which needed it most) were adjusted up 0.1 in final numbers, as was SURVIVOR.  There was no good news for AMERICAN IDOL or ARROW.  WEDNESDAY CABLE:  The NBA PLAYOF...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED REVIEW: “Saturday Night Live” with Louis CK

  Louis CK’s last visit to host SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE in 2012 was one of the show’s best recent episodes, and now that his signature Louie is resuming (finally!) on FX in May, he came back tonight for a return en...
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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Halt and Catch Fire”

  A serialized drama without major stars, a familiar genre or a grabby premise simply can’t afford to take half its season figuring itself out.  (Having a title that says absolutely nothing about what the series is ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.14.2015

  Some veterans looked a bit shaky last night. 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), aud...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.26.2019

  A new low for LOVE ISLAND. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audienc...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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UPDATED: Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 6/15/14

  MONDAY UPDATE:  Father’s Day was a holiday, all right… for some movies.  22 JUMP STREET vastly overestimated its appeal to dads, taking a sizable 30% hit on Sunday and falling an ugly $3M below its original...
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Update: 12.13.2015

    NETWORK UPDATE:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 7.0, up 0.3 from last week’s game.  At least BLOOD & OIL departed with a shred of dignity, gaining 0.1 in final numbers, while 60 MINUTES lost 0.1...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

Thor: The Dark World has pushed Disney back into first place in the worldwide box office race, pushing Warner Brothers back into second place and Universal into third. For a complete ranking of 2013 films by worldwide performa...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.14.2015

The NBA FINALS towered over the rest like–well, like an NBA player over the masses. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adul...
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “War Dogs” Leads Weak Openings, “Ben-Hur” Crashes

  The stretch of box-office beginning in mid-August is one of the weakest of the year, and this weekend’s arrivals did nothing to change that tradition.  WAR DOGS (RatPac/Warners) had the best of the low starts, wit...
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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.10.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  The Women’s Gymnastics US OLYMPIC TRIALS, BIG BROTHER and the AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.  Also note that due to a golf overrun on FOX, t...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 1/11/15

  OPENINGS:  TAKEN 3 (Europa/20th) had a very decent 5% Saturday bump (so much for the movie’s quality affecting word of mouth), and is currently claiming a $40.4M weekend, which would make it the #2 January opening...
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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 5.1.2016

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +2% above last year and now +6% above the average for this point the past ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Wednesday Cable Ratings Delay (Updated with Broadcast Nationals)

Cable nationals for Wednesday 4.15.2015 are delayed by Nielsen.  They should be available early Friday morning, probably by 6:30 am PT / 9:30 am ET. UPDATE: Wednesday 4.15.2015 cable nationals are now posted. Meantime, here ar...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Festival Review: “The Farewell”

  THE FAREWELL (A24):  Lulu Wang’s The Farewell is what could be called Sundance Classic, a small, very personal film nurtured by the festival into wide enough attention that A24 paid $6M to release it.  It’s...
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