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FRIDAY APRIL 4 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #14 of 2014 looks like $159 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up 40% from the four-year average for this weekend.  All credit goes to the second Captain America, as Disney has...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED Series Finale Review: “Raising Hope”

  Hail and farewell to RAISING HOPE, that gently surreal bundle of quirky comedy that may have been too downscale to ever quite hit the pop culture jackpot.  The writing was discernible on the wall when series creator Gre...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Midseason Premiere

THE SKED Midseason Premiere Review: “Unforgettable”

  UNFORGETTABLE:  Friday 8PM on CBS UNFORGETTABLE, the CBS procedural whose title practically begs to be a punchline, is back.  Although “back” isn’t exactly the word:  Unforgettable was famously cance...
by Mitch Salem
 
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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Captain America” Smashes Records

  CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (Disney) is as big as expected, and maybe even a little bigger.  Preliminary numbers at Deadline have it at up to $38M on Friday (that includes $10.2M from Thursday night), putting it...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Captain America” To the Rescue

  The US box office has started humming for CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (Disney), which brought in $10.2M in shows that began at 8PM last night.  That’s considerably better than the $7.1M that Thor: The Dark...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/3/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Things actually got worse for AMERICAN IDOL in the adjusted numbers, falling 0.1 to 1.7, not just yet another new all-time low, but ignominiously keeping it in a tie with THE CRAZY ONES (which also fell 0...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Surviving Jack”

  SURVIVING JACK:  Thursday 9:30PM on FOX Previously… on SURVIVING JACK:  In the 1990s, Frankie Dunleavy (Connor Buckley) chafes under but also learns valuable life lessons from his disciplinarian father Jack (Chri...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Series Finale Review: “Once Upon A Time In Wonderland”

  Would ONCE UPON A TIME IN WONDERLAND have fared better if scheduled as originally planned, in the role of Sunday 8PM filler between the two half-seasons of its parent Once Upon A Time, instead of being sent to fend for i...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: Exit David Letterman

  In about a year, the reboot of the network late-night talk shows will be complete, now that David Letterman, cranky genius of the format, has announced that sometime in 2015 he’ll be retiring.  With Jimmy Kimmel&#...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/2/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  There were the usual 0.1 bumps (for THE MIDDLE, SUBURGATORY and MODERN FAMILY on ABC, and for SURVIVOR and CRIMINAL MINDS on CBS), and dips (CSI). but the more interesting point is what didn’t g...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: WEDNESDAY Ratings

Wednesday preliminary broadcast ratings:
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Weekend Box Office Predictions APRIL 4-6

Weekend #14 of 2014 is looking like a robust $159 million for the top 12 films, 41% above the typical volume for this weekend the past few years ($113 million). Opening at around 3,900 theaters Friday (well above the 2,886 ave...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/1/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  There was a little solace for the networks in some of the adjusted numbers.  NBC, CBS and ABC all went up at 8PM, and while NCIS and THE VOICE had 0.1 hikes, AGENTS OF SHIELD climbed 0.2–althou...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: TUESDAY Ratings

Tuesday preliminary broadcast ratings:
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Cougar Town”

  After five seasons, COUGAR TOWN has run through multiple networks (TBS, after ABC) and showrunners (Blake McCormick, following series creators Bill Lawrence and Kevin Biegel, and then Ric Swartzlander), and it’s ac...
by Mitch Salem
 
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