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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/25/11

>Not surprisingly, on Christmas night America just wanted its football (and a little basketball). NBC: The network had a solid game with 2 marquee teams (Green Bay vs. Chicago) and zero new competition, and the result was its b...
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“THE SKED” RESTORED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’S 2011/12 PRIMETIME TELEVISION SCHEDULE

> AS WE WERE SAYING BEFORE OUR SITE’S HOST SO RUDELY INTERRUPTED US… NBC, FOX, ABC, CBS and The CW will present their new shows next Monday-Thursday at star-studded events in New York, but there’s no reason you sh...
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/8/12

> GCB can’t capitalize on a lack of competition. ABC: GCB was virtually the only original scripted show to air in network primetime last night, and ABC chose the evening as the show’s opportunity to show what it cou...
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THE SKED PILOT REPORTS

>Stay tuned to SHOWBUZZDAILY’s THE SKED for advance reports on all the new Fall pilots (NOW INCLUDING BUSTED PILOTS TOO):      ABC      APT. 23 – Potential DVR Alert  &nb...
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TV NEWS AND NOTES

> BROADCAST UPFRONT DONE.  Broadcasting & Cable reports that the broadcast upfront market is finished with sales exceeding $8.6 billion for ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and CW.  Other reports have the total haul over $9 bil...
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COMING SOON TO SHOWBUZZDAILY: TV COVERAGE!

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS: Strong Possibility of Another Up Weekend

> Another up weekend at the box office is on store, led by an eclectic assortment of films.  It should be an up weekend, led by Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family and a forecast $31 million opening.  P...
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Box Office Footnotes – 5/13/11

> BRIDESMAIDS is having a very solid opening weekend, particularly given its relatively low budget.  We’ll see how word of mouth holds up the rest of the weekend, but for now Universal has to be very happy–as d...
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BOX OFFICE NUMBERS — Posting Update

>Weekend box office actuals and summer movie draft standings through Sunday will be posted later this afternoon after final numbers for the weekend are available.  Please check back in the early afternoon Pacific time.
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WEEKEND PREDICTIONS — THE LATEST

> Super 8 pulled in $1.5 million in preview screenings yesterday (including midnight shows and Twitter-related early screenings).  The number seems to be good but not great and doesn’t really impact our forecast for ...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY NY THEATRE JOURNAL: “Other Desert Cities”

> Buzz has it that Jon Robin Baitz’s play OTHER DESERT CITIES is one of the frontrunners for this year’s Best Play Tony Award, and it’s easy to see why. (Let’s leave aside the fact that so few new plays ...
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THE SKED: “Client List” Delivers a Happy Beginning For Lifetime

>Lifetime’s Jennifer Love Hewitt massage-parlor epic THE CLIENT LIST had a premiere on par with last week’s Army Wives episode, around 2.8M viewers. (One imagines it might have skewed younger than Wives, but no demo...
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Oscar Nominations

>We'll have some analysis later (good news: Extremely Loud! Margin Call for Screenplay! Bad news: no Michael Fassbender? No David Fincher?), but for now, here's a link to the full list of Oscar nominees: http://oscar.go...
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NOW PLAYING: SHOWBUZZDAILY

> Today is the first day of operations for ShowbuzzDaily, and we are its humble proprietors, Mitch Metcalf and Mitch Salem.  We’ve been in the entertainment business for a long time (you can find out more by clicking...
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THE SKED: INSIDE THE WAR ROOM – THE PLAYERS

> When the troops gather in New York the week before the Upfronts, just about every arm of the network is represented and gets to weigh in on the new shows and the schedule.  Each has its own vested interests: DEVELOPMENT:...
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