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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS JUNE 10-12

>This weekend will be the first one in a while to underperform the same weekend in 2010.  One highly-anticipated film is looking like it will do well but not great, and one kid/teen movie is looking like it will come and g...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

“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...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

WEEKEND ACTUAL & YEAR TO DATE Coming Tomorrow

>Because of the Labor Day holiday, weekend actuals and year-to-date box office results will be posted Tuesday.  Please check back tomorrow. Coming later today (Monday): the Pathway to Profits feature, along with studio sco...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/10/12

>Last network standing: would you believe NBC? NBC: Not only did the network tie for the lead on the night, but all 3 of its shows were up. THE VOICE's results hour was the highest rated show of the evening, and, BIGGEST LO...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

ARCHIVE REVIEW: Sidney Lumet’s “Prince Of the City”

> On Homevideo:  See It On Any Screen One of the great things about growing up in New York during the 1970s was experiencing the films of Sidney Lumet, who died today at the age of 86.  Lumet had been making great pic...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Box Office Footnotes – 4/1/11

> Hop will be–by far–Russell Brand’s biggest opening as a featured performer:  both Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Me To the Greek opened to around $17M.  All of which makes this week’s open...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS & YEAR TO DATE Aug 15-21

> The past week (seven days ending Sunday) came in down 2% versus last year’s comparable week (the first down week after five up weeks in a row).  Year-to-date box office is now down 3.9% versus last year.&...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

BIJOU BOXOFFICE: FRIDAY STUDIO SCORECARD – 11/25/11

>BREAKING DAWN PART 1: Although the huge day-after-Thanksgiving take lifted everything in the multiplex, Breaking Dawn 1 continues to run behind New Moon by 10 percent. THE MUPPETS: Still well under Tangled’s Thanksgiving...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

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...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

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...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SERVICE DISRUPTION

>We apologize for last night’s and this morning’s service disruption (due to failures with our hosting service). We are in the process of recovering yesterday’s posting, including THE SKED (our predictions for...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Box Office Footnotes

> It’s hard to spin the Pirates 4 US opening as anything but a disappointment–when you figure in 3D ticket prices, actual attendance is probably down 30% from the last installment. (Look for Disney to make sure the ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

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:...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

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...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Hello I Must Be Going”

> Sundance changed the way it kicks things off this year. Instead of a single high-profile Opening Night Film (which has almost always turned out to be a disappointment), the festival screened several smaller films. For those o...
by Mitch Salem