The Aaron McGruder Projects (Adult Swim/Cartoon Network)- Aaron McGruder (The Boondocks) inked a deal with Adult Swim to develop two new shows for the network. One of them is a 15 minute project, while the other is a half hour … Continue reading Coming Next Season? A Brief Look At Shows You Might See Soon (part 1)
The CW has ordered full seasons of all three of its new shows, The Originals, Reign, and The Tomorrow People. By all accounts, The Originals is a success, while Tomorrow and Reign are both solid performers. Surprisingly so for Reign, … Continue reading TV News: The CW is sticking behind ‘Originals’, ‘Reign’, and ‘Tomorrow’
Best Picture 1) 12 Years A Slave 2) Gravity 3) American Hustle 4) Captain Phillips 5) Saving Mr Banks 6) Inside Llewyn Davis 7) The Butler 8) The Wolf Of Wall Street (Debut) 9) Nebraska 10) August Osage County 11) … Continue reading Awards Watch #4- Monuments Men flees the race, Wolf re-enters
1) Thor: The Dark World- 75M Weekend, 75M Total It’s almost an unprecedented move. A summer blockbuster is opening in November. The good news is that the Top 10 films of November (All Time) are almost entirely franchise films. However, … Continue reading Weekend Box Office Predictions: ‘Thor’ obviously will take 1st
1) Enders Game- 25M Weekend, 25M Total My gut instinct is that Enders Game is going to disappoint this weekend. Adobe started tracking social media responses to upcoming films, and singled Enders Game out as one of the films most … Continue reading Weekend Box Office Projections: Will ‘Free Birds’ Fly?
Below is a current list of the top network shows, AFTER DVR numbers have been added in. This ranking only affects the rating in the demo (18-49), and not the broader audience. A lot of shows aren’t really expected to … Continue reading The Top Shows of the New TV Season
1) Bad Grandpa- 35M Weekend, 35M Total Entering into a rather serious Top 10 is Bad Grandpa, which is looking to draw in an underserved comedy audience. Specifically, the young male comedy audience. This strategy has worked well for the … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Bad Grandpa’ will make an impact
1) Gravity- 31M Weekend, 165M Total After dipping a mere 22% last week, Gravity is actually gaining back some of the IMAX screens it lost to Captain Phillips. Another similar drop for Gravity should keep it firmly in first place. … Continue reading Box Office Predictions- 10/18/2013-10/20/2013
Best Picture 1) 12 Years A Slave 2) Gravity 3) American Hustle 4) Captain Phillips 5) Saving Mr Banks 6) Inside Llewyn Davis 7) The Butler 8) August Osage County 9) Nebraska 10) Monuments Men (Debut) 11) Fruitvale Station 12) … Continue reading Awards Watch #3- ‘Her’ debuts strong
STARRING: JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS, JAMES GANDOLFINI, CATHERINE KEENER, TONI COLLETTE, BEN FALCONE, MICHAELA WATKINS, TRACEY FAIRAWAY, TAVI GEVINSON, EVE HEWSON
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY: Nicole Holofcener
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NBC- The Voice is still doing good numbers on Monday/Tuesday. The Blacklist is winning its timeslot, and was the first show (technically) to be rewarded with a back-nine pickup. Chicago Fire is also doing solid numbers on Tuesday. Revolution needs … Continue reading Fall TV Season- Who Will Be The Second Cancellation?
STARRING: Sandra Bullock and George Clooney.
WRITTEN BY: Alfonso Cuaron and Jonas Cuaron
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Here’s my second “power list rankings” of how films are tracking right now, and how I think the race is shaping up. Gravity and 12 Years A Slave are massive contenders right now. Best Picture 1) 12 Years A Slave … Continue reading Awards Watch- #2
Here’s how the Fall TV season has been shaping up. Sunday: ABC doesn’t have a lot to celebrate about. Once Upon A Time and Revenge are both down season-to-season, yet up from last season’s finales. So, really, you could say … Continue reading Fall TV Report: So Far…
I really wanted to like this show. I watched Spin City religiously, and Michael J Fox’s films are always fun to watch. I was looking forward to his return to TV, but I was left disappointed. The pilot was … Continue reading TV Review: The Michael J Fox Show
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