Box Office (3/30-4/1) – Friday Estimates, Weekend Projections

Box Office Estimates and Projections

‘Blades’ achieves Box Office ‘Glory’

Friday, March 30th (Boxofficemojo.com)
1. Blades of Glory – $12,065,000
2. Meet the Robinsons – $7,630,000
3. 300 – $3,380,000
4. Shooter – $2,525,000
5. TMNT – $2,520,000
Will Ferrell’s comedy vehicle ‘Blades of Glory’ easily skated [...]

The Ratings Clout of the College Crowd

Mediaweek had an interesting piece of statistics yesterday which reports on a change made by Nielsen in terms of how they track ratings. While last year saw the introduction of TiVo viewings into the ratings system, starting in January Nielsen started measuring something called “out-of-home viewings” by college students.

Mediaweek – ABC Benefits From Out-of-Home [...]

Why NBC (Unfortunately) Needs to Cancel ‘Andy Barker P.I.’

[Editor's Note: Andy Barker has officially been cancelled by NBC, and it's final two episodes will air this Saturday, April 14th on NBC.]
Well, we’ve now had the opportunity to view three episodes of NBC’s midseason replacement comedy Andy Barker P.I., and it’s rather unfortunate that the show has absolutely no chance at a future. At [...]

Lost – ‘Exposé’

Paulo & Nikki:
A ‘Lost’ Morality Play

“Morality plays are a type of theatrical allegory in which the protagonist is met by personifications of various moral attributes who try to prompt him to choose a Godly life over one of evil.” [Wikipedia]

There is no question that Nikki and Paulo’s introduction to the series was a moment where [...]

Sci-Futility Challenge: Can Heroes ‘BE Something’ other than Lost?

As some of you may be aware, I’ve been a tiny bit sketpical as to whether shows like Jericho or Heroes can seriously avoid the pitfalls which Lost has found itself dealing with in its second and third seasons. That post didn’t get a huge amount of attention (Although the Elder certainly took it to [...]

7 Minutes of War: Idol vs. Dancing Showdown

PopWatch called it “the most important seven minutes in history,” somewhat tongue-in-cheek, at the end of last week. FOX announced that it would be airing American Idol for an extra seven minutes, from 8:00pm to 9:07pm, in order to find time for all ten performers. Of course, in this age of accountable media, they were [...]

Cultural Catchup: March 21st-26th

While I may yet do some CUSID related blogging, I figure that I should at the very least acknowledge that my absence has not coincided with a stoppage of television-related news and events. Considering the fact that I’m currently recovering from some pressure-related troubles from the flight home, as well as a lack of sleep/nutrition [...]

A Leave of Absence

While I’m questioning just how rabid my readership really is, in terms of its daily perusal of the site, but I figure I should explain my extended absence from the blogging world.
I’m headed off to the CUSID National Debating Championships at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. While I will have my laptop with me, and [...]

Lost – “The Man From Tallahassee”

Mystery Solved?
The Wheelchair, The Submarine and the Locke Box
Well, Lost has solved one of its most long-running mysteries with last night’s episode: “How did Locke end up in his wheelchair?” We, finally, learned that Locke lost the use of his legs when his own father tackled him out of an eight story apartment and sent [...]

Sci-Futility: Why ‘Heroes’ and ‘Jericho’ will end up like ‘Lost’

There’s been a lot of talk over the last few weeks about how shows like NBC’s ‘Heroes’ or CBS’ ‘Jericho’ are attempting to avoid what happened to ABC’s ‘Lost’. Once one of the most buzzworthy shows on television, it has found itself with lower ratings and a great deal of bitterness from one-time fans. In [...]