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Top Cable & Broadcast Shows of the Week
Posted September 24, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf
Better late than never — the weekly ranking of the top telecasts on television the last two weeks.
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PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED Pilot Review – ABC’s “Lucky 7″”
Posted September 24, 2013 by Mitch Salem
Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here and Midseason Pilot Reports here. LUCKY 7: Tuesday 10PM on ABC – If Nothing Else Is On… LUCKY 7 doesn’t feel like a jackpot. Although its premise pilot doesn’t necessarily give a clear idea of what the series will be, the seemingly irresistible plot hook–a half-dozen ordinary […]
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PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED Pilot Review – ABC’s “The Goldbergs”
Posted September 24, 2013 by Mitch Salem
Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here. THE GOLDBERGS: Tuesday 9PM on ABC – Change the Channel THE GOLDBERGS is startlingly bad. ABC’s most highly-touted new sitcom of the fall is inspired by series creator Adam F. Goldberg’s memories of growing up in the 1980s, and fragments of his own home videotapes at the […]
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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 9/23/13
Posted September 24, 2013 by Mitch Salem
Welcome to the 2013-14 broadcast network TV season–where what was supposed to be the first clash of the titans has already turned out to be no contest at all. NBC: With the much-hyped return of the original judges on THE VOICE, the show premiered for its second fall cycle with a huge 4.9 rating, way […]
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PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED Pilot Review – ABC’s “Trophy Wife”
Posted September 24, 2013 by Mitch Salem
Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here. TROPHY WIFE: Tuesday 9:30PM on ABC – If Nothing Else is On… If you like your comedy innocuous, TROPHY WIFE may fit the bill. The title is ironic: although Kate (Malin Akerman) is the young, beautiful third wife of Peter (Bradley Whitford), she’s not after his money–he’s […]
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THE SKED: Monday Ratings Charts
Posted September 24, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf
Monday ratings last night, last year and last week:
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THE SKED SUNDAY RATINGS SCORECARD – 9/22/13
Posted September 23, 2013 by Mitch Salem
It was a good night for both broadcast and cable last night. With the benefit of a huge football overrun that lasted until the very last moment before the awards were set to begin, the EMMY AWARDS had a 4.9 rating in 18-49s, more than a full point higher than last year’s 3.8 in […]
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PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED PILOT REVIEW – CBS’s “Mom”
Posted September 23, 2013 by Mitch Salem
Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here. MOM: Monday 9:30PM on CBS starting Sept. 23 – Worth A Look The Chuck Lorre sitcom machine is a major reason that CBS is the most successful of the Big Four networks. The Big Bang Theory is the biggest scripted hit on broadcast television, and while 2 […]