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UPDATED WITH CHARTS: THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/27/13

  Remember when The Voice was a big hit? NBC:  We won’t know until fall if it really means anything–certainly there are fewer people watching TV in general now that the regular season is over–but THE VOI...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: Liberace Draws A Crowd

  The same number of people–2.4 million–watched Sunday’s HBO premiere of BEHIND THE CANDELABRA, its Liberace biography directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, as watched...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED NETFLIX REVIEW: “Arrested Development” (Episodes 4-7)

  See also:  THE SKED NETFLIX REVIEW:  “Arrested Development” (Episodes 1-3) A second helping of Netflix’s ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT includes 4 episodes that give a better feel for the scope and ingeniousnes...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Psych”

  Tonight’s Season 7 finale of PSYCH promised at least a bit of a shake-up for Season 8, and even though it looks to be less extreme than it should have been and likely just temporary, it’s welcome.  7 seasons...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED AND CORRECTED: THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/29/13

  First, our abject apologies.  We were working from inaccurate ratings numbers this morning when this was first posted, and consequently our charts were off.  We’ll try to make sure that doesn’t happen again...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED Pilot Report – NBC’s “Ironside”

  IRONSIDE:  Wednesday 10PM on NBC – Change the Channel “There are rules, dammit, and they need to be followed!”  That actual line is spoken, with a completely straight face, about four minutes into the...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: NBC Renews “Hannibal” and Network TV Changes Some More

  NBC’s decision, announced today, to bring back its series HANNIBAL for a second season (probably again at midseason) provides some insight into how the network television business has changed, and will continue cha...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Burn Notice”

  BURN NOTICE:  Thursday 9PM on USA USA Network is beginning to clean its programming house, with tonight marking the beginning of the 7th and final season of BURN NOTICE (the exit of veteran Psych is expected not to be f...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MOVIE REVIEW: “After Earth”

  AFTER EARTH:  Not Even For Free – The Smith Family In Outer Space In AFTER EARTH, Will Smith plays Cypher Raige, an emotionally austere father who withholds affection from his son because of his doubt that the boy...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “Now You See Me”

  NOW YOU SEE ME:  Watch It At Home – Don’t Look Too Closely A summer action movie, like a magic act, is only as good as its final trick, and the one in the relatively low-budget NOW YOU SEE ME (which this sea...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/31/13

  A steadily unimpressive night. CBS:  The season finale of MIKE & MOLLY, pushed back because of a tornado storyline, was all but buried among reruns on Thursday night, and it only managed a series-low 1.8, even below...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED NETFLIX REVIEW: “Arrested Development” (Episodes 8-11)

  See also:  THE SKED NETFLIX REVIEW:  “Arrested Development” (Episodes 1-3)                  THE SKED NETFLIX REVIEW:  “Arrested Development” (Episodes 4-7) Rounding into the sec...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “The Purge”

  THE PURGE:  Watch It At Home – Dopey, Violent Allegory Nevertheless Packs a Punch THE PURGE is heavy-handed, borderline reprehensible nonsense–but that’s not to say it doesn’t work.  James DeMon...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Pilot Review: NBC’s “Sean Saves the World”

  SEAN SAVES THE WORLD:  Thursday 9PM on NBC – If Nothing Else Is On… This is the kind of sitcom SEAN SAVES THE WORLD is.  A co-worker of Sean (Sean Hayes), Liz (Megan Hilty), walks into his office already ta...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE: 5/31/13

  There’s so much product in the marketplace right now that overall numbers for the summer movie season seem fairly robust–but looked at title by title, we see two blockbusters (Iron Man 3 and Fast & Furiou...
by Mitch Salem