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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: CBS’s “Madam Secretary”

  MADAM SECRETARY:  Sunday 8PM on CBS THE FACTS:  Tea Leoni plays Elizabeth McCord, a college professor and former CIA analyst unexpectedly named by the President (Keith Carradine)–who used to be her boss at the CI...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: CBS’s “The McCarthys”

  THE MCCARTHYS:  Thursday 9:30PM on CBS THE FACTS:  Ronnie McCarthy (Jake Lacy) is part of a lovingly smothering Boston Irish-Catholic family, who are just fine with him being gay but embarrass him at every turn anyway....
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: CBS’s “Stalker”

  STALKER:  Wednesday 10PM on CBS THE FACTS:  From the grisly mind of The Following‘s Kevin Williamson, a procedural about an LAPD squad that specializes in tracking down dangerous stalkers.  Maggie Q runs the uni...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: CBS’s “Scorpion”

  SCORPION:  Monday 9PM on CBS THE FACTS:  A group of nerdy genius goofballs works with the government to solve high-tech emergencies–based on a true story.  Elyes Gabel is Walter O’Brien, the leader of the ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

THE SKED Series Finale Review: “Suburgatory”

  Tonight’s series finale of SUBURGATORY provided as clear a picture as any of how much the series had lost its way in the course of its three season run.  Originally, Emily Kapnek’s show had a very clear voic...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Arrow”

  Marvel may own the movie houses, but DC Comics has been demonstrating that it has the edge when it comes to the small screen.  ARROW has steadily improved since its debut, and in its second season it provided a model of...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: The CW Schedule – Instant Analysis

  CW didn’t need to make a lot of changes after a successful (on its terms) season, and it hasn’t.  The network confined its fall moves to 2 nights, opting for stability the rest of the week and keeping 4 addi...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/14/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  SURVIVOR increased by 0.1 from this morning’s numbers (the CSI rerun lost 0.1).  On ABC, both the SUBURGATORY finale and MODERN FAMILY gained 0.1.  On NBC, both REVOLUTION and SVU were up 0.1, b...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: CW’s “The Flash”

  (NOTE:  as of Thursday afternoon, CW had only released a 30-second teaser for its new JANE THE VIRGIN, and nothing at all for midseason shows iZOMBIE and THE MESSENGERS.  We’ll post reviews of the rest of the net...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK THURSDAY SCORECARD – 5/22/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Only HELL’S KITCHEN and the night’s rerun of MODERN FAMILY found an extra 0.1 in the couch cushions.  THURSDAY CABLE:  With no NBA Playoff games scheduled, it was a quiet night.  The NHL ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The Vampire Diaries”

  The fifth season of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES was great fun as usual, although also a bit sloppier than the norm.  That could well be the result of series mastermind Julie Plec having to spread her time between Diaries, the n...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Grey’s Anatomy”

  For the most part, Shonda Rhimes and the Season 10 finale of GREY’S ANATOMY kept its Cristina Yang Farewell Extravaganza confined to a 20-minute chunk in the second half.  The opening half of the hour, written by ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/15/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  As often happens because of its 8:31PM end-time, THE BIG BANG THEORY went up 0.1 in final numbers for its season finale, while THE MILLERS lost 0.1.  GREY’S ANATOMY also gained 0.1, while REIGN (whic...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Godzilla” Eats Multiplexes

  GODZILLA (Warners/Legendary) is more or less the definition of a movie that should have a great first night, and indeed it did on Thursday, pulling in $9.3M in shows that started at 7PM.  That’s more than the $8.7...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “X-Men” Mutates Holiday Weekend, “Blended” Doesn’t Mix

  X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (20th) was fated to walk away with Memorial Day Weekend, and it’s starting off its run in high style, with a preliminary $36M (including $8.1M from Thursday night) reported at Deadline an...
by Mitch Salem
 
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