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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “2 Broke Girls”

  Even with the nonstop double (sometimes barely single) entendres, 2 BROKE GIRLS is as basic and old-fashioned as a sitcom can be–it’s sort of a starter kit for CBS comedy.  Take 2 mismatched diner co-workers...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: FOX Trailer – “Us & Them”

  Currently TBD on the FOX schedule is US & THEM, an adaptation of the well-liked British comedy Gavin & Stacey.  It stars the also well-liked Jason Ritter and Alexis Bledel as co-workers from different branches o...
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: FOX Trailer – “Rake”

  FOX’s most highly-touted drama pilot the entire development season was RAKE, which is indeed on the air.  The price of scoring Greg Kinnear as a lead (much as it had been last year with Kevin Bacon) is that he wou...
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: FOX Trailer – “Enlisted”

  ENLISTED has been curiously scheduled, placed in the hinterlands of 9:30PM on Fridays after Raising Hope, where the upside is that at least expectations will be low  The show is written by Kevin Biegel, whose previous s...
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: FOX Trailer – “Almost Human”

  In FOX’s new line-up, ALMOST HUMAN will take over the Monday 8PM slot from Bones post-baseball, then serve as lead-in to first Sleepy Hollow and then The Following.  It hails from Bad Robot, JJ Abrams’s mecc...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: FOX Trailer – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”

  One of FOX’s big moves for the fall is revamping its Tuesday 8-9PM comedies, shifting sharply in tone from last falls soft duo of Raising Hope and Ben & Kate to a more guy-oriented tone.  Seth MacFarlane’...
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: FOX Trailer – “Sleepy Hollow”

  We’re continuing our look through FOX’s fall trailers with SLEEPY HOLLOW, which will hold the Monday 9PM slot until The Following takes it back at midseason.  It comes from genre specialists Alex Kurtzman an...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: FOX Trailer – “Dads”

  The first day of network Upfront presentations features a doubleheader, with NBC followed by FOX.  That means another stack of trailers (unlike NBC, FOX also released the materials for its midseason shows), so let’...
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: NBC Trailer – “Dracula”

  NBC’s one slightly surprising choice for the fall schedule was DRACULA, not because it doesn’t fit with its Grimm lead-in, but just that its straight-to-series order had been somewhat under the radar in the b...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: NBC Trailer – “Sean Saves the World”

  Another sitcom for NBC’s new “we wouldn’t be edgy if you begged us” Thursday night comedy line-up, as Sean Hayes returns to what’s now “Might-Watch TV” with SEAN SAVES THE WORLD....
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: NBC Trailer – “Welcome To the Family”

  NBC’s trailers for its fall series continue.  Next up:  the sitcom WELCOME TO THE FAMILY, featuring Mike O’Malley and Mary McCormick as a couple whose teen daughter falls in love with (and gets pregnant by)...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: NBC Trailer – “Ironside”

  We’re continuing our look at NBC’s crop of trailers for its fall shows (apart from The Blacklist, the network doesn’t seem to be releasing pieces for its midseason series right now), and next up is the ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: NBC Trailer – “The Michael J. Fox Show”

  As part of today’s Upfronts presentation, NBC has released full trailers of its new series.  Now, it’s absolutely unclear to judge a TV series from its trailer–even more than it’s unfair to judge...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/12/13

  A tough start to Upfronts week for the networks. ABC:  The season finale of ONCE UPON A TIME was down an ugly 1.1 from last year’s finale, leaving it with a 2.2 that was flat with last week.  Even worse was the 2...
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: The New FOX Schedule(s) – Grid & Instant Analysis

  FOX has unveiled a set of schedules that will shift throughout the season–and even into Summer 2014.  Let’s take a look. FALL MONDAY 8PM:         Bones/Almost Human 9PM:         Sleepy Hollow...
by Mitch Salem
 
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