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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Sessions”

Oscar buzz has been trailing THE SESSIONS (which was then called The Surrogate) since it was unveiled at Sundance in January, and with good reason.  For Academy members, it doesn’t get much better than a warm “base...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Inspection” & “Emily”

  THE INSPECTION (A24 – November 14):  Back in 1983, Robert Altman directed the film version of David Rabe’s play Streamers, about a Vietnam-era boot camp that turned even more violent and vicious with the cat...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 1.2.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The networks generally returned from their holiday breaks.  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS had aired a December 26 episode, and it was down a tenth to 0.33.  The rest of the lineup hadn...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/18/12

> Fairy tales rule… but watch out for the zombies. ABC:  We won’t know for sure until later today, but odds are that the highest-rated show on TV last night was the season finale of The Walking Dead on AMC (our...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Horrible Bosses”

  HORRIBLE BOSSES – Watch It At Home:  Doesn’t Earn A Raise   A comedy can get away with not being very good as long as it’s funny, and HORRIBLE BOSSES delivers some laughs.  Most of those come fro...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Beyond”

  BEYOND:  Monday 9PM on Freeform (Preview Tonight at 9PM), also available on VOD/streaming – Change the Channel Add BEYOND to the growing pile of genre shows that have failed at Freeform since Pretty Little Liars b...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “The Vampire Diaries”

   THE VAMPIRE DIARIES brought its A-game to its 3rd season finale, wrapping up (or at least advancing) some storylines while providing massive fodder for Season 4.  It should be noted that Diaries thrives on plot twists...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Mixology”

  MIXOLOGY:  Wednesday 9:30PM on ABC Previously… on MIXOLOGY:  On one night, in one bar, ten people variously search for romance or its temporary facsimile through the course of the season’s run.  We were br...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Chasing Life”

  CHASING LIFE:  Tuesday 9PM on ABCFamily Previously… on CHASING LIFE:  Very inconveniently, 24-year old aspiring Boston reporter April Carver (Italia Ricci) has just been diagnosed with leukemia.  The timing coul...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Legends of Tomorrow”

  The well-oiled Greg Berlanti & Co DC superhero TV machine has so far slipped a gear with CW’s LEGENDS OF TOMORROW.  Despite half a season of careful preparation before its January start, including pre-premiere...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.11.2018

  A down night for some veterans. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/14/12

> Look away. FOX:  The only network with anything to boast about, and even that has a couple of asterisks.  AMERICAN IDOL will probably edge out The Voice for bragging rights to the week once final numbers are in (rig...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: WHAT TO WATCH THIS FALL ON WEEKENDS (1st Draft)

> Just how big a fan are you of RULES OF ENGAGEMENT?  If CBS dropped it off the top of the Empire State Building, would you jump after it?  Because that’s pretty much what they’ve done by (probably only te...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Younger”

  Movies have the advantage over TV when it comes to telling gimmicky stories, because a movie only has to sustain the gimmick for 2 hours, and then it’s done.  YOUNGER could have been an effortless feature vehicle ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/27/12

> SMASH-watch continues, on a very atypical night. NBC:  With NASCAR unexpectedly occupying FOX’s primetime, CBS down and ABC up, the great news for NBC was that SMASH stabilized and even creeped up 0.1 from last wee...
by Mitch Salem