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THE SKED: Premiering Tonight

> Click below for reviews of tonight’s premieres: SUITS (USA) review WILFRED (FX) review
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THE SKED: “A Gifted Man” Update

>Deadline is reporting that Pablo Schreiber, who guest starred on the pilot for CBS’s A GIFTED MAN (review here) has been upped to a regular.  Schreiber played a new age-y healer in the pilot, visited by Patrick Wils...
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THE SKED: FOX Update

> FOX has announced the premiere dates for their Fall 2011 season.  They’re not featuring any special “previews” before the season officially begins, unlike The CW, but they will have some late premieres ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED @ BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Locke & Key”

>The FOX pilot LOCKE & KEY is a very effective hour of creepiness, but it’s not that hard to understand why the network didn’t put the project on its schedule.  The show screams “cult hit” at be...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEEKDAY BOX OFFICE UPDATE JUNE 20-21

>Green Lantern has grossed $10.1 million Monday-Tuesday, representing 19.0% of its opening weekend tally.  This is a solid first weekday number and indicates the potential to decline slightly better than average in its sec...
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THE SKED: “Locke and Key” At Comic-Con

>Remember what we were saying about busted pilots not being a waste of time?  It’s been reported that the Fox pilot Locke & Key will receive a full screening and panel at next month’s Comic-Con.  It...
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THE SKED PILOT REPORT: ABC’s “Apt. 23”

> Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall.  Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot.  So these critiques sh...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE BIJOU @ REVIEW: “The Art Of Getting By”

>   Not At Any Price:  Phony As A 3-Dollar Bill THE ART OF GETTING BY (then called “Homework”) stood out at Sundance like an unsore thumb.  In the midst of high-quality, serious films that were at lea...
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THE SKED @ CABLE REVIEW: FX’s “Wilfred”

> Premieres Thursday 10PM on FX:  Potential DVR Alert Is WILFRED more than a one-trick puppy?  We’ll see.  It joins the FX line-up of off-center comedies (Louie, The League, It’s Always Sunny in Phila...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED @ CABLE REPLAY; “Killing” Us Softly

> If you haven’t heard (and if you haven’t–and you care–consider this a SPOILER ALERT), the 13th episode of AMC’s series THE KILLING, its season finale, concluded on Sunday night without answering ...
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THE SKED @ CABLE REVIEW: “Falling Skies”

> FALLING SKIES – Sundays 10PM on TNT – If Nothing Else Is On… Or:  how is FALLING SKIES not Terra Nova?  I’ve raved about FOX’s Fall dinosaur spectacle, and here’s another Steven S...
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THE SKED @ BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Wonder Woman”

> This year’s WONDER WOMAN pilot did not fly under the radar.  Produced by Warner Bros Television for NBC, it was the subject of speculation before it was even placed with a network, scrutiny while it was being produ...
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THE SKED: The CW Update

> The CW has announced their Fall premiere dates, and not unusually for them, several of their series will be unveiled the week before the other networks open for business.  (The downside for viewers is that this is one of...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: A Word About Busted Pilots

> “Busted” pilots, for those who don’t know, are simply the ones not ordered by their commissioning networks to series.  We’re going to start taking a look at some of last year’s busted pilots...
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BOX OFFICE NUMBERS — Posting Update

>Weekend box office actuals and summer movie draft standings through Sunday will be posted later this afternoon after final numbers for the weekend are available.  Please check back in the early afternoon Pacific time.
by Mitch Salem
 
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