Reviews

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Homeland”

Posted December 21, 2015 by Mitch Salem

  If HOMELAND hadn’t once been so good, it wouldn’t be so painful now to see what it’s become.  Season 5 was by no means terrible:  it was crisply produced, Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin remain enviable leads, and the plotting was no sillier than that of many other TV action-adventures, which could also have […]

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Midseason Finale

SHOWBUZZDAILY Midseason Finale Review: “The Walking Dead”

Posted December 12, 2016 by Mitch Salem

  In the best case scenario, this first half of THE WALKING DEAD‘s 7th season has been a necessary evil.  While ponderousness has been built into the show’s DNA more or less from the start, Walking Dead has never before been as oppressive as these 8 episodes.  Part of that is sheer length:  AMC has gone […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Nashville”

Posted August 11, 2017 by Mitch Salem

  An odd thing happened to NASHVILLE in its 5th season, as it shifted networks to CMT and showrunners to Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick.  When series creator Callie Khouri and original showrunner Dee Johnson were in charge, Nashville had revolved around three women:  country music superstar Rayna Jaymes (Connie Britton), glitzy troublemaker Juliette Barnes […]

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Articles

THE SKED SEASON FINALE WATCH: The Girl With the “Homeland” Tattoo

Posted December 19, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> WARNING:  Spoilers Abound That expelled breath heard around the country this evening was a collective sigh of relief:  HOMELAND‘s season finale didn’t collapse.  On the contrary, it delivered a satisfying conclusion that resolved Season 1 storylines while setting the stage for an intriguing, and somewhat different, Season 2. No recent show has walked a […]

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Pilot Reports

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Me, Myself & I”

Posted September 25, 2017 by Mitch Salem

  ME, MYSELF & I:  Monday 9:30PM on CBS – In the Queue CBS’s ME, MYSELF & I is a gimmick sitcom, which CBS seems to regard as necessary for single camera comedies (see Life In Pieces, or don’t).  The high-concept here is more or less This Is Us with one-liners  As in the NBC […]

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

Posted May 25, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> The networks have proclaimed their Fall schedules, the new series have been (partially) unveiled, so… what now?  What will actually be worth watching when network TV comes back to life in a few months?  SHOWBUZZDAILY is here to help you out.  The good news is that since virtually all TV series are available these […]

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THE SKED PILOT REPORT: NBC’s “The Playboy Club”

Posted June 7, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> 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 shouldn’t be taken as full reviews, but rather as a guide to the general style and content of the […]

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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Defiance”

Posted July 9, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  DEFIANCE never really got much momentum going in its first season, and although there were quite a few major developments in tonight’s season finale, events clearly meant to be shattering and dramatic, it all felt rushed and a little desperate to set the stage for next year.  (Despite unexceptional ratings, the series has already […]

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