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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Reckless”

Posted July 6, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  RECKLESS:  Sunday 9PM on CBS Previously… on RECKLESS:  In an ever-steamy version of Charleston, new City Attorney and general good old boy Roy Rayder (Cam Gigandet) constantly locks horns with Yankee lawyer Jamie Sawyer (Anna Wood).  One of her clients is ex-cop Lee Anne Marcus (Georgina Haig), who’s suing the department after being fired […]

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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Taxi Brooklyn”

Posted July 3, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  TAXI BROOKLYN:  Wednesday 10PM on NBC Previously… on TAXI BROOKLYN:  Cat Sullivan (Chyler Leigh) is a grouchy (but spunky and cute) NYPD detective whose driving is so bad that she’s been demoted to walking a beat.  Luckily for her, she’s made the acquaintance of Leo Romba (Jacky Ido), a genial French ex-con and illegal […]

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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Tyrant”

Posted July 2, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  TYRANT:  Tuesday 10PM on FX Previously… on TYRANT:  Barry Al-Fayeed (Adam Rayner) is a contented Pasadena-area pediatrician–and he’s also Bassam, the younger son of the longtime ruler of a Middle Eastern military dictatorship, who fled that life 20 years ago.  He travels with his wife Molly (Jennifer Finnigan), son Sammy (Noah Silver) and daughter […]

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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “The Last Ship”

Posted June 29, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  THE LAST SHIP:  Sunday 9PM on TNT Previously… on THE LAST SHIP:  It’s taken just a few months for a new pandemic to decimate the world’s population, and half a million people are still dying every day.  On board the USS Nathan James, which had been cut off from all communication in the Arctic […]

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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Dominion”

Posted June 27, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  DOMINION:  Thursday 9PM on Syfy Previously… on DOMINION:  Following on the events of the movie Legion, in a post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, an enclave of surviving humans are protected by the Archangel Michael (Tom Wisdom) from the evil angels, led by his brother Gabriel (Carl Beukes), who killed most of mankind–which they believe they did […]

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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Chasing Life”

Posted June 18, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  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 couldn’t be worse, not because she’s afraid for her life–April more or less tosses that concern off–but because she’s just started dating hunky reporter Dominic […]

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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Murder In the First”

Posted June 17, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  MURDER IN THE FIRST:  Monday 10PM on TNT Previously… on MURDER IN THE FIRST:  San Francisco homicide detectives Terry English (Taye Diggs) and Hildy Mulligan (Kathleen Robertson) are investigating two crimes connected to arrogant high-tech tycoon Erich Blunt (Tom Felton), the violent deaths of both his biological father and his former employee and lover.  […]

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THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Power”

Posted June 15, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  POWER:  Saturday 9PM on Starz Previously… on POWER:  James “Ghost” St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick) is secretly one of New York’s most successful narcotics distributors, as well as the owner of the hot new nightclub ironically named “Truth.”  Ghost’s wife Tasha (Naturi Naughton) and partner Tommy (Joseph Sikora) want him to concentrate on his drug […]

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