Pilot Reports

THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “Under the Dome”

Posted June 25, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  UNDER THE DOME:  Monday 10PM on CBS – Potential DVR Alert Much of CBS’s programming philosophy is built around the steady reliability of its reruns, so on the face of it, the Eye would seem least likely of the broadcast networks to make the summer’s biggest play with an expensive, top-level original series.  But […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Hunters”

Posted April 12, 2016 by Mitch Salem

  HUNTERS:  Monday 10PM on Syfy – If Nothing Else Is On… HUNTERS has production values that suggest it’s intended as one of Syfy’s more A-level entries (it’s shot in Australia rather than Canada), but mostly its premiere hits B-movie beats.  Created by veteran TV writer/producer Natalie Chaidez, whose credits include everything from Heroes and […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “You’re The Worst”

Posted September 10, 2015 by Mitch Salem

  YOU’RE THE WORST:  Wednesday 10:30PM on FXX The secret shame of Jimmy (Chris Geere) and Gretchen (Aya Cash), the protagonists of YOU’RE THE WORST, is that they’re far more conventional than they’re desperately trying to appear (to themselves, let alone anyone else), and that’s proven to be a rich source of comedy for Stephen […]

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “The Office”

Posted September 21, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  THE OFFICE:  Thursday 9PM on NBC WHERE WE WERE:  Wondering how much longer THE OFFICE could last, as we wearily bid a not-so-fond farewell to Robert California (James Spader) and came to terms with the fact that Nellie Bertram (Catherine Tate) wasn’t going anywhere.  She seemed to be locked in a battle for supremacy […]

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Midseason Premiere

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Togetherness”

Posted January 12, 2015 by Mitch Salem

  TOGETHERNESS:  Sunday 9:30PM on HBO – Potential DVR Alert With TOGETHERNESS, Mark and Jay Duplass join the pilgrimage of indie filmmakers to HBO, which now has a virtual Sundance Film Festival of its own every Sunday night with the new dramedy joining Girls and Looking.  Of the three, Togetherness appears on first glance to […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere (-ish) Review: “Hart of Dixie”

Posted December 16, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  CW is treating Season 4 of HART OF DIXIE as carelessly as its characters tend to treat each other.  The show’s return has been delayed until midseason, moved to the nether reaches of Friday nights, and its order cut to 10 episodes, all of which suggests that although no one is saying so for […]

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THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “Graceland”

Posted June 7, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  GRACELAND:  Thursday 10PM on USA As we all know, if there’s one thing USA Network wants us to remember about itself, it’s that the network is a place where characters–which is to say the memorable kind– are welcome.  On first exposure, though, the only thing really distinctive about the network’s hugely-hyped new series GRACELAND […]

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Happy Endings”

Posted October 23, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  HAPPY ENDINGS:  Tuesday 9PM on ABC WHERE WE WERE:  Chicago, where six of the oddest balls on television hang out.  When last seen, Alex (Elisha Cuthbert) and Dave (Zachary Knighton), who started the whole show off when she deserted him at the altar, were secretly back to seeing each other again.  Brad (Damon Wayans, […]

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