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NIELSENWAR 2014-15: More NBC Comedies

NBC has perfected the art of releasing bits of information each day throughout pre-Upfront week, and today’s nuggets introduced a trio of additional new sitcoms. It appears that at least 2 of these will be given ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Messengers”

THE MESSENGERS: Friday 9PM on CW – Change the Channel CW wasn’t in any rush to get THE MESSENGERS on its air, holding it until the last month of the broadcast season, and then putting the show in the lowest...

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Fearless Fall Ratings Predictions – Sunday

The rest of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The Saturday primetime network schedule, such as it is, isn’t worth much attention, being a patchwork of reruns and sports (although we wil...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Fosters”

There’s a reason why serialized dramas usually have some sort of “franchise” powering them: a mystery to be solved, patients to be cured, a quest to be undertaken, etc. Generating compelling stories...

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NIELSENWAR Full Season Network Report Cards: CBS

Other Nielsenwar Network Report Cards: ABC, FOX, NBC Tried and True is starting to look more tried. Full Season To Date (thru May 3) 18-49 Rating Average: 1.81 (down 4.1% from last season)–note, however, that l...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Black-ish”

BLACK-ISH: Wednesday 9:30PM on ABC Previously… on BLACK-ISH: Dre Anderson is a successful ad agency executive who lives well with his lovely anesthesiologist wife Rainbow (Tracee Ellis Ross), teen children Juni...

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THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: CBS’s “Stalker”

STALKER: Wednesday 10PM on CBS starting October 1 – Change the Channel PLAYERS: Series creator Kevin Williamson, of The Following, The Vampire Diaries and Scream fame. Stars Maggie Q and Dylan McDermott, and ...

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15: CW Makes Its Decisions

Once again, CW demonstrated that it operates under different economics than the other broadcast networks. Much of its revenue comes from episodes streamed online via Netflix and Hulu, which makes sometimes puny on-air ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “Justified”

After a season or two where it seemed as though JUSTIFIED had run past its best days, burdened with villains and tangents unworthy of it, Graham Yost’s crime drama returned with a vintage 6th and final saga that br...

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: ABC’s “Cristela”

CRISTELA: Friday 8:30PM on ABC THE FACTS: The Hollywood American Dream: Cristela Alonzo is a Latina comic who wrote (with Kevin Hench) a family comedy pilot script loosely inspired by her own life, about a young wo...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “The Walking Dead”

THE WALKING DEAD: Sunday 9PM on AMC Based on everything we know about THE WALKING DEAD, it seemed a safe assumption after the Season 4 finale that we’d be spending a large chunk of Season 5 trapped with our heroe...

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NIELSENWAR: Bring Out Your Dead! NBC Executes “Bad Judge” and “A To Z”

After last night’s atrocious 0.9/0.7 pairing, it was clear that the writing on the wall for NBC’s BAD JUDGE and A TO Z was scrawled in blood. The network chose Halloween afternoon to announce the burials. ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Covert Affairs”

In a way, COVERT AFFAIRS typifies the uncertain place where USA Network finds itself these days. The series began in 2010 as one of USA’s mostly light-hearted “blue-sky” procedurals. It centered aro...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Blacklist”

Hit dramas rarely go south as quickly as THE BLACKLIST. In November 2013 it was earning a 3.0 rating, one of the highest rated 10PM shows on TV. In May 2014 it was still at 2.6. In November 2014 it was almost as st...

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SHOWBUZZDAILIY Series Premiere Review: “Empire”

EMPIRE: Wednesday 9PM on FOX – Potential DVR Alert The producer/writer/director Lee Daniels creates films that are compellingly moving (Precious), insane (The Paperboy) or both (The Butler), so it’s a wonde...

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15: More NBC Comedies

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Messengers”

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Fearless Fall Ratings Predictions – Sunday

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Fosters”

NIELSENWAR Full Season Network Report Cards: CBS

SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Black-ish”

THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: CBS’s “Stalker”

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: CW Makes Its Decisions

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “Justified”

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: ABC’s “Cristela”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “The Walking Dead”

NIELSENWAR: Bring Out Your Dead! NBC Executes “Bad Judge” and “A To Z”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Covert Affairs”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Blacklist”

SHOWBUZZDAILIY Series Premiere Review: “Empire”

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