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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: C7 Will Save the Networks! (Or Maybe Not)

  According to Advertising Age, advertisers have begun to buy time on the broadcast networks for the 2014-15 TV season, which is the whole reason the hoopla of the “Upfronts” exists in the first place.  There ...
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2014-15 TV Season

THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: NBC’s “State of Affairs”

  STATE OF AFFAIRS:  Monday 10PM on NBC starting November 17 – If Nothing Else Is On… PLAYERS:  Star and Executive Producer Katherine Heigl, who developed the series for herself and pitched it to all the netw...
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Reviews

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “Parks & Recreation”

  The final hour of PARKS & RECREATION was more conceptual than one might have expected, in a way that made it feel more like an epilogue than a conclusion.  Written by series co-creator/showrunner Michael Schur and s...
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Midseason Premiere

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Mad Men”

  MAD MEN:  Sunday 10PM on AMC The final season of MAD MEN was conceived by Matthew Weiner to run, as the previous seasons had, across 14 consecutive weeks, and it was AMC’s decision (for scheduling and budgetary re...
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Articles

THE SKED: Midseason Moves For CBS

  CBS has announced what’s expected to be its last round of midseason schedule changes, affecting Thursdays and Fridays.  Starting February 27, 2 1/2 MEN and THE CRAZY ONES will switch slots, with Crazy Ones moving ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Scorpion”

  It’s a little odd to think of a CBS procedural as a “guilty pleasure,” but the deeply silly SCORPION has been one this season.  It’s Mission: Impossible meets Bones, with more than a touch of ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot Reports

PREMIERING TONIGHT: SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot Review – “Mulaney”

  MULANEY:  Sunday 9:30PM on FOX – Change the Channel MULANEY arrives with a fair amount of goodwill.  It’s a multicamera sitcom modeled after Seinfeld, and produced by Lorne Michaels.  Its creator/star, Joh...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Midseason Finale

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Walking Dead”

  Under showrunner Scott M. Gimple, this fifth season of THE WALKING DEAD became steadily better as drama than the series has ever been, drawing closer to deserving its phenomenal level of ratings as still (even after the ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

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. ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Midseason Premiere

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Weird Loners”

  WEIRD LONERS:  Tuesday 9:30PM on FOX – If Nothing Else is On… WEIRD LONERS belongs to the sitcom subspecies of quirky singles comedy, which has given us New Girl (the pilot for Weird Loners was directed by J...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “The Blacklist”

  THE BLACKLIST:  Monday 10PM on NBC THE BLACKLIST was a game-changing smash for NBC last season, in combination with The Voice solidifying the network’s hold on Mondays to such an extent that the night, along with ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Amy Adams

  Amy Adams was the host of 2014’s final new SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, but although she performed enthusiastsically, the show was dominated by surprise guests and by the pre-tape team, which contributed a couple of gems t...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Louie”

  LOUIE:  Thursday 10:30PM on FX We’ve learned over time that it’s impossible to take the measure of a season of LOUIE until we see what its auteur has in store for us.  Last year’s Season 4 was extraor...
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2014-15 TV Season

THE SKED: FOX Fall Premiere Schedule

  FOX is spreading out its premieres next fall, with a roll-out that will take a month to fully get into gear.  (Note:  in other FOX news, the network also announced today–or confirmed, since it was known to be a f...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Pilot Reports

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Better Call Saul”

  BETTER CALL SAUL:  Monday 10PM on AMC – Potential DVR Alert Spin-offs used to be an regular part of the TV landscape, even for the most celebrated shows–Norman Lear created a virtual tree of comedies origina...
by Mitch Salem
 
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