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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “Downton Abbey”

In this era of peak TV, there are more shows than ever that we devour, that we obsess about and are thrilled by and that shock us and tear us apart. There are fewer, however, that we simply love. Julian Fellowes̵...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Once Upon A Time”

After 5 seasons of declining success, if ONCE UPON A TIME were less synergistic for Disney/ABC (the movie studio used tonight’s 2-hour season premiere to showcase summer spectacles Alice Through The Looking Glass a...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Magicians”

Season 1 of THE MAGICIANS had plenty of flaws, but lack of ambition wasn’t one of them. In a way unseen on Syfy since the days of Battlestar Galactica, The Magicians wanted to be about everything: Harry Potter,...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “The Wiz Live”

THE WIZ LIVE was the smoothest, best-cast and best-sung yet of NBC’s annual Broadway musical pageants, although it had its own issues. The network, and producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan, made a demographic cho...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “Nashville”

Despite the fact that the producers didn’t know if the Season 4 finale of NASHVILLE would be the end of the series when it was written (and lead studio Lionsgate, in fact, is still trying to sell the show to anothe...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Scream Queens”

SCREAM QUEENS was 13 consecutive hours of shrill campiness, and it was only fans of shrill camp who turned out for it–and they were far lower in number than FOX and the Ryan Murphy brain-trust had hoped. As the M...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Lucifer”

LUCIFER: Monday 9PM on FOX – Change the Channel It’s fun to imagine the development meetings that preceded FOX’s order of the new procedural LUCIFER: Series Creator Tom Kapinos: The Devil, Satan him...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Shades of Blue”

SHADES OF BLUE: Thursday 10PM on NBC – If Nothing Else Is On… SHADES OF BLUE is the weak tea brewed by broadcast network executives who dream of airing something like The Shield. Both shows center on corr...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Walking Dead”

When a show is as successful as AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD, it can afford to spend virtually the entire back half of a season as little more than a lead-up to the next. But can it also provide no satisfaction at all ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Stitchers”

STITCHERS: Tuesday 10PM on Freeform STITCHERS gave itself an IZombie joke tonight (the two shows have somewhat notoriously similar premises, both concerning young women who can temporarily enter the memories of the rec...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Miley Cyrus

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE had one of the quietest off-seasons in its recent history, with the addition of featured player Jon Rudnitsky as its only major change, so for better and worse, tonight’s Season 41 premiere felt...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Blindspot”

BLINDSPOT: Monday 10PM on NBC Previously… on BLINDSPOT: A mysterious naked woman, her body covered in tattoos, is discovered in Times Square with a note saying to call the FBI. She’s got amnesia, so the...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Recovery Road”

RECOVERY ROAD: Monday 9PM on Freeform (Episodes 1-3 available via VOD/streaming) – If Nothing Else Is On… If the idea of rebranding ABCFamily as Freeform was to escape the network’s flavor of earnest ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Billions”

BILLIONS: Sunday 10PM on Showtime (pilot available via VOD and streaming) – Potential DVR Alert There’s a gag in The Big Short where an esoteric piece of financial information, crucial for understanding the...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Outlander”

OUTLANDER: Saturday 9PM on Starz OUTLANDER hasn’t been the ratings breakout for Starz that Power has been, but it may be something even more important: the network’s first real buzz show, one that’s...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “Downton Abbey”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Once Upon A Time”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Magicians”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “The Wiz Live”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “Nashville”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Scream Queens”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Lucifer”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Shades of Blue”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “The Walking Dead”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Stitchers”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Miley Cyrus

SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Blindspot”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Recovery Road”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Billions”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Outlander”

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