THE BIJOU REVIEW: “What’s Your Number?”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “What’s Your Number?”
WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER? – Worth a Ticket: The Number’s Higher Than You’d Think Romantic comedies that are actually romantic and comic are so rare these days, it doesn’t matter ...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “New Girl”
> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may hav...
THE SKED: Week 1 + 1 – Network Scorecard
> None of the networks should be throwing a parade after the first 8 days of the new season, but some may be in more of a marching mood than others. FOX: It was all going so well for FOX. NEW GIRL launched as strong...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Terra Nova”
> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may hav...
THE SKED: Monday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 9/19/11
> And… they’re off! The 2011-12 broadcast TV season is underway, and already there are some clear winners and losers. CBS: Last night was always going to be a good night for the Eye, but the extent of th...
PATHWAY TO PROFITABILITY — The Studio View
>At ShowBuzzDaily we look at the movie year in three parts: the soft Winter/Spring year-part from January through April, the strong Summer season from May-August, and the slow-starting but soon sizzling Fall/ Holiday season fro...
THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Metro”
> See A Word About Busted Pilots The word was that Stephen Gaghan’s pilot METRO was in serious consideration for NBC’s schedule until the very end (conventional wisdom has it that the final choice came down to Metro...
THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Council of Dads”
> See A Word About Busted Pilots Peter Tolan, who with Denis Leary created Rescue Me, knows something about the comedy that emerges when when men try to assert their masculinity in the most idiotic ways. So you can ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES – Worth A Ticket: Simian Power Although it’s positioned as the last big adventure epic of the summer, for most of its length Rupert Wyatt’s RISE OF THE PLA...
THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Weekends At Bellevue”
> See A Word About Busted Pilots It was widely rumored in the weeks before the networks announced their new schedules at the Upfronts that WEEKENDS AT BELLEVUE was destined to hit the air on FOX. In fact, even its timeslo...
THE SKED: Broadcast Network On-Air Promotion
>Last night in the hit summer shows (NBC’s America’s Got Talent and FOX’s Hell’s Kitchen), we took a look at the priorities for new fall series promotion. The big winners on NBC were the comedies W...
COUNTING TO 10: The Emmy Nominations
> The Emmys, of all show-business awards, lend themselves least to surprise. That’s because they’re the only group that nominate and award continuing series, meaning that the same high-quality shows repeat yea...
THE SKED: Terra Nova and Other Short Orders
> The typical episodic order for a new Fall show is 13 episodes, with a network option for 9 more (known as the “back-order”) to bring the full season to 22 episodes. Shows that debut at Midseason typically ge...