THE BIJOU REVIEW: “The Change-Up”
> THE CHANGE UP – Watch It At Home: Cliches with Dirty Words Are Still Cliches There have been plenty of R-rated comedies this summer–a bumper crop, really–but none more fully committed to raunch than TH...
THE SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – “Bent”
> Disclaimer: Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall. Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot. So these critiques sh...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Zookeeper”
ZOOKEEPER – Not Even For Free: Isn’t There An ASPCA For Audiences? Let’s put off talking about ZOOKEEPER–it’s terrible, for those with no time to spare–by mentioning the trail...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Girls”
Lena Dunham’s GIRLS has been all over the place this season, so it made sense that its season finale would come out of nowhere. We knew last week that when Jessa (Jemima Kirke) got a talking-to from former employer Ka...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Orphan Black”
Every so often, a show comes along that makes you want to run up to random people in the street and yell “Why aren’t you watching this?” right in their uncomprehending faces. ORPHAN BLACK probably w...
THE BEAVER: Chew On This
> Watch It At Home: Gibson Delivers, The Movie Wobbles As you may have heard, the new comedy-drama THE BEAVER stars a guy named Mel Gibson, who used to be a big-time movie star. (It’s actually a surprise to re...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Up All Night”
> 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 ...
THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: “Veep”
> VEEP: Sundays 10PM on HBO – Potential DVR Alert Although of course it made all the sense in the world to precede tonight’s premiere of its new political comedy VEEP with the trailer for its upcoming p...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Sitter”
THE SITTER: Not At Any Price – Adventures In Bad Moviemaking Jonah Hill is awfully lucky to have made Moneyball this year. In that film, fueled by a brilliant Aaron Sorkin/Steven Zaillain script, he gave...
THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Eureka”
EUREKA, while never a breakout hit, was a sturdy performer for 5 years on Syfy–and one of the increasingly small number of shows on its air that was actually science-fiction, as opposed to superhero fantasy, horror...
THE SKED: More Bad “Neighbors” Scripts On the Way
Typically when a network orders additional scripts for a series, it does so at the Writers Guild minimum, so it’s a very minimal investment compared to ordering additional episodes–thousands rather than milli...
THE SKED @ CABLE REVIEW: FX’s “Wilfred”
> Premieres Thursday 10PM on FX: Potential DVR Alert Is WILFRED more than a one-trick puppy? We’ll see. It joins the FX line-up of off-center comedies (Louie, The League, It’s Always Sunny in Phila...