The Sked: Thursday Ratings September 20 — NBC Thursday…Yikes
NBC Thursday premiered last night, landing in third place with a 1.5 Adult 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm. A premiere night is often one of the highest rated nights of the year, especially when facing two networks in repeats like ...
THE SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – NBC’S “Whitney”
> 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...
“MIDNIGHT IN PARIS” : Ah, Paree!
> Worth A Ticket; A tasty croissant from Woody Allen. Woody Allen interrupts the opening credits of his new comedy MIDNIGHT IN PARIS to insert a montage of lovely Paris locations. I mention this because after more than 40...
THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Wilfred”
WILFRED – Thursday 10PM on FX WHERE WE WERE: Ryan (Elijah Wood) is a burnt-out young lawyer who’s quit his job and is in such a state of depression that he attempts suicide. One day an attractive new neig...
“THE HANGOVER PART II” – Hair Of the Dog
> Worth a Ticket; It Wasn’t Broke, They Didn’t Fix It In Hollywood, the word “sequel” is often code for “remake.” This isn’t news: the James Bond series has been going on fo...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Parks & Recreation”
If NBC’s Thursday night sitcoms were a movie about college roommates, The Office would be the one who doesn’t study or do the work but still gets better grades than anyone else, 30 Rock would be the teacher&#...
SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE REVIEW: “2 Days In New York”
In 2007, Julie Delpy wrote, directed and co-starred in 2 Days In Paris, a romantic comedy-drama featuring Adam Goldberg and herself as a couple who lived in NY and visited the title city for a tumultuous visit with her c...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Campaign”
THE CAMPAIGN: Not At Any Price – Abstain THE CAMPAIGN, like many a politician before it, tries to be all things to all people, and winds up delivering almost nothing. There was reason to be hopeful about The Camp...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Fun Size”
FUN SIZE: Not For Any Price – As Halloween Movies Go, John Carpenter’s Are Funnier FUN SIZE marks the feature directing debut of Josh Schwartz, but he’s hardly a neophyte, being the muscle behind (and...
THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Bad Teacher” – Passable
> Worth A Ticket: Grade It On A Curve In 1999, Jake Kasdan directed a project set in high school that starred Jason Segel and featured Dave (Gruber) Allen in its ensemble; it was called Freaks and Geeks, and ...
THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE: “Californication”
> CALIFORNICATION has been a fairly reliable performer for Showtime, although not a breakout hit (last season, airing at 9PM, it was doing around a 0.2 in 18-49s, about the same as The Big C and a little below the network’...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Paul”
Watch it at home. The genial PAUL really only has one joke–luckily it’s a pretty good one: what if ET had the persona of Seth Rogen? While Paul isn’t the first alien to crack jokes (rememb...