SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – “I Hate My Teenage Daughter”
> 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 SKED: Emmy Odds – Theirs and Ours: Comedy
> With the help of some online bookmaking sites, we have the latest “official” odds for tonight’s Emmy Awards. Let’s take a look about what they say about the conventional wisdom, and make some adj...
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&#...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Cougar Town”
As anyone who cares about COUGAR TOWN knows, just a few weeks ago the series was basically being strapped into the electric chair with electrodes being attached to its forehead, and the chaplain reciting some scripture.�...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “One For the Money”
ONE FOR THE MONEY: Not Even For Free – Another Heigl Misfire Movie stars are, make no mistake, trademarks. Consumers who invest in 2 hours of George Clooney or Will Smith expect the same kind of r...
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 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...
SHOWBUZZDAILY NY THEATRE JOURNAL: “Venus In Fur”
> VENUS IN FUR exists, at this point in its Broadway life, as two overlapping but not identical entities: it’s a deft new play by David Ives, but also, and more prominently, it’s become the Star-Is-Born vehicl...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “I Don’t Know How She Does It”
I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT – Not Even For Free: You Don’t Want To Know The recent movie I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT most resembles is The Nanny Diaries, which is odd because it ...
THE SKED’S SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Modern Family”
MODERN FAMILY: Wednesday 9PM on ABC WHERE WE WERE: Gloria (Sofia Vergara) is pregnant. That’s really all you need to know. Well, that and Cam and Mitchell (Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson) failed ...
SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Toy’s House”
TOY’S HOUSE is a delightful Sundance surprise, a fresh take on adolescent boys coming of age. The conceit of Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ film, written by Chris Galletta, is that Joe Toy (Nick Robinson), his best ...
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 SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Happy Endings”
HAPPY ENDINGS: Tuesday 9PM on ABC WHERE WE WERE: Chicago, where six of the oddest balls on television hang out. When last seen, Alex (Elisha Cuthbert) and Dave (Zachary Knighton), who started the whole show off whe...