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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Glee”

GLEE: Thursday 9PM on FOX WHERE WE WERE: Post-graduation, post-national title, watching a lot of regulars on their way out of high school: Rachel off to NY and NYADA, Kurt to neither, Finn to the Army, Puck to LA, ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Writers”

WRITERS is considered an “independent” movie because it was made without big-studio financing and because its stars (Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Kristen Bell) are familiar faces, but not at the level th...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Thanks For Sharing”

Stuart Blumberg’s first film as a director (his screenwriting credits include The Kids Are All Right), THANKS FOR SHARING, never quite manages to solve its own central problem: how to make a sensitive and funny (and not...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Much Ado About Nothing”

One of the most charming things about Joss Whedon’s new film of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, unveiled today at the Toronto Film Festival, is that it’s not out to prove anything. Its actors are garbed in modern dress, and...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Frances Ha” & “Imogene”

One of the things that happens at film festivals is that as you see many films in back-to-back proximity, mini-trends start to emerge, at least in the mind, and pictures that were made entirely separately, and which may ...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “True Blood”

“Are you kidding me? It’s always the weird stuff that’s the best,” Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) said at one point during tonight’s season finale of TRUE BLOOD–he was watching the birth o...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Bunheads”

It helps if you think of BUNHEADS as a CG special effects spectacle, except in this case the CG special effects and spectacle are all in the sound of Amy Sherman-Palladino’s dialogue. Either you love herrapid-f...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Franklin & Bash”

With far less fanfare than last night’s farewell to The Closer, tonight TNT rang down the season’s curtain on FRANKLIN & BASH, a show that can barely be bothered to remember that a season finale is differ...

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PREVIEWING TONIGHT POST-OLYMPICS – THE SKED PILOT REPORT: NBC’S “Go On”

Disclaimer: Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall. Pilots are often reedited and re-scored, and in some cases even recast or reshot. These critiques shouldnR...

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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...

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THE SKED’S MIDSEASON PILOT REPORT: NBC’s “1600 Penn”

1600 PENN: TBD Midseason on NBC – If Nothing Else Is On… Disclaimer: Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall. Pilots are often reedited and re-scored, and...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Watch”

THE WATCH: Not At Any Price – Do the Stars a Favor: Don’t Watch Some terrible movies surprise and disappoint, but you could see THE WATCH coming for weeks. The increasingly desperate marketing campaign told th...

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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...

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THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: “Perception”

PERCEPTION: Monday 10PM on TNT – Change the Channel A man stands on a chair in the middle of a police station, earphones fastened to his head, and frantically conducts the symphony he’s listening to....

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Louie”

LOUIE: Thursday 10:30PM on FX WHERE WE WERE: In the mind of Louis C.K. It’s a place where a moderately successful working stand-up comic named Louie shares custody of two daughters with his ex-wife and lives ...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Glee”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Writers”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Thanks For Sharing”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Much Ado About Nothing”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Frances Ha” & “Imogene”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “True Blood”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Bunheads”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Franklin & Bash”

PREVIEWING TONIGHT POST-OLYMPICS – THE SKED PILOT REPORT: NBC’S “Go On”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Campaign”

THE SKED’S MIDSEASON PILOT REPORT: NBC’s “1600 Penn”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Watch”

THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Eureka”

THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: “Perception”

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Louie”

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