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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Hail Mary”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots If it’s a procedural, this must be CBS. HAIL MARY was one of the pilots that had initial buzz around town, and it boasted a casting coup with Minnie Driver in the lead (her first net...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “The Killing”

And finally, after 2 seasons, 26 hours of television, seemingly a hundred red herrings, and enough rain to float the SS Poseidon, THE KILLING revealed who killed Rosie Larsen. The only thing that was ever worth spoiling on th...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 2 REVIEW: “Magic City”

> 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...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Unforgettable”

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “CSI”

CSI: Wednesday 10PM on CBS WHERE WE WERE: This time, as they say, it was personal. In last season’s finale, imprisoned former Las Vegas Undersheriff and more recently mob boss Jeffrey McKeen (Conor O&#...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Looper”

LOOPER: Worth A Ticket – Maybe Too Enthralling For Its Own Good Rian Johnson’s most salient trait as a filmmaker may be a tendency to get carried away. His first film, Brick, was a high school film...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Missing”

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THE SKED PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Made In Jersey”

A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and the production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have ha...

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THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “Low Winter Sun”

LOW WINTER SUN: Sunday 10PM on AMC – Potential DVR Alert It’s been more than a decade since The Shield introduced US television to not just corrupt, but murderous cops as protagonists, and–well, it...

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THE SKED FALL PILOT REPORT: CBS’s “Vegas”

VEGAS: Tuesday 10PM on CBS – Potential DVR Alert VEGAS is CBS’s version of swinging for the fences, which is to say that it can also be seen as a neon-lit, gold-edged version of Longmire. This time the wi...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Alcatraz”

> ALCATRAZ was a show–pardon the use of past tense: the series still has a pulse, but recent ratings make it an increasing longshot for a repeat sentence–that just never found its groove. Convoluted but ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Gangster Squad”

GANGSTER SQUAD – Watch It At Home – Snappy, Violent and Completely Vacuous Watching the new GANGSTER SQUAD is a bit like checking into one of those giant Vegas theme park hotels and expecting to find yourself...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Bones”

There was no way BONES could top its season finale from last year, when the show finally addressed its eternal Will They Or Won’t They? about Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and FBI Agent Seeley Booth (Dav...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Law & Order: SVU”

Check Out THE SKED’s Complete Season Finale Reviews HERE How can anyone say that LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT has an antiquated feel, when the producers proved in the last scene of tonight’s...

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PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED PILOT REPORT: “Golden Boy”

GOLDEN BOY: Friday 9PM on CBS (special previews on Tuesday 2/26 and 3/5) – Potential DVR Alert CBS tries to have its procedural cake and eat its serialization with GOLDEN BOY. Think of it as How I Met Your Moth...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Hail Mary”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “The Killing”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 2 REVIEW: “Magic City”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Unforgettable”

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “CSI”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Looper”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Missing”

THE SKED PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Made In Jersey”

THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “Low Winter Sun”

THE SKED FALL PILOT REPORT: CBS’s “Vegas”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Alcatraz”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Gangster Squad”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Bones”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Law & Order: SVU”

PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED PILOT REPORT: “Golden Boy”

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