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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 SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Longmire”

LONGMIRE: Monday 10PM on A&E LONGMIRE may be the best CBS show not to air on CBS. A cleanly-executed, straightforward procedural that skews old (3/4 of its viewers are over 50), it’s a show that knows what ...

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THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Damages”

After 5 seasons, 2 of them exclusively on DirecTV, DAMAGES and its saga of dueling attorneys Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) and Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne) came to its close this week, mostly with a whimper. There were no la...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Vegas”

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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SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “The Heat”

THE HEAT: Watch It At Home – A Functional Vehicle for Two Strong Stars Let’s face it: it doesn’t really matter what THE HEAT is about. A streetwise Boston cop, a straight-laced FBI agent, some cri...

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THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “The Closer”

With the exception of those shows that don’t know they’re about to be canceled, rarely has a long-running series come to less of a conclusion than tonight’s last episode of THE CLOSER. And with good r...

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THE SKED: “Justified” Proves It

> Here’s some welcome if unsurprising news: F/X has renewed JUSTIFIED for a 4th season. The show, now at the midpoint of Season 3 (the finale airs April 10) drew a 0.9 last week in 18-49s, which isn’t Wa...

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THE SKED PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “NYC 22”

> 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 ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO:: “Iceman”

Michael Shannon is brilliant in ICEMAN, but it has to be said that he’s brilliant in just about the same way that he was in Take Shelter, in Revolutionary Road, on Boardwalk Empire, and even in The Runaways (althoug...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Prime Suspect”

> 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 BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Partners”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots Had it managed to become a full-fledged series, PARTNERS might have been a decent fit with ABC’s other female-oriented crime shows like Castle and Body of Proof, but based on the pilot, 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: “Law & Order: SVU”

You can take a time-travel journey back to 20th-century network television with LAW & ORDER: SVU, the last remnant of Dick Wolf’s once-behemoth franchise. Visiting the show for the first time since last fall ...

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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’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Golden Boy”

GOLDEN BOY: Fridays 9PM on CBS 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,...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Looper”

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Longmire”

THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Damages”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Vegas”

SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “The Heat”

THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “The Closer”

THE SKED: “Justified” Proves It

THE SKED PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “NYC 22”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO:: “Iceman”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Prime Suspect”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Partners”

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

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

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

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Golden Boy”

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