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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Identity”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots IDENTITY is so clearly a Jerry-Bruckheimer-for-CBS procedural that it comes as a shock to realize that it was neither produced by Bruckheimer nor developed for CBS. In fact, Mark Gordon...

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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’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: “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’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Banshee”

BANSHEE: Friday 10PM on Cinemax Previously… on BANSHEE: Through a series of coincidences not worth recounting, an ex-con (Antony Starr) has taken on the identity of Lucas Hood, who was killed on his way to beco...

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

> Previously… On ALCATRAZ: San Francisco cop Rebecca Madsen (Sarah Jones), whose partner was recently killed, finds herself embroiled in a mysterious case in which an Alcatraz inmate from 40 years ago, apparently lo...

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THE SKED @ PALEYFEST 2012: “Revenge”

> Despite ABC’s attempts to claim otherwise, REVENGE is more “hittish” than true hit. Although it premiered with strong ratings in the low 3s, it’s since come down to numbers in the mid-2s, usually...

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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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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 REBOOT REVIEW: “Law & Order: SVU”

> Until now, LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT has been unique to the franchise in not having undergone a periodic reshuffling of its cast. For 12 seasons, SVU had been the only one of the series to be star-driv...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “CSI”

This year, the original Las Vegas-set CSI, about to begin its 12th season on the air, faced not one but two crossroads. A couple of years earlier, the show’s original star William L. Petersen had decided a...

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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: “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 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 SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Identity”

THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “Low Winter Sun”

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

THE SKED: “Justified” Proves It

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

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

THE SKED @ PALEYFEST 2012: “Revenge”

THE SKED PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “NYC 22”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “The Killing”

THE SKED REBOOT REVIEW: “Law & Order: SVU”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “CSI”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Looper”

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

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Alcatraz”

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