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THE SKED FALL PILOT REPORT: CW’s “Beauty & the Beast”

  BEAUTY & THE BEAST: Thursday 9PM starting 10/11 on CW – 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 ree...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: Grids of All 5 Network Schedules

  We’ll have head-to-head nightly ratings predictions next week, but for now, here are the fall schedules for each of the 5 broadcast networks:   CBS       ABC     FOX   Fall NBC. Midse...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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Pilot + 1

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Arrow”

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...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THURSDAY Ratings — Early Results

>Two shows premiered last night, both on The CW.  Vampire Diaries returned to a 1.4 Adult 18-49 rating, while Secret Circle debuted at almost the same level (1.3 rating).  Last year Vampire Diaries debuted with a 1.6 ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Reviews

THE SKED MIDSEASON FINALE REVIEW: “The Vampire Diaries”

  Among other things, the midseason finale of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES gets credit for the season’s most subversive use of Christmas carols, playing cheerily under ancient vampire Klaus (Joseph Morgan) as he first slaught...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: ABC Midseason Schedule

  ABC announced its midseason premieres and timeslots today, and while most of them were predictable (a pair of shortform reality series to fill in for the Dancing With the Stars results show between cycles on Tuesdays, re...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED MIDSEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Arrow”

  ARROW, CW’s successful new superhero action series, has found its own best secret identity as a quasi-soap, a fact imperfectly illustrated by tonight’s midseason finale. The tactic of conveying a comic book s...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: Week 1 + 1 – Network Scorecard

> None of the networks should be throwing a parade after the first 8 days of the new season, but some may be in more of a marching mood than others. FOX:  It was all going so well for FOX.  NEW GIRL launched as strong...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “The Vampire Diaries”

Season-4-Promotional-Image-the-vampire-diaries-tv-show-32007005-500-338.png THE VAMPIRE DIARIES:  Thursday 8PM on CW WHERE WE WERE:  Witnessing heroine Elena (Nina Dobrev) die and then un-die, a presumptive vampire-to-be. To ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “90210”

  To say that in its fifth and final season 90210 was running on fumes would be to disparage fumes.  The show, after a very bumpy start in which it ran through several developers and showrunners and tried far too hard to ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: “Cult” Exiled to Fridays

  As it turned out, there wasn’t room for two shows about homicidal true believers on the network airwaves, and The Following is occupying that space.  CULT hasn’t yet been canceled by CW after its pair of mis...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Gossip Girl”

  GOSSIP GIRL:  Monday 9PM on CW WHERE WE WERE:  Blair (Leighton Meester) with Chuck (Ed Westwick), and then not.  Serena (Blake Lively) with Dan (Penn Badgley), and then not.  Mix, then repeat.  Other things happened...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “The Secret Circle”

> 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...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED PILOT REPORT: The CW’s “Hart of Dixie” – PREMIERING TONIGHT

> 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...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: TUESDAY RATINGS June 12

ABC surged into first place Tuesday night, riding the wave of the NBA Finals, which started in Oklahoma City with the Thunder’s convincing Game 1 victory over the Miami Heat.  NBC and FOX are locked in a tie for second p...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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