THE SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – ABC’s “Revenge”
> 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...
THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Scandal”
SCANDAL: Thursday 10PM on ABC WHERE WE WERE: Washington DC, where Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) is the best fixer around. Not a lawyer (although she has a law degree), not a publicist (although she’s expert ...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Person Of Interest”
There’s a reason CBS is as successful as it is. PERSON OF INTEREST is just a procedural–albeit one with an unusually complicated premise–but it mixes solid plotting, well-paced action and just enough ...
PREMIERING TONIGHT – THE SKED PILOT REPORT: NBC’s “Chicago Fire”
CHICAGO FIRE: Wednesday 10PM on NBC – Change the Channel Network television doesn’t come more dully generic than NBC’s “new” CHICAGO FIRE, a series that seems to be assembling itself out of ...
THE SKED REVIEW: “Hemingway & Gellhorn”
It wasn’t so long ago that the announcement of an epic period love story starring Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen as war correspondent Martha Gellhorn and legendary novelist Ernest Hemingway, directed by Philip...
THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Peace, Love & Misunderstanding”
> I wasn’t aware that the Toronto Film Festival showed TV pilots until I caught a screening of PEACE, LOVE & MISUNDERSTANDING. As a pilot, Peace certainly has its appeal, with a strong cast that includes Jane Fo...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Seeking A Friend For the End Of the World”
SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD – Watch It At Home – Apocalypse Rom-Com Now SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD marks the directing debut of its writer Lorene Scafaria, who until now ha...
THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Breaking Bad”
BREAKING BAD: Sunday 10PM on AMC WHERE WE WERE: Gasping, probably. Walter White (Bryan Cranston), the former New Mexico high school chemistry teacher who took to cooking meth as a way to pay off his family m...
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...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Boss”
Few television series have worked so hard to be unlikeable as BOSS. There had been some thought, after its initial off-putting season, that when Starz replaced series creator Farhad Safinia with Dee Johnson as showrunn...
FAST FIVE: Boxoffice Express
> Worth a Ticket: Diesel and The Rock keep their pedals to the metal. If you want to feel truly American, try reflecting on the new FAST FIVE while wall-to-wall coverage of the British royal wedding is airing on the telev...
THE SKED: “Breaking” Spectacular (Except In the Ratings)
> Creatively, last night’s season finale of BREAKING BAD was extraordinary in almost every way (how long till the final 16 episodes start airing?). In the ratings, according to TV By the Numbers it did quite well, b...