THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Weekends At Bellevue”
> See A Word About Busted Pilots It was widely rumored in the weeks before the networks announced their new schedules at the Upfronts that WEEKENDS AT BELLEVUE was destined to hit the air on FOX. In fact, even its timeslo...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL: Worth A Ticket – A Different Kind of Dream Team Bear with me here. On Friday, Fox Searchlight will throw THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL directly into the path ...
THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: “Missing”
> MISSING: Premieres Thursday 8PM on ABC – If Nothing Else Is On… If you’ve seen any of the commercials for ABC’s new MISSING, you know that it’s basically Ashley Judd playing Liam NeesonR...
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...
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 ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Vow”
THE VOW: Not Even For Free – Forget About It This year has brought us a far-fetched, but ultimately moving and deeply romantic story about a couple who have finally gotten together and married after...
THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Metro”
> See A Word About Busted Pilots The word was that Stephen Gaghan’s pilot METRO was in serious consideration for NBC’s schedule until the very end (conventional wisdom has it that the final choice came down to Metro...
THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Mad Men”
> WHERE WE WERE: Reeling from the news that Don Draper (Jon Hamm) had proposed to his French-Canadian secretary Megan (Jessica Pare). In other cubicles at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, Joan (Christina Hendricks), pr...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Mad Men”
The title of MAD MEN‘s Season 5 finale was “The Phantom,” and as is almost always the case with Matthew Weiner’s opus, it had several meanings. (Weiner shared credit for the finale’s script with ...
THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Gus Van Sant’s “Restless”
> Gus Van Sant has been making movies for 25 years, but Restless–apart from its technical polish–feels like the work of a Sundance newcomer. And one who’s been reading too much Salinger, while meanwhile wearin...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “The Good Wife”
> The title “Best Drama On Network Television” used to mean a lot more than it does these days (what’s the competition? Parenthood has lovely moments but also its share of contrivances; Fringe and The Va...
SHOWBUZZDAILY @ PALEYFEST 2012: “The Vampire Diaries”
> When the PaleyFest panels end, cast members often linger for a bit to sign autographs and otherwise make contact with the fans. Therefore when the moderator says “Thank you” and the lights go up, there’...
THE SKED: A’Feudin’ and A-Watchin’
History Channel has to be awfully happy with its decision to get into the scripted programming business. Part 1 of HATFIELDS & MCCOYS (our review is here) premiered last night to the largest non-sports audience in ...
THE SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – “Smash”
> 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...