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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Promised Land”

PROMISED LAND: Watch It At Home – Promise, But No Fulfillment There’s an original idea located somewhere near (but not at) the heart of PROMISED LAND: start with what would normally be an obvious storylin...

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THE SKED FALL FINALE REVIEW: “Once Upon A Time”

Having blown up the initial premise of their show in its Season 1 finale, ONCE UPON A TIME creators Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz have inventively plotted a Season 2 that came to a satisfying Act 1 culmination in the s...

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THE SKED: CBS Doubles Down on “Vegas,” Finds Back Order “Elementary”

Neither VEGAS nor ELEMENTARY is setting television screens on fire with their 18-49 ratings so far. Vegas scored a 2.0 in its last airing that merely tied the perpetually bubbled Parenthood, and Elementary hit a somewha...

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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...

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

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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PREMIERING TONIGHT – THE SKED’S FALL PILOT REPORT: CW’s “Emily Owens, MD”

EMILY OWENS, MD: Tuesday 9PM on CW – If Nothing Else Is On… Say this for EMILY OWENS, MD: it really makes you appreciate Shonda Rhimes. The seeming ease with which Grey’s Anatomy mixes medical drama...

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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...

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PREMIERING TONIGHT – THE SKED PILOT REPORT: ABC’s “Nashville”

NASHVILLE – Wednesday 10PM on ABC: Potential DVR Alert ABC has become the network of soaps, and its big play in the genre for fall is NASHVILLE, which is inheriting Revenge‘s slot as the latter show gets pr...

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PREMIERING TONIGHT – THE SKED PILOT REPORT: CW’s “Arrow”

ARROW: Wednesday 8PM on CW – If Nothing Else Is On It’s Comic-Con week in San Diego, and while we here don’t participate in that particular hullabaloo (waiting for hours just to see a trailer that’...

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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 ...

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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...

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