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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Finding Carter”

MTV’s FINDING CARTER is another high-concept series challenged by its concept losing some of its height. The original impetus for the story was teenager Carter (Kathryn Prescott) being rescued from a kidnapping a...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Virtual Sundance Reviews: “CODA” & “Censor”

A year ago, the idea of a “virtual film festival” would have seemed extremely far-fetched, but it’s become a regular practice in pandemic times. The latest festival to take this path is Sundance, whic...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “Rectify”

The fourth and final season of Ray McKinnon’s Sundance series RECTIFY, perhaps the most universally acclaimed television program of the post-Sopranos era, was its most conventional. There were few surreal stretch...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The Fosters”

THE FOSTERS seemed sturdier in the first half of its season than in its second. Series creators Brad Bredeweg and Peter Paige loaded up so strenuously on sudsy, often ham-handed melodrama that it’s threatened to ...

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THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “Hit & Miss”

HIT & MISS: WEDNESDAY 10pm on DirecTV Audience Network – Worth A Look HIT & MISS is considerably less sensationalistic than its premise and first five minutes might lead you to expect. By the end...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Parenthood”

PARENTHOOD: Thursday 10PM on NBC It’s something of a miracle that PARENTHOOD, with its marginal-or-worse ratings, low concept and large, expensive cast, even survived to a 6th season on NBC. Much of its luck ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Council of Dads”

COUNCIL OF DADS – Regular episodes begin airing April 30 on NBC NBC isn’t trying to fool anyone with its hopes for COUNCIL OF DADS. The network aired a “preview” of its pilot more than a month b...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Ray Donovan”

RAY DONOVAN: Sunday 9PM on Showtime When a car crashes into a Los Angeles wall in the Season 4 premiere of Showtime’s sizable if somewhat inexplicable hit RAY DONOVAN, it doesn’t just crash into a wall: i...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Humans,” “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain” & “The Wheel”

THE HUMANS (A24/Showtime – Nov. 24): There are typically two strategies for adapting a celebrated play about a small number of people in a limited space to the screen. One is to “open it up,” adding...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Finding Carter”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Virtual Sundance Reviews: “CODA” & “Censor”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “Rectify”

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The Fosters”

THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “Hit & Miss”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Parenthood”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Council of Dads”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Ray Donovan”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Humans,” “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain” & “The Wheel”

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