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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 ...

by Mitch Salem

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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...

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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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Finding Carter”

FINDING CARTER was the surprise of the summer TV season,. Hailing from the wilds of MTV, a network rarely known for its dramatic chops, the series, created by Emily Silver and show-run by Terri Minsky, has told a compe...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto 2014 Review: “The Judge”

THE JUDGE (Warners) – Opens October 10 – Watch It At Home Since the first Iron Man opened, Robert Downey Jr. has been one of the world’s biggest (and wealthiest) stars. But he hasn’t used his su...

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THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “The Fosters”

THE FOSTERS: Monday 9PM on ABCFamily THE FOSTERS ended its first season on a near tidal wave of melodrama, and along the way it lost a great deal of the modest charm and believable emotions that had made it work in the...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Midseason Finale Review: “This Is Us”

Last week’s episode of NBC’s THIS IS US notched an impressive achievement: in Live + 7 ratings, it moved past Empire to become the highest rated drama on broadcast TV. Admittedly, L7 ratings aren’t ...

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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...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Roma” & “Green Book”

ROMA (Netflix – Dec. 14): Alfonso Cuaron is one of the master filmmakers of this era, and Roma confirms that all over again. It’s a deceptively simple memory piece, a semi-autobiographical story set in th...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “Parenthood”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Council of Dads”

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The Fosters”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Finding Carter”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto 2014 Review: “The Judge”

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “The Fosters”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Midseason Finale Review: “This Is Us”

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

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Roma” & “Green Book”

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