SHOWBUZZDAILY BIJOU REVIEW: “One For The Money”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Copper”
COPPER: Sunday 10PM on BBCAmerica – If Nothing Else Is On… 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 i...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Devious Maids”
DEVIOUS MAIDS: Sunday 10PM on Lifetime Previously… on DEVIOUS MAIDS: A quintet of maids toil for the vapid, selfish, and sometimes downright evil well-to-do of Beverly Hills. Carmen (Roselyn Sanchez) hopes co...
THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Poe”
> See A Word About Busted Pilots We round out our survey of some of the more notable busted pilots of the season with the distinctive POE, produced by Warner Bros Television for ABC and written by Chris Hollier (a former writer...
PREMIERING TONIGHT: SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot Review – “How To Get Away With Murder”
HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER: Thursday 10PM on ABC – Potential DVR Alert PLAYERS: Executive Producer Shonda Rhimes–and you can repeat that name several more times without overstating her importance. The ...
THE SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – CBS’s “Unforgettable”
>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 sho...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Falling Water”
FALLING WATER: Thurs 10PM on USA – If Nothing Else Is On… The pilot for USA’s FALLING WATER is flashy, but it doesn’t have much on its mind. The project has had an extended period of develop...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Alex Cross”
ALEX CROSS – Not At Any Price – A Pilot For A Show You Wouldn’t Watch ALEX CROSS is as generic as a cop movie can be–it’s a few commercial breaks away from airing on CBS or TNT–but the...
THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Covert Affairs”
COVERT AFFAIRS: Tuesday 9PM on USA Last season was an important one for COVERT AFFAIRS, as it transitioned from being a light spy caper about appealing newbie CIA agent Annie Walker (Piper Perabo) to presenting Annie a...
THE SKED PREMIERE REVIEW: “The Finder”
> THE FINDER – Thursdays 9PM on FOX – If Nothing Else Is On… THE FINDER has already had a pilot of sorts, which aired last season as an episode of BONES. While the series is based on the character Walter...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Beauty and the Beast”
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...
THE SKED Pilot + 1 Review: “Low Winter Sun”
LOW WINTER SUN: Sunday 10PM on AMC Previously… on LOW WINTER SUN: Detroit Detective Frank Agnew (Mark Strong), along with fellow Detective Joe Geddes (Lennie James), have murdered Geddes’s partner, a thir...
THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “The Killing”
> THE KILLING: Sundays 9PM on AMC No, really: who did kill Rosie Larsen? WHERE WE WERE: Possibly throwing something at the TV set. It’s not all that unusual for a series finale to leave fans disapp...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Copper”
Throughout its first season, COPPER has almost never been as vivid as it seemed like it should be. The show’s premise and auspices were promising: the lead producers were Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana, who apa...
THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “Low Winter Sun”
LOW WINTER SUN: Sunday 10PM on AMC – Potential DVR Alert It’s been more than a decade since The Shield introduced US television to not just corrupt, but murderous cops as protagonists, and–well, it...