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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/28/12

Republicans ♥ NBC? NBC: Somewhat ironically, considering the Right’s loathing of MSNBC, preliminary numbers have the Peacock as the GOP network of choice for last night’s coverage of the REPUBLICAN NATION...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “No”

In 1988, the Chilean military dictatorship headed by General Augusto Pinochet was forced by diplomatic pressure to finally permit a democratic election, in order to prove its claim that the country’s people support...

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THE SKED NETFLIX REVIEW: “House of Cards” (Full Season)

It took me just under 6 weeks to get through the 13 hours of HOUSE OF CARDS, the first original Netflix series. That’s a little less than half the time a regular weekly run would have taken, although nowhere near...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Veep”

VEEP: Sunday 10PM on HBO You wouldn’t expect Armando Iannucci’s VEEP to change much from season to season, and you’d largely be right. Notwithstanding its four-letter words and bustling cinema verit...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 4 REVIEW: “The Newsroom”

We’re at the halfway point in Season 1 of THE NEWSROOM (so, yay!), and Aaron Sorkin celebrated by firing almost his entire writing staff. (In a delightfully self-referential touch that TMI Magazine would apprecia...

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THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: “Veep”

> VEEP: Sundays 10PM on HBO – Potential DVR Alert Although of course it made all the sense in the world to precede tonight’s premiere of its new political comedy VEEP with the trailer for its upcoming p...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “In Time”

IN TIME: Watch It At Home – The Clock Never Really Starts Ticking Andrew Niccol wants to be a populist moviemaker of ideas, but he just doesn’t have the knack. Niccol’s ideas are genuinely im...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Hunger Games”

Genre: Action

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “J. Edgar”

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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THE SKED PILOT REPORT: Showtime’s “Homeland”

> 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...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Campaign”

THE CAMPAIGN: Not At Any Price – Abstain THE CAMPAIGN, like many a politician before it, tries to be all things to all people, and winds up delivering almost nothing. There was reason to be hopeful about The Camp...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Hunger Games”

THE HUNGER GAMES: Worth A Ticket – The Odds Are Mostly In Its Favor Now that virtually every blockbuster movie opens in IMAX, going to an IMAX theatre at this time of year provides a de facto trailer festi...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Broken City”

BROKEN CITY: Watch It At Home – Wahlberg and Crowe In An Intriguing But Too Simplistic Thriller Studios love nothing better than predictability, so since Mark Wahlberg had a tidy January hit last year with Contra...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “The Good Wife”

It’s a little churlish, in the face of tonight’s mostly splendid Season 4 finale of THE GOOD WIFE, to point out that for the most part, the rest of the season didn’t quite live up to its high level of ...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Scandal”

SCANDAL: Thursday 10PM on ABC WHERE WE WERE: Washington DC, where Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) is the best fixer around. Not a lawyer (although she has a law degree), not a publicist (although she’s expert ...

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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/28/12

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “No”

THE SKED NETFLIX REVIEW: “House of Cards” (Full Season)

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Veep”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 4 REVIEW: “The Newsroom”

THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: “Veep”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “In Time”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Hunger Games”

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “J. Edgar”

THE SKED PILOT REPORT: Showtime’s “Homeland”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Campaign”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Hunger Games”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Broken City”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “The Good Wife”

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Scandal”

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