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PREMIERING TONIGHT – THE SKED’S FALL PILOT REPORT: FOX’s “The Mindy Project”

THE MINDY PROJECT: Tuesday 9:30PM on FOX – DVR Alert Companion shows don’t come more perfectly designed than FOX’s THE MINDY PROJECT. When FOX launched New Girl last fall, it became an instant ...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Veep”

> 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 ...

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THE SKED’S SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Modern Family”

MODERN FAMILY: Wednesday 9PM on ABC WHERE WE WERE: Gloria (Sofia Vergara) is pregnant. That’s really all you need to know. Well, that and Cam and Mitchell (Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson) failed ...

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THE SKED’S MIDSEASON PILOT REPORT: NBC’s “Next Caller”

NEXT CALLER: TBD Midseason on NBC – Change the Channel If you were going to do a satire about network television in the vein of Episodes, one that required a show-within-the-show to illustrate how hackneyed and w...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Wilfred”

After two seasons on the air, WILFRED remains the most confounding show on television–which presumably is just as its makers want it. The season finale, written by the developer of the US version of the series, D...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Weeds”

WEEDS: Sunday 10PM on Showtime WHERE WE WERE: After a season largely concerned with a battle for supremacy in the New York drug trade, both within and outside the family, there seemed to be a moment of compara...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “New Girl”

It’s not all that unusual for a TV comedy to improve during the course of its first season, as it discovers its distinctive comic voice (that was the case with Happy Endings, and The Office as well).�...

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PREMIERING TONIGHT–THE SKED FALL PILOT REPORT: ABC’s “The Neighbors”

THE NEIGHBORS: Wednesday 8:30PM ABC – Change The Channel It could have been worse. Initially, ABC slotted THE NEIGHBORS, which is just a New Normal away from being the worst new sitcom of the fall, in the netwo...

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THE SKED: NBC’s New Cry – “Save Me”

NBC has issued its 2d early order of the 2012/13 broadcast season, the single-camera sitcom Save Me, starring Anne Heche, Alexandra Breckinridge, Michael Landes and Heather Burns. The show will join another earl...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Modern Family”

There’s no half-hour on network television more consistently accomplished than MODERN FAMILY. The show may not reach for the demented highs of a Community (at least, you know, the old Community), 30 Rock o...

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PREVIEWING TONIGHT POST-OLYMPICS – THE SKED PILOT REPORT: NBC’S “Go On”

Disclaimer: Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall. Pilots are often reedited and re-scored, and in some cases even recast or reshot. These critiques shouldnR...

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THE SKED FALL TRAILER REVIEW: NBC’s “The New Normal”

THE NEW NORMAL: Tuesdays 9:30PM on NBC WHAT IT’S SAYING: A new kind of family sitcom: gay couple, surrogate mother, her daughter–and her bitchy, bigoted (but, you know, funny) grandmother....

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PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED Pilot Review – ABC’s “Back In the Game”

Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here and Midseason Pilot Reports here. BACK IN THE GAME: Wednesday 8:30PM on ABC – Worth A Look Unlike most of its characters, BACK IN THE GAME keeps its pitches pretty much in t...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Don’t Trust the B— In Apt 23”

DON’T TRUST THE B– IN APT 23: Tuesday 9:30PM on ABC WHERE WE WERE: New York City, where naive midwestern arrival June shares an apartment with street-smart, manipulative Chloe (Krysten Ritter). Their ne...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Veep”

VEEP has no particular interest in going anyplace, so its season finale tonight was more or less the same as any other episode. This has made for a fun, but somewhat repetitive, ride over the show’s initial 8-episode se...

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PREMIERING TONIGHT – THE SKED’S FALL PILOT REPORT: FOX’s “The Mindy Project”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Veep”

THE SKED’S SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Modern Family”

THE SKED’S MIDSEASON PILOT REPORT: NBC’s “Next Caller”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Wilfred”

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Weeds”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “New Girl”

PREMIERING TONIGHT–THE SKED FALL PILOT REPORT: ABC’s “The Neighbors”

THE SKED: NBC’s New Cry – “Save Me”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Modern Family”

PREVIEWING TONIGHT POST-OLYMPICS – THE SKED PILOT REPORT: NBC’S “Go On”

THE SKED FALL TRAILER REVIEW: NBC’s “The New Normal”

PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED Pilot Review – ABC’s “Back In the Game”

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Don’t Trust the B— In Apt 23”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Veep”

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