Posts Tagged ‘The Sked’
 

 

THE SKED (Mid)Season Finale Review: “Mad Men”

  What is it with endings?  Why do they rattle the brains of even the greatest of television’s creative minds?  Half-endings, too, which is what tonight’s finish to the first half of MAD MEN‘s 7th and f...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Review: “The Normal Heart”

  THE NORMAL HEART:  Sunday 9PM on HBO – DVR Alert When Larry Kramer’s just-barely-semi-autobiographical THE NORMAL HEART was first written and performed in 1985, it was as “ripped from the headlinesR...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/23/14

  The highest rated shows on network television last night had 1.3 ratings. NBC:  The season finale of HANNIBAL is currently at 0.9, matching last week, but it began at 10:01PM and followed a 1.6 for the last half-hour of...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Hannibal”

  Considering how defiantly unlike the rest of broadcast television HANNIBAL is, not to mention its love of metaphor, it made sense for the show’s Season 2 finale to air entirely on its own, separate from the last ep...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED Pilot Review: “Gang-Related”

  GANG-RELATED:  Thursday 9PM on FOX – Change the Channel I think my favorite cliche in the pilot for FOX’s burn-off drama GANG-RELATED–out of, believe me, plenty of choices–comes at the end of an ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Fearless Fall Ratings Predictions – Sunday

  The rest of the week:  Monday,  Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The Saturday primetime network schedule, such as it is, isn’t worth much attention, being a patchwork of reruns and sports (although we wil...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK WEDNESDAY SCORECARD – 5/21/14

NETWORK UPDATE:  The season finale of SURVIVOR edged up 0.1 in final numbers, moving it into a tie with AMERICAN IDOL.  (The SURVIVOR post-finale special lost 0.1.)  The season finales of THE MIDDLE and MODERN FAMILY both ga...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The Americans”

  In its second season, THE AMERICANS continued to be a expertly crafted saga of betrayals, both political and personal.  Tonight’s chilling season finale, written by series creator Joe Weisberg and his co-showrunne...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Motive”

  MOTIVE:  Wednesday 10PM on ABC Welcome to summer network TV. The broadcast networks talk a good game about the new 12-months-a-year world of television–and to its credit, CBS has been relatively ambitious with Und...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Law & Order: Special VIctims Unit”

  A return visit to LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT on the occasion of its 15th season finale revealed a procedural that had gone positively soapy–possibly a result of creator Dick Wolf’s recent success w...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Fearless Fall Ratings Predictions – Friday

  Fridays aren’t the most exciting night on the broadcast network schedule, but there are some interesting changes coming next fall.  We’re following our predictions for Monday,  Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Fearless Fall Ratings Predictions – Thursday

  Thursdays are going to look very different next season, so let’s jump right into our very early fall ratings predictions.  We’ve already taken a look at Monday,  Tuesday, and Wednesday, and as before, our p...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

NIELSENWAR: A Tale of Two Wins for NBC and ABC

  Note:  all ratings below are Live + Same Day 18-49 numbers , the ratings which experience has shown to be closest to the averages for viewers who watch within 3 days and DO NOT skip through commercials, the “C3...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK THURSDAY SCORECARD – 5/20/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only change from this morning was a 0.1 increase for the 8PM DANCING WITH THE STARS clip show. TUESDAY CABLE:  The Miami/Indiana NBA PLAYOFFS game on ESPN came within an inch (at 3.2) of matching THE V...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: SHOWBUZZDAILY’S Fearless Fall Ratings Predictions – Wednesday

  SHOWBUZZDAILY has taken a look at Monday and Tuesday, and now we’ll pay an early visit to next fall’s network TV Wednesdays and stick out our necks with some early ratings predictions.  As we’ve noted,...
by Mitch Salem