Posts Tagged ‘tv review’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Miniseries Premiere Review: “Ascension”

  ASCENSION:  Mon-Wed 9PM on Syfy In the post-Battlestar Galactica era, Syfy has barely even seemed to be trying.  It’s rather sad:  at a point when nearly every network–even CBS!–has at least one subs...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “The Newsroom”

  As tonight’s series finale of THE NEWSROOM served to remind us, Aaron Sorkin isn’t one to shy away from sentiment, and one would like to think that on some level he was touched by how many of us celebrated th...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “The Librarians”

  THE LIBRARIANS:  Sunday 8PM on TNT Previously… on THE LIBRARIANS:  In the long-term absence of head Librarian Flynn Carsen (Noah Wyle), a trio of apprentices preserve magical historical artifacts and keep the wor...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Midseason Finale Review: “Once Upon A Time”

  Even as ABC’s Agents of SHIELD suggests the limits of corporate/entertainment synergy, it’s been working out just fine for the same network’s ONCE UPON A TIME.  Whether the idea originated with the sho...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Martin Freeman

  Martin Freeman, of The Hobbit franchise and the miniseries version of Fargo, brought a drier energy to tonight’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE than the typical host, and that paid off for the show in a few of the night’...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Librarians”

  THE LIBRARIANS:  Sunday 8PM on TNT – If Nothing Else Is On… TNT’s THE LIBRARIANS is a reboot, of a sort.  It’s based on a trio of Indiana Jones-ian original movies the network aired starting in ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Saturday Night Live” with James Franco

  Host James Franco (and very busy musical guest Nicki Minaj, who turned up in several sketches) had the benefit of one of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’s sharper episodes of the season tonight–uneven, of course, but wit...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY “Midseason” Finale Review: “Haven”

  This season, HAVEN delved deeply into its own mythology, with mixed results.  Haven‘s own situation is unclear, existentially speaking:  it received a super-sized 26-episode order from Syfy earlier this year, wit...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Z Nation”

  As zombie shows go, Z NATION exists very far in the shadow of The Walking Dead in every way, from ratings to quality.  And yet Syfy’s good-humored rip-off can be seen as the show Walking Dead fans sometimes wish t...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Peter Pan Live”

  Tonight’s PETER PAN LIVE proved that NBC, and producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan, had learned some valuable lessons from last year’s successful but often painful production of The Sound of Music.  Chief am...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 2 Review: “State of Affairs”

  STATE OF AFFAIRS:  Monday 10PM on NBC Previously… on STATE OF AFFAIRS:  Charleston–call her Charlie–Tucker (Katherine Heigl) is the CIA analyst whose task it is to put together the President’s D...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce”

  GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE:  Tuesday 10PM on Bravo – If Nothing Else Is On… Bravo has established a very successful brand for itself in the unscripted realm, notably with the Real Housewives franchi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” With Cameron Diaz

  Cameron Diaz has had an extremely busy year, already starring in the hit The Other Woman and the flop Sex Tape, and with a featured role in the rebooted Annie (as Miss Hannigan) still to come.  Her promotional duties on...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Hell On Wheels”

  The fourth (and as it turns out penultimate) season of AMC’s HELL ON WHEELS was its most conventional and choppily focused.  Under showrunner John Wirth (the show’s 3rd in that post), the neo-western has aba...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Woody Harrelson

  Woody Harrelson brought a boatload of Hunger Games co-stars with him (their movie opens Thursday night) as he returned to host SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE for the first time in more than 20 years.  That included Katniss Everdee...
by Mitch Salem