Posts Tagged ‘tv review’
 

 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “The Mindy Project”

  THE MINDY PROJECT has spent much of its first season shambling toward what kind of show it wants to be, but its struggles have become progressively more entertaining to watch. Mindy started with an enormous amount of goo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “How I Met Your Mother”

  So the rumors were true, and the title of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER‘s Season 8 finale, “Something New,” meant what it sounded like it might mean, and the CBS promos weren’t lying or misleading:  in ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “90210”

  To say that in its fifth and final season 90210 was running on fumes would be to disparage fumes.  The show, after a very bumpy start in which it ran through several developers and showrunners and tried far too hard to ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “2 Broke Girls”

  Even with the nonstop double (sometimes barely single) entendres, 2 BROKE GIRLS is as basic and old-fashioned as a sitcom can be–it’s sort of a starter kit for CBS comedy.  Take 2 mismatched diner co-workers...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Once Upon A Time”

  When a show that’s clearly been losing its way creatively suffers in the ratings, like Revenge, it’s understandable.  But ONCE UPON A TIME has run out of steam this season much faster than ABC likely anticip...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Revenge”

  Heroes probably still sets the bar for disastrous second seasons of initially enjoyable TV shows, but this year’s REVENGE came uncomfortably close.  ABC more or less acknowledged that fact when it (in a genteel, c...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED REVIEW: SNL With Kristen Wiig

  Watching the parade of Kristen Wiig’s Greatest Hits that marked her return to SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE as tonight’s host, you could be forgiven for wishing you missed her more.  For all her great talent, Wiig had...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Vegas”

  There was a sequence late in the one and only season of VEGAS that suggested what the show could have been.  It wasn’t a big deal:  deputy sheriff Dixon Lamb (Taylor Handley) needed a favor from the entertainment...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Touch”

  If there was a way to turn its premise into a TV series worth watching, TOUCH didn’t find it.  The show tried very different approaches in its two seasons, but FOX’s cancellation notice this week closed the ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Person of Interest”

  The all-knowing Machine at the heart of PERSON OF INTEREST turned positively chatty in last night’s Season 2 finale, providing real-time advice and assistance via phone and text services to just about anyone who as...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Community”

  Truth be told, Season 4 of COMMUNITY was probably closer to what NBC thought it was buying when it originally ordered the show than any of the seasons that preceded it.  Eccentric but not insular, offbeat but not off-pu...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Glee”

  Which plotline really grabbed you in Season 4 of GLEE?  Was it Rachel’s (Lea Michele) one-episode pregnancy scare?  Her involvement (unwitting) with a male escort?  Was it the weeks of sullen silence between Mr....
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Family Tools”

  FAMILY TOOLS:  Wednesday 8:30PM on ABC 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 we...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Hart of Dixie”

  Sometimes shows overthink their season finales, and that may have been the case with tonight’s HART OF DIXIE.  The show has gotten along quite well all season in its native Bluebell, Alabama, but for the finale se...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Red Widow”

  RED WIDOW spent its season about two inches away from being a really enjoyable dark farce.  All the ingredients were there:  plotting that had a vague, circular logic but was basically nonsensical, and a cast of moroni...
by Mitch Salem