THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR – Week 8
We’re now mid-way through November sweeps, and it’s time to ask once again: What do we know now about this TV season that we didn’t know before? THERE WERE NO NEW BREAKOUT HITS THIS FALL. Despite...
View ArticleTHE SKED: “Guys” With More Episodes and the Sad State of Network Back Orders
Today’s announcement by NBC that GUYS WITH KIDS has received a 4-episode back order (making for a season total of 17 episodes) seems to require some note. In last night’s ratings, Guys had a 1.3...
View ArticlePREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED PILOT REPORT – FOX’s “The Following”
THE FOLLOWING: Monday 9PM on FOX – DVR Alert We’ve been here before, perhaps most memorably in Red Dragon aka Manhunter: the burned-out, injured, brilliantly intuitive FBI agent, called back to the...
View ArticlePREMIERING TONIGHT – THE SKED PILOT REPORT: “Do No Harm”
DO NO HARM: Thursday 10PM on NBC – If Nothing Else Is On… What is it with NBC and dual personalities? Is the network trying to tell us something? A couple of years ago it gave us My Own Worst...
View ArticlePREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED’S PILOT REPORT –“Zero Hour”
ZERO HOUR: Thursday 8PM on ABC – Potential DVR Alert ZERO HOUR‘s pilot is an engaging piece of nonsense, but whether it can work as a continuing TV series is another question. The premise is a...
View ArticlePREMIERING TONIGHT – THE SKED’S PILOT REPORT: CW’s “Cult”
CULT: Tuesday 9PM on CW – Change the Channel CW has had little good news this season apart from the arrival of Arrow, and it’s not helping itself by deciding to launch the new thriller CULT just as...
View ArticlePREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED PILOT REPORT: “Golden Boy”
GOLDEN BOY: Friday 9PM on CBS (special previews on Tuesday 2/26 and 3/5) – Potential DVR Alert CBS tries to have its procedural cake and eat its serialization with GOLDEN BOY. Think of it as How I...
View ArticlePREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED’S PILOT REPORT: “Family Tools”
FAMILY TOOLS - Wednesday 8:30PM on ABC – Change the Channel J.K. Simmons is one of our national character actor treasures, but he tests the bounds of our willingness to follow him anywhere with...
View ArticlePREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED Pilot Review –“Save Me”
SAVE ME: Thursday 8PM on NBC – Change the Channel Note: This review was originally written after last year’s Upfronts, before it was known that SAVE ME would be held by NBC until the summer. It’s...
View ArticleTHE SKED’S SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: ABC’s “Mistresses”
MISTRESSES: Monday 10PM on ABC – If Nothing Else Is On… These days, primetime soap operas usually try to be something else as well: comedies (Desperate Housewives), musicals (Glee), thrillers...
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