In The Spotlight
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THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Rookie Blue”
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MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE: “The Hangover” Is Having One
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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Save Me”
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Chicago Fire”
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THE SKED’S Fall TV Ratings Predictions – Sunday
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Law & Order: SVU”
Reviews
THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Rookie Blue”
It’s no small thing to be a scripted success on the broadcast networks during the summer, and while it’s never been a breakout hit, the fact that the Canadian series ROOKIE BLUE has made it to a 4th season on ABC is impressive in itself. Its modest, accomplished mix of police procedural and soap [...]
Articles
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE: “The Hangover” Is Having One
Last weekend, Star Trek Into Darkness was the first boxoffice underperformer of the summer season; this weekend, it appears that THE HANGOVER PART III (Warners) may be the first unmitigated disaster. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, the combination of Wednesday night and Thursday shows was only $11M. If those numbers hold, it will [...]
Pilot + 1
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Save Me”
Previously… on SAVE ME: Beth Harper (Anne Heche), didn’t die when, after the latest of many drunken nights, she choked on a hero sandwich. She was, in fact, saved by God Him/Herself, and is now a prophet of the Lord’s message, albeit on a small scale. She knows local facts, like who her teenage [...]
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Chicago Fire”
NBC is all-in on CHICAGO FIRE. Not only has it given the show a plum spot for the fall on Tuesdays with The Voice as its lead-in, it’s ordered a police-oriented spin-off for midseason. All this enthusiasm is a little puzzling, giving that the show has been only a marginal success (its season average [...]
Articles
THE SKED’S Fall TV Ratings Predictions – Sunday
From a predicting point of view, Sunday is sort of an anti-climactic end to our week of fall TV ratings forecasts, since the winner is obvious and there are few changes from last fall. (See our more interesting predictions for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.) Still, here’s how we–that being former head of [...]
Reviews
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Law & Order: SVU”
You can take a time-travel journey back to 20th-century network television with LAW & ORDER: SVU, the last remnant of Dick Wolf’s once-behemoth franchise. Visiting the show for the first time since last fall reveals a few small surprises–Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) has acquired a boyfriend–but for the most part, SVU is very [...]
