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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Covert Affairs”

In a way, COVERT AFFAIRS typifies the uncertain place where USA Network finds itself these days. The series began in 2010 as one of USA’s mostly light-hearted “blue-sky” procedurals. It centered aro...

by Mitch Salem

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15: The NBC Schedule – Grid and Instant Analysis

NBC has kept a lot of is pieces in place, but also made some significant changes for next season, especially on its once-signature Thursday night. Let’s dig in. MONDAY: No surprise that THE VOICE is staying whe...

by Mitch Metcalf

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “Late Show With David Letterman”

It’s been a heavy week for epochal TV. On Sunday, Mad Men sold us one last Coke, and tonight marked the end of David Letterman’s reign, one that’s lasted into a fourth decade on the air and has had an...

by Mitch Salem

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PREMIERING TONIGHT: SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot Review – “Black-ish”

BLACK-ISH: Wednesday 9:30PM on ABC – Worth A Look PLAYERS: Star and Executive Producer Anthony Anderson, and recurring guest star/EP Laurence Fishburne. (And Executive Producer Larry Wilmore, although...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “American Crime”

AMERICAN CRIME: Thursday 10PM on ABC – Potential DVR Alert Recently, the broadcast networks have started kicking the tires of what we think of as “cable” oriented programming, by which we mean serial...

by Mitch Salem

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NIELSENWAR: Bring Out Your Dead! NBC Executes “Bad Judge” and “A To Z”

After last night’s atrocious 0.9/0.7 pairing, it was clear that the writing on the wall for NBC’s BAD JUDGE and A TO Z was scrawled in blood. The network chose Halloween afternoon to announce the burials. ...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Homeland”

In a way, tonight’s off-key Season 4 finale of HOMELAND was the hour its seriously odd season deserved. As bipolar as its main character, Season 4 began with misguided attempts to recapture something of the early...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Empire”

EMPIRE: Wednesday 9PM on FOX Previously… on EMPIRE: As he prepares to launch his hip-hop entertainment conglomerate into an even higher financial sphere via an IPO, mogul Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) learns t...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Franklin & Bash”

The ratings dipped badly for FRANKLIN & BASH in its 4th season, and if it stays on TNT’s air, it will likely be because the network has too many other problems (Dallas is already gone, Falling Skies is entering...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Galavant”

GALAVANT: Sunday 8PM on ABC – If Nothing Else Is On… GALAVANT is one of the goofier network enterprises in recent memory. It’s a fairy tale comedy-musical created by Dan Fogelman (whose resume cover...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Slap”

THE SLAP: Thursday 8PM on NBC – Potential DVR Alert THE SLAP is strikingly different from everything else on broadcast television–it’s unusual even by cable standards, with an indie film, non-genre m...

by Mitch Salem

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15: CBS and Its Very CBS Pick-Ups

CBS was, for the most part, very CBS in its choice of new series for next season, with a pair of spin-offs, some additional procedurals, one retread sitcom and another that fits right into the network’s multi-camer...

by Mitch Salem

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: CBS’s “The McCarthys”

THE MCCARTHYS: Thursday 9:30PM on CBS THE FACTS: Ronnie McCarthy (Jake Lacy) is part of a lovingly smothering Boston Irish-Catholic family, who are just fine with him being gay but embarrass him at every turn anyway....

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: CBS’s “Stalker”

STALKER: Wednesday 10PM on CBS starting October 1 – Change the Channel PLAYERS: Series creator Kevin Williamson, of The Following, The Vampire Diaries and Scream fame. Stars Maggie Q and Dylan McDermott, and ...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Manhattan Love Story”

MANHATTAN LOVE STORY: Tuesday 8:30PM on ABC Previously… on MANHATTAN LOVE STORY: Cynical, blase native New Yorker Peter (Jake McDorman) meets idealistic small-town girl Dana (Analeigh Tipton), a newcomer to tow...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Covert Affairs”

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: The NBC Schedule – Grid and Instant Analysis

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “Late Show With David Letterman”

PREMIERING TONIGHT: SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot Review – “Black-ish”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “American Crime”

NIELSENWAR: Bring Out Your Dead! NBC Executes “Bad Judge” and “A To Z”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Homeland”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Empire”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Franklin & Bash”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Galavant”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Slap”

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: CBS and Its Very CBS Pick-Ups

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: CBS’s “The McCarthys”

THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: CBS’s “Stalker”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Manhattan Love Story”

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