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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Identity”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots IDENTITY is so clearly a Jerry-Bruckheimer-for-CBS procedural that it comes as a shock to realize that it was neither produced by Bruckheimer nor developed for CBS. In fact, Mark Gordon...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Vegas”

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 weigh in, networks and studios (which may have ha...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 2 REVIEW: “Major Crimes”

MAJOR CRIMES: Monday 9PM on TNT 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 w...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “CSI”

This year, the original Las Vegas-set CSI, about to begin its 12th season on the air, faced not one but two crossroads. A couple of years earlier, the show’s original star William L. Petersen had decided a...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Missing”

> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may hav...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Metro”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots The word was that Stephen Gaghan’s pilot METRO was in serious consideration for NBC’s schedule until the very end (conventional wisdom has it that the final choice came down to Metro...

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THE SKED’S SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Law & Order: SVU”

LAW & ORDER: SVU: Wednesday 9PM on NBC WHERE WE WERE: A turf war between escort services run by Delia (Brooke Smith) and Ganzel (Peter Jacobson) turned murderous, leading to the death of a prostitute and the fo...

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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 ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Looper”

LOOPER: Worth A Ticket – Maybe Too Enthralling For Its Own Good Rian Johnson’s most salient trait as a filmmaker may be a tendency to get carried away. His first film, Brick, was a high school film...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Golden Boy”

GOLDEN BOY: Fridays 9PM on CBS 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 weigh in,...

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PREMIERING 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 Met Your Moth...

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THE SKED REBOOT REVIEW: “Law & Order: SVU”

> Until now, LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT has been unique to the franchise in not having undergone a periodic reshuffling of its cast. For 12 seasons, SVU had been the only one of the series to be star-driv...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Banshee”

BANSHEE: Friday 10PM on Cinemax Previously… on BANSHEE: Through a series of coincidences not worth recounting, an ex-con (Antony Starr) has taken on the identity of Lucas Hood, who was killed on his way to beco...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Grimm”

Although both fairy-tale inspired dramas that were introduced to network TV last fall have been renewed for 2d seasons, there’s no comparison in quality between Once Upon A Time and GRIMM. Once has created a capt...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Identity”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Vegas”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 2 REVIEW: “Major Crimes”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “CSI”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Missing”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Metro”

THE SKED’S SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Law & Order: SVU”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Law & Order: SVU”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Looper”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Golden Boy”

PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED PILOT REPORT: “Golden Boy”

THE SKED REBOOT REVIEW: “Law & Order: SVU”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Banshee”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Grimm”

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