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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Hindsight”

HINDSIGHT has been a very pleasant rom-com-dram vehicle that probably didn’t generate enough in the way of buzz, and certainly didn’t score the ratings, to survive past its first season, notwithstanding its ...

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THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: NBC’s “Marry Me”

MARRY ME: Tuesday 9PM on NBC starting October 14 – If Nothing Else Is On… PLAYERS: Series creator David Caspe, of the late and lamented Happy Endings. Stars Casey Wilson and Ken Marino, but especially W...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY “Season” Finale Review: “Hart of Dixie”

The network is preserving its contractual rights, but the signs are rife that tonight’s HART OF DIXIE was the last we’ll see of the series. After being banished to Fridays, it was held for midseason, then l...

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THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: ABC’S “Manhattan Love Story”

MANHATTAN LOVE STORY: Tuesday 8:30PM on ABC starting September 30 – Change the Channel PLAYERS: Series creator Jeff Lowell, who’s been a writer/producer on sitcoms going back to Cybill two decades ago, bu...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Writers”

WRITERS is considered an “independent” movie because it was made without big-studio financing and because its stars (Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Kristen Bell) are familiar faces, but not at the level th...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Weird Loners”

WEIRD LONERS: Tuesday 9:30PM on FOX Previously… on WEIRD LONERS: Out-of-work womanizer Stosh (Zachary Knighton) has just moved in with his odd cousin Eric (Nate Torrence) in Eric’s house, which is next do...

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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The Mindy Project”

After two full seasons, it’s become clear that Mindy Kaling’s THE MINDY PROJECT may never be a “well-made show.” Characters pop in and out–it was recently announced that receptionist Betsy...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Virtual Sundance Reviews: “First Date” & “Pleasure”

FIRST DATE: Your regard for First Date is likely to directly relate to your nostalgia for the low-rent action comedies and Tarantino imitations of the 1990s and 2000s. Those comedies were marked by idiot plots that p...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto 2014 Review: “This Is Where I Leave You”

THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU (Warners) – Opens September 19 – Worth A Ticket Jonathan Tropper’s very successful day job is writing seriocomic novels about families and romance that are distinguished by the...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “The Mindy Project”

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...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “You’re The Worst”

YOU’RE THE WORST: Wednesday 10:30PM on FXX The secret shame of Jimmy (Chris Geere) and Gretchen (Aya Cash), the protagonists of YOU’RE THE WORST, is that they’re far more conventional than they’...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Blended”

BLENDED: Not Even For Free – A Bad Sitcom Episode, 4 Times As Long On the Adam Sandler Movie Pain-o-Meter (patent pending), the new BLENDED ranks about midway between the not-so-bad Just Go With It and the soul-c...

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Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Wonder” & “What’s Love Got To Do With It?”

THE WONDER (Netflix – November 16): In the time of Ireland’s Great Famine, 11-year-old Anna (Kila Lord Cassidy) claims to have survived for 4 months without eating even one bite of food. Is she a miracle,...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “The Mindy Project”

THE MINDY PROJECT: Tuesday 9:30PM on FOX After an uneven season and a half that seemed to slide from one genre and tone to the next on a nearly weekly basis (it’s a rom-com! it’s a workplace comedy!), lea...

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THE SKED’S SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Hart of Dixie”

HART OF DIXIE: Tuesday 8PM on CW WHERE WE WERE: The bedroom of Dr. Zoe Hart (Rachel Bilson) in Bluebell, Alabama, where the New York transfer was finally getting some action after an entire season of dithering. On ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Hindsight”

THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: NBC’s “Marry Me”

SHOWBUZZDAILY “Season” Finale Review: “Hart of Dixie”

THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: ABC’S “Manhattan Love Story”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Writers”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Pilot + 1 Review: “Weird Loners”

THE SKED Season Finale Review: “The Mindy Project”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Virtual Sundance Reviews: “First Date” & “Pleasure”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto 2014 Review: “This Is Where I Leave You”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “The Mindy Project”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “You’re The Worst”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Film Review: “Blended”

Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Wonder” & “What’s Love Got To Do With It?”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “The Mindy Project”

THE SKED’S SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Hart of Dixie”

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