Posts Tagged ‘summer series’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Blood & Treasure”

  BLOOD & TREASURE:  Tuesday 10PM on CBS Summer has come to network TV, which means 4 months with tons of unscripted offerings and the occasional downscale scripted series.  The latter is typified by CBS’s BL...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Midnight, Texas”

  MIDNIGHT, TEXAS:  Monday 10PM on NBC – Change the Channel NBC’s summer series MIDNIGHT, TEXAS is a horror, all right.  It’s based on novels by True Blood author Charlaine Harris, and the idea was plai...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Atlanta”

  Donald Glover’s ATLANTA would have been unimaginable on a mainstream television outlet just a few years ago–let alone as a show that could achieve success in the ratings.  It’s very much a post-Louie s...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Zoo”

  ZOO:  Tuesday 9PM on CBS – Change the Channel Of all the broadcast networks, CBS is the biggest fan of branding.  It has its procedural hours during the regular season, its working-class half-hours (which are eit...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Premiere Review: “The Night Shift”

THE NIGHT SHIFT:  Monday 10PM on NBC THE NIGHT SHIFT was a workmanlike performer for NBC last summer, but its promotion to The Voice‘s lead-out on the network’s midseason schedule says more about the empty shelves ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Midseason Premiere Review: “Unforgettable”

  UNFORGETTABLE:  Friday 8PM on CBS UNFORGETTABLE, the CBS procedural whose title practically begs to be a punchline, is back.  Although “back” isn’t exactly the word:  Unforgettable was famously cance...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: ABC SUMMER PREMIERES

> ABC has announced the premiere dates for its original summer programming, all of it unscripted with the exception of returning moderate success ROOKIE BLUE. Thursday May 248PM: DUETS (singing reality show featuring Kelly Clar...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED @ CABLE REVIEW: “Falling Skies”

> FALLING SKIES – Sundays 10PM on TNT – If Nothing Else Is On… Or:  how is FALLING SKIES not Terra Nova?  I’ve raved about FOX’s Fall dinosaur spectacle, and here’s another Steven S...
by Mitch Salem