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THE SKED PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Common Law”

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 ...

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THE SKED’S THURSDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 6/19/12

A new entry in the summer scripted brigade. TBS: SULLIVAN & SON had a mediocre debut. The first of its back-to-back episodes kicked off fairly well, just about even with the BIG BANG THEORY rerun that preceded it...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “White Collar”

WHITE COLLAR lost a little of its charm this season (or half-season, depending on how you characterize USA’s bifurcated order pattern). The should-FBI-agent-Peter Burke (Tim DeKay)-trust-former-thief-Neal Caffrey...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Necessary Roughness”

WHERE WE WERE: Dr. Dani Santino (Callie Thorne) was a happy suburban wife and mother who provided therapy to a few clients on the side, when her entire life was disrupted by a nasty divorce that left her in need of a g...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Political Animals”

POLITICAL ANIMALS: Sunday 10PM on USA 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 weig...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Covert Affairs”

Cable’s USA Network has the reputation of being a place where procedurals basically repeat variations on the same episode over and over for years, until the series finally dies of old age. That’s certainly ...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Suits”

SUITS – Thursdays 10PM on USA WHERE WE WERE: On a precipice. Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams) was a hustler with limited formal education but a photographic memory. He used his talents, among other things, to tak...

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The Sked: Cable Ratings July 17-23

HBO’s True Blood remains the highest-rated cable program with Adults 18-49 on our weekly ranking. But watch out HBO, the most down-market, lowest common denominator, tawdry program on television (USA’s WWE Mond...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Burn Notice”

BURN NOTICE – Thursday 9PM on USA WHERE WE WERE: On the jailhouse steps. Uber-evil Anson Fullerton (Jere Burns), the shrink who “burned” our hero Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) and destroyed his C...

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THE SKED: Thursday Scripted Cable Scorecard – 7/26/12

USA: Another strong night for the BURN NOTICE/SUITS duo. Burn, which uncharacteristically featured the killing of a major recurring character, was the highest-rated show on cable with 1.4 in 18-49s (slightly up from ...

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THE SKED @ CABLE REVIEW: USA’s “Suits”

> Premieres Thursday 10PM on USA: If Nothing Else Is On… (But it’s summer, so nothing is.) At this point, I think we could all identify a USA Network series blindfolded and with the soundtrack running backward...

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WORLD CUP SKEDBALL — Day 5

Wow. USA vs Ghana on ESPN Monday just missed averaging 10 million viewers over the course of the entire telecast. This is double what the USA matches did in 2010 from South Africa, and the demographic ratings (almost 6 rati...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Fairly Legal”

There were a lot of nips and tucks in the now-concluded 2d season of USA’s FAIRLY LEGAL. The show overall had a less comedic feel, and the heroine, Kate Reed (Sarah Shahi), was turned into more of an adult, which...

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 7/29/12

Several networks opted not even to try and compete with Sunday’s Olympics coverage, and the effect of the games on the shows that remained was mixed. HBO: TRUE BLOOD didn’t miss an artery, as its craziest s...

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THE SKED: Premiering Tonight

> Click below for reviews of tonight’s premieres: SUITS (USA) review WILFRED (FX) review

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THE SKED PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Common Law”

THE SKED’S THURSDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 6/19/12

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “White Collar”

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Necessary Roughness”

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Political Animals”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Covert Affairs”

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Suits”

The Sked: Cable Ratings July 17-23

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Burn Notice”

THE SKED: Thursday Scripted Cable Scorecard – 7/26/12

THE SKED @ CABLE REVIEW: USA’s “Suits”

WORLD CUP SKEDBALL — Day 5

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Fairly Legal”

THE SKED’S SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 7/29/12

THE SKED: Premiering Tonight

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