Being an editor is a little like being a mortician. You're often the last one to see the finished product and, if done well, no one notices your handiwork. Of course, in TV, millions attend the viewing. And a bad wake can be the death of a show or career. But such are the perils of the TV editor, who must at once…

Unlike last week, there was no NCCA Tournament on primetime last night, and weekend usage was down 8% from last week heading into Passover and Easter. Still, there was a lot of action on the TV court, though nearly all of it downward. One of the few exceptions was the finale of NBC's limited series The Slap (0.7/2) at…

Five weeks into its new Thursday lineup, NBC is making an inevitable scheduling change on the night where The Blacklist had been left to hold down the fort with no support from newbie dramas at 8 PM or 10 PM. Both The Slap at 8 PM and Allegiance at 10 have been floundering and already had hit the dreaded 0.7 adults…

Is it too late to get The Blacklist back to Monday and pretend the Thursday experiment never happened? After a solid opening on the night last week with the conclusion of the post-Super Bowl episode, the FBI drama (1.7 in adults 18-49) tumbled -26% in Week 2 to a series low in Live+Same Day while its main competitor…

A show about the fallout from when an adult strikes a child is not your standard network fare, but, as I say in my video review above,NBC and the cast and crew of The Slap deserve credit for truly pushing the primetime boundaries with this  drama about just that topic. Debuting February 12 at 8 PM, the eight-episode…

TV critics are surprised the miniseries The Slap has wound up on NBC. At the TCA Winter Press Tour today, one of them warned creators and cast that it likely won’t gain any Emmy recognition. That’s because, of course, the TV Academy typically snubs broadcast content in its best-miniseries categories (and movies, and…

NBC’s Must See TV Thursday comedy block is officially gone. NBC has set its midseason schedule, which will feature three drama series on Thursday going head-to-head with ABC’s all-drama Shondaland lineup, which has been dominating the night this fall. The block will be anchored by The Blacklist, which, as previously…

UPDATED: NBC’s The Slap is rounding out its cast. Lucas Hedges (Kill The Messenger) has signed on as a regular and Penn Badgley (Gossip Girl) is set as a recurring in the 8-episode miniseries starring Peter Sarsgaard and Mary Louise-Parker. Based on the 2011 Australian short-run series, The Slap is described as a…

Thomas Sadoski (The Newsroom) has been cast in NBC's eight-episode miniseries The Slap. Based on the 2011 Australian short-run series, The Slap is described as a complex family drama that explodes from one small incident where a man slaps another couple's misbehaving child. Sadoski, repped by UTA and Industry…

Makenzie Leigh has been cast in NBC miniseries The Slap, Fox’s new drama Gotham and the upcoming Amazon series Mozart In The Jungle.  In The Slap, she plays Connie, a young babysitter who shares an intimate moment with Hector (Peter Sarsgaard), spurring a chain of consequences for both characters. In the Batman…

Thandie Newton and Melissa George are the latest to board NBC’s eight-episode miniseries. Based on the 2011 Australian short-run series, The Slap is described as a complex family drama that explodes from one small incident where a man slaps another couple’s misbehaving child. This seemingly minor domestic dispute…

Zachary Quinto (Heroes, Star Trek, American Horror Story) and Brian Cox (Nuremberg) have been cast opposite Peter Sarsgaard and Mary-Louise Parker in NBC's upcoming miniseries The Slap. Based on the 2011 Australian short-run series, The Slap is described as a complex family drama that explodes from one small incident…