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Watching Stuff With Our Brains Turned On

Month: February 2008

  • From the Web to the Network

    This Tuesday at 10 p.m., Quarterlife (which I mentioned a while back) makes the leap from the computer screen to the TV screen when it debuts on NBC after the next episode of The Biggest Loser. If you haven’t checked out this show online already, catch it when it hits the main stream. From the…

  • A New Knight

    Watched the new Knight Rider 2-hour TV movie. I was pretty impressed. That’s not to say it’s not without some problems. But those problems are pretty much in line with criticisms that could be lobbed at the original show. The main one being: there’s some pretty bad science involved. But we’ll let that slide, for…

  • Sunday Knight

    You may remember a while back I mentioned there was a new Knight Rider show in the works. Well, it’s on NBC this Sunday. I plan on catching it. KITT is a Mustang. That’s going to upset some people. (And voiced by Val Kilmer!) Hasselhoff is in it, but hot as a main player. It…

  • Aaaand We’re Back!

    Good news for everyone: The Writer’s Strike is Over! Everyone gets to go back to work tomorrow and, if all goes well with the ratification of the contract (which I’d imagine it will), those of us sitting in front of out TVs can expect to see new episodes of old shows by April. This has…

  • One end = More Middle

    It looks like the writer’s strike may be heading toward a positive resolution, at least according to a recent post over at United Hollywood. This is good news both for the writer’s who’ve been out of work for three months and those of us who’ve been waiting to see what, if anything, the rest of…

  • New Season: NBC’s Lipstick Jungle

    Believe it or not, I was huge fan of Sex and the City. I loved the show not just because the main character was a writer or because of all the actual sex that went on in it, but because the characters were strong and realistic women. Well, at least as realistic as NYC socialites…