Tag: series
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Difficult Night
Tonight’s one of those nights my digital recorders will be doing overtime. NBC is doing a three hour Heroes extravaganza starting with a catchup lead-in at 8 p.m. and then two hours of new episode. After faltering a bit last season, I still have high hopes for Heroes to wow me in those two new…
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TrueBlood – Vampires that don’t suck
The season premier of the new HBO series True Blood quite pleasantly surprised me. After last season’s less than spectacular experience with Moonlight, I was really wary of another vampire series. Even if it was from the same guy who gave us Six Feet Under and starred Anna Paquin. Was it going to be a…
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Still More Fall Schedule Previews and Predictions
There are a lot of new and old shows on their way back. A lot of them, I’ve watched or am looking forward to watching. There’s also a bunch I’m dreading or that I’ve given up on. You can make your own plans using this handy dandy calendar of premieres over at TV Guide.com. NCIS…
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More Fall Schedule Previews and Predictions
There are a lot of new and old shows on their way back. A lot of them, I’ve watched or am looking forward to watching. There’s also a bunch I’m dreading or that I’ve given up on. You can make your own plans using this handy dandy calendar of premieres over at TV Guide.com. House…
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Fall Schedule Preview and Predictions
It’s that time again! A handful of returners and a smattering of new shows begin showing up this week. TV Guide has a very useful little calendar, so you can plan your viewing (or time shifting) accordingly. As usual, I’ll be watching a whole lot of what shows up. But before that, I think there’s…
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Swingtown Starts With Fireworks
After being horribly disappointed by the Thursday night show I actually watched in real time, I was slightly hesitant to queue up Swingtown on the DVR. Very quickly, that hesitation turned to elation. This show could be really good. Yes, sex and swinging was a sizable part of this introductory episode. But it was done…
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Nothing to Fear in Fear Itself
I won’t say I had high hopes for NBC’s Fear Itself, but I did have moderate ones. And still, I’m disappointed. After a promising beginning, the first installment of the new anthology series, The Sacrifice, quickly degraded into a melange of same-old, same-old flat characters and sad excuses for plot twists. We won’t even talk…
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New On Thursday: Fear Itself and Swingtown
The new summer season kicks off Thursday night with the debuts of two new shows at 10 p.m. On NBC you have Fear Itself, a horror anthology series in the vein of Tales from the Crypt. Each week the hour will be dedicated to a single story. The show was created by Mick Garris, best…
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Tonight: Lost Season Finale
Hope everyone’s caught up… this one’s bound to be worth discussing. Unfortunately, this season has been a very short one. The pacing was much better than last season, which really just makes it seem all the shorter. We have seen some serious movement in plot (some of which was long over due) and more definition…
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What’s Gone
The annual up fronts were presented in New York City a couple weeks ago. For those not in the know, that means that all of the networks have released their currently planned schedules for the Fall. Without a doubt, some things (like the days and times of shows) will change before September rolls around. Other…