Category: Reviews
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New Season: ABC’s Pushing Daisies
Bryan Fuller is, apparently, a god among television producers. Almost every single show he’s produced, I’ve loved. Pushing Daisies is no different. Yes, the pilot felt a little uneven at times, but at its worst it was still better than most others I’ve seen. Ever. I can also fully understand why this show will quickly…
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New Season: ABC’s Cavemen
Well, that was unexpected. Cavemen didn’t totally suck. In fact, I think it’s the best written new sitcom I’ve seen so far this season. Even better, there’s no laugh track. This show could work even it weren’t populated with cavemen. Most of the comedy is true situation based comedy, as opposed to the all too…
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New Season: NBC’s Life
When I tuned in to Life, I expected yet another cop show (like K-Ville). What I got was a bit more. Life tells the story of cop Charlie Crews who is sent to prison, only to be exonerated twelve years later. He returns to the force as part of his settlement and gets back to…
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New Season: CBS’ Moonlight
Moonlight is the new show about a vampire, living in LA and fighting crime. Don’t confuse it with Angel. Don’t confuse it with Forever Knight. Both of those shows are infinitely superior. Sure, Moonlight has a brooding vampire in it, but Mick St. John has only been around for 90 or so years. He’s painfully…
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New Season: ABC’s Big Shots
With yet another high-powered (though oddly mixed) cast, ABC’s Big Shots could have been fantastic. Unfortunately, it wasn’t. It lacked everything that made Dirty Sexy Money fun. Things weren’t over the top enough. In fact, they were decidedly typical. Even worse, of the four main characters, only one (played by Michael Vartan) is really likable.…
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New Season: ABC’s Private Practice
From the makers of Grey’s Anatomy comes… a show that feels exactly like Grey’s Anatomy. Not that that’s an entirely bad thing. I happen to like Grey’s. And I’m sure there will be plenty of people who like Private Practice just as much. But unless they differentiate themselves, unless they get a more distinct feel,…
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New Season: ABC’s Dirty Sexy Money
My first thought, as I rolled my eyes at the show descriptoion was, “Great, another lawyer show with quirky characters.” And so it was with great trepidation that I tuned in to the first episode of Dirty Sexy Money. Now that it’s over, I can honestly say that not only was I pleasantly surprised, but…
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New Season: NBC’s Bionic Woman
Of all the networks, NBC seems to be a bit ahead of this technology curve. At least for the upcoming fall season. They’ve made three of the pilots for new shows available in a few different ways. I watched them on my cable system’s On Demand system the other day. We see remakes all the…
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New Season: The CW’s Reaper
It’s rare to see a comedy that has both high production values and an oxymoronic high-class flavor of lowbrow humor. Reaper is one of those rare shows. Granted, when I first started seeing stuff on it, I thought it would be a cold day in Hell before it turned out to be worthwhile. Seems that…
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News Season: CBS’ The Big Bang Theory
In theory, the show could be funny. In practice, it’s not even close. The story of two total geeks (or, perhaps more accurately, nerds) living together in a vaguely run-down apartment building who get a new neighbor–a totally hot girl. The Big Bang Theory misses on every possible note it can. Well, that’s not entirely…
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Heroes – Season 2
Picking up four months after the events that closed out the first season, Heroes has returned with just as much style and bite as ever. For most of the world, not much has changed. Most knew nothing of the disaster that had been diverted–or the price that was paid–by those special few. Most of the…
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New Season: CBS’s Kid Nation
Even before it hit the air, Kid Nation gained the title of most controversial new show. For those who’ve missed the promo stuff for this new reality show, they’ve taken 40 kids from all different age and social groups and sent them to a pioneer-era ghost town. They have supplies, an appointed council and a…