Category: Television
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Celebrity Circus
Tonight, NBC premiers it’s new “reality” show, Celebrity Circus. I, of course, won’t be watching it. (I’ll be watching a much more worthwhile “reality” show, Ghosthunters.) Here’s the thing about what I’ve seen of this show just from the previews–I’ve already seen a better version of this a decade or three ago. It was called…
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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…
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Mystery of the Crystal Skulls
Right now there’s a documentary on the Sci Fi Channel called Mystery of the Crystal Skulls. Obviously, it’s timed to coincide with the release of the new Indiana Jones movie that focuses on the mysterious and controversial crystal skulls. That movie has been mentioned a few times. Mostly, though, this has been a prime example…
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Beauty and the Geek: Gone Too Far
Since it first aired, I’ve been a fan of Beauty and the Geek. I thought the concept was fantastic and the execution infinitely better than most “reality” shows. The contestants grew and learned. The show wasn’t as much about competition as it was about becoming a better person–the prize money was just an extra added…
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Two New Things and Two Returning Favorites
If you like TV and haven’t checked out Hulu.com yet, do it now. The site has a wealth of classic and current shows. A lot more clips than full episodes, but the things they have full episodes (and some full seasons of) is pretty impressive. The video quality is OK. I noticed a bunch of…
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Just a Quick Lost Note
If you haven’t been watching Lost this season, you’ve been seriously missing out. Last season, the run started off a little rough. This time around, there was none of that. That’s probably a good thing, with the long lull between last season and this season. Any faltering would have lost them a lot of viewers.…
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New on Fox: New Amsterdam
I’ve put off talking about New Amsterdam for a couple of episodes. Mainly because I wanted to see if it could keep up the wonderful attitude it had in the first episode. The show really did surprise me. Right from the first few minutes, it set a good tone. We quickly got into the head…
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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…