Category: Television
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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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Get outta my car
According to an article in Variety, there is serious talk of bringing back Knight Rider. Now, Knight Rider was one of my favorite shows in the 80s. Since I got my driver’s license, it’s held even more appeal because, hey, who wouldn’t like to have a car that could drive itself–let alone one that is…
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On Air Tonight: Friday
Friday is one of those nights that very often gets away from people. They go out and do things, their weekend starts and they’re just not going to sit in front of the toob for anything too heavy. A lot of shows over the years have either started in a Friday slot and miraculously survived…
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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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On Air Tonight: Thursday
Tonight the DVR will once again be running full tilt. Smallville kicks off it’s new season at 8 p.m. on the CW up against My Name is Earl on NBC and Ugly Betty ABC. I dropped off of Ugly Betty at the end of last season when life got a bit crazy. I meant to…
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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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On Air Tonight: Wednesday
Another busy night for me and my DVRs. We know from last week that the only thing worth watching at 8 p.m. is Kid Nation. Fox’s Back To You will be recorded, just because I feel generous and am willing to give it another chance. It’s at 9 p.m. when things get a little tricky.…
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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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On Air Tonight: Tuesday
Tuesday night, for me, has been traditionally filled with show conflict. This season looks to be no different. We’ve got the new seasons of Bones and NCIS both starting in the same hour–in direct conflict with the next episode of Beauty and the Geek. That’s followed by the premiere of the new CW series Reaper…