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Are you ready?
Tonight, Lost returns to the airwaves after eight months off. In TV years, that’s a really long time. Especially for a show that saw what some called a precipitous drop in ratings over the last season it was on. If they don’t totally nail this first episode back, I don’t think there’s much that will…
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Into the Future: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
A couple of weeks ago, The Sarah Connor Chronicles hit the airwaves at Fox, a show that has garnered a lot of buzz in the geek world due to the fact that it’s a Terminator continuation and that it stars one of the favorites of Joss Whedon’s vocal fan-base: Summer Glau. If you haven’t seen…
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Mid-season Checkup
December always brings with it the traditional television season break. Over the past decade, it’s served more as the mile-marker where half the shows pull off the road and a whole new set get ready to come on. This year, with the writer’s strike going on, there’s more chance than usual that everything on up…
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Quarterlife
I’m apparently a little behind the times. There’s a new show that should be hitting the NBC airwaves next year and I just found out about it. Normally, that’s not too disconcerting of a thing. After all, I live in the DC area and not LA or NY. What’s disturbing here is that the show…
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If you haven’t been watching Heroes…
If you haven’t been watching Heroes, you’re missing out. Yes, this season isn’t quite as tight as the first season was. There’s no “Save the Cheerleader, Save the World” type catch phrase (a failure on the part of the marketing department, in my opinion). But there has been a “Who am I?” theme running through…
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But what about my shows?
With the writers on strike, some shows are in immediate trouble. Others have between a few weeks and a couple of months before they run into trouble. The LA Times put together a nice grid about it the other day. And, for Lost fans, today’s Ask Ausiello over at TVGuide.com points out: Question: What does…
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Writer’s Strike
On Monday, the members of the Writer’s Guild of America went on strike. This has thrown the entire industry into a wee bit of chaos. Late night talkshows have already started running repeats. Many sitcoms only have a few episodes before they’re out of fresh stuff. Most hour long shows will be able to last…
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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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