By fred | August 7, 2008
* Tonight NBC isn’t even trying, there’s no new Fear Itself. It’s not the Olympics, it’s just NBC…
* At 10.00 on CBS we still have a new Flashpoint
* While on USA there’s a new Burn Notice
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Shows: Burn Notice, Flashpoint
By fred | August 6, 2008
It’s Wednesday again, and that means there’s one thing you don’t want to miss tonight, at 10.30 on Comedy Central, a new Lewis Black’s Root Of All Evil !
This week, it’s Steroids Vs. Boob Jobs :
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By fred | August 6, 2008
They bragged about their new pilot-less process, ordering at least 6 episodes of new series from a script, without “bothering” by first having a pilot episode shot; they also love to say how they go international by co-producing series with other companies; not to mention how they love advertisers and are now asking them for lists of products, then ordering the creative minds to come up with new episodes or series to sell the stuff.
Clearly NBC is trying to innovate, or at least do anything they can think of to show they’re trying, they’re really trying, I’m not sure what it is exactly they’re trying to do, I’m not even sure they do, but they try hard, they never stop trying.
It’s possible I’m a pessimist, it’s possible I have this tendency to hate NBC, anything goes, but the more I read about what’s going on at NBC the more I think it’s not gonna be good, at all. And what really saddens me in this, is that I have a bunch of shows I love which just happen to be on NBC, hence my worries.
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Shows: Life, My Own Worst Enemy, Robinson Crusoe, The Office, The Philanthropist
By fred | August 6, 2008
(S01E04) I guess the question for me at this point isn’t so much about this episode, but the show in general. It was a new series, it could have been interesting so I tuned in to check it out. And I know it’s only been four episodes, that’s really not much, but it’s enough for me to see that I don’t think this show will be what I first thought it might be, or look like, and that what it’s shaping up to be might not be something I’m interested in.
I’ve said before that while we were sold on the idea that Banks was the savior, the one who helped people kicking out addiction, he was only finding them, “kidnapping” them and driving them to the nearest rehab center. That hasn’t really changed, and quite frankly I don’t find that very exciting. Also, it was meant to be addictions, all kinds of addictions, but so far it’s only drugs.
Sure, you got your speed, your crack, your cocaine, your heroin, there’s lots of different kind of drugs out there, with different kinds of addictions. Still, it’s always the same, more than you think.
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Shows: The Cleaner
In Series: The Cleaner Season 1
By fred | August 5, 2008
* At 9.00 we have a new episode of Eureka on Sci-Fi
* Followed at 10.00 on A&E by a new episode of The Cleaner
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Shows: Eureka, The Cleaner
By fred | August 5, 2008
(S04E08) Last week I didn’t had some nice words for this show, and I stand by it. Last season it was the same, at first during a few episodes I thought we had an interesting situation, a starting point from which something, something new/different from what’s been done previous seasons, something good could be done. And it was with regret that I saw the season fade away into depressing boredom to end up having me convinced it had been the worst season to date.
This season had its fresh start, a brand new start in another place with new people, everything was new and it was a chance to start out fresh and be exciting again. I had serious doubt about the whole thing after reading about it, but after the first few episodes I had hopes again… How silly of me, because since then it’s all been crushed again, and we’re back to an horrible sensation of waste, waste of good ideas, waste of possibly interesting situations, waste of funny characters, and as a result waste of my time.
Unfortunately, this week only confirmed those feelings.
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Shows: Weeds
In Series: Weeds Season 4
By fred | August 5, 2008
We already had a little preview when he was caught there, now it’s time for the official report.
You may know him from his appearances on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, or because you met him at a Star Wars movie premiere, or more recently at Comic-Con 2008. If you don’t know him, Triumph The Insult Comic Dog is just that, an insult comic dog (mastered by Robert Smigel), and he’s freaking hilarious!
Here’s his brilliant report from this year’s Comic-Con :
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By fred | August 4, 2008
* At 8.00 of course there’s the 2008 Teen Choice Awards on Fox, results are here if you can’t wait…
* At 9.00 there’s a new The Closer on TNT
* Followed at 10.00 by a new episode of Saving Grace
* On Showtime at 10.00 we have a new episode of Weeds
* Followed at 10.30 by the season finale of Secret Diary Of A Call Girl
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Shows: Saving Grace, Secret Diary Of A Call Girl, The Closer, Weeds
By fred | August 4, 2008
(S01E10) I think I’m conflicted over what I think about this show, or more precisely how I feel about it. There’s a couple of things that have me unable to really stick with a definite position I think. First of all it is made out of different stories, about each episode contains at least two main plots : first, we have a new witness situation for Mary (and Marshall) to take care of; and secondly we have Mary’s private life, and that means her little sister and her mother.
Like most of everyone I think, I don’t like the later. Not that developing Mary’s private life is a bad idea per-se, but the use of family relatives was a clear mistake here. It never really brought anything to the show, but they’re here and as long as long are it’s a problem, because those plots are usually pretty lame and boring and take the entire episode down.
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Shows: In Plain Sight
In Series: In Plain Sight Season 1
By fred | August 4, 2008
Apparently Heroes creator Tim Kring is getting worried that product placement and over staffing of digital divisions (online content) [at NBC] might affect the shows. Well, I’d say that’s a pretty fair worry to have, especially if you’re on NBC, as perfectly illustrated by, say, the second season of Heroes.
In a panel discussion Wednesday at NATPE’s LATV Festival in Hollywood, Kring explained that “the big fear for us is that when [digital/made for online distribution] material and content start to be generated by people who are outside the main or inner core of the creative force of a show, you have all sorts of pitfalls and things that can go wrong. You throw a little bit of sponsorship and product placement into the show and you have a recipe for all kinds of serious problems“.
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Shows: Heroes
