Posted by kittson on 31 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Television, What I Watched
The WGA contract expires at midnight, and the possibility of a writers’ strike is high. This will mean no new screenplays or scripted television. You probably won’t notice the effect on movies, as the studios have been stockpiling scripts for months. Television is a different story. Episodes are written only weeks […]
Posted by liz on 23 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Television, Review, What I Watched
Now that the Fall Premiere Challenge is over, we can turn our attention back to all the shows we already love.
Created by two of its stars (Glenn Howerton and Rob McElhenney), “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” has been described as “Seinfeld on crack” (it’s killing me that I didn’t coin this phrase!). The show is […]
Posted by kittson on 22 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Television, Review, What I Watched
Welcome to the post you’ve all been waiting for, the ninth and final part of the Fall Premiere Challenge. Before we announce the six winning series, we have some business to wrap up.
First, we have a couple of updates. There continues to be little activity from the networks in the form of pick-ups […]
Posted by kittson on 18 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Television, Review, What I Watched
Let’s begin this penultimate edition of the Fall Premiere Challenge with a bit of good news. On Tuesday, our top scoring show “Reaper” posted a gigantic 25% increase in household ratings, resulting in the largest audience in the 18–49 range to date for the CW.
And now the bad news…
Life is Wild (CW) – I […]
Posted by kittson on 14 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Television, Review, What I Watched
Over here tensions are high as we wait for the networks to make their decisions about the new fall shows. So far not a single one has been canceled. Last year the first series to go was the Ray Liotta vehicle “Smith”, which was axed after three episodes. Many of the new […]
Posted by kittson on 13 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Television, Music, YouTubery, Worlds Collide
Carlos Santana’s second career in collaborations has been longer than most rock stars’ first, and for his latest “Into the Night”, he teams up with Nickelback’s Chad Kroger. But more importantly, the video stars both a new Hero (although her power is questionable), Dania Ramirez, who plays Maya, and long-time TV regular Freddy Rodriguez. […]
Posted by kittson on 10 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Television, Review, What I Watched
Welcome to Part 6 of the Fall Premiere Challenge. I’d hoped things would be looking up by now, but with only one notably geeky exception, the numbers are sliding. I can’t wait to get back to my old favorites like “Heroes”, “Ugly Betty”, and “Friday Night Lights” (subtle hint – START WATCHING “FRIDAY […]
Posted by kittson on 08 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Television, Review, What I Watched
Welcome to Part 5 of our 9 part series. This is the halfway point. Let’s see how the shows are doing.
Pushing Daisies (ABC) – This highly stylized drama about a pie-maker who brings people back to life by touching them is the first show this season that seems to be pushing the art of television […]
Posted by kittson on 03 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Television, Review, What I Watched
All the network executives are sitting around this week scratching their heads, perplexed as to why their new shows’ ratings are so low. Well, beyond the obvious reason of increased use of DVR’s and downloading, there’s another really good explanation: the shows just aren’t very good. Last year we were blessed with so […]