Post archive for ‘Buzz’
2010 Pilot Watch: The Best of the Winners
Now that the big four networks have released their fall lineups (oh, and The CW, too), I can talk about the new shows which excite me most—with the added bonus of knowing that each of them will air for at least one episode! Will all of these shows be Emmy-worthy? Probably not. But, sight unseen, I think [...]
Pilot Watch 2010
‘Tis the season for development, and Lynette Rice at EW.com has released a list of the pilots the broadcast networks are considering. (Bear in mind that only a fraction of these shows will make it to the airwaves.) After perusing the [...]
A Show of a Certain Quality
Last week, Entertainment Weekly sent me a preview of TNT’s new comedic drama Men of a Certain Age. (I know—it’s kind of legitimate-TV-blogger of a thing to happen!) It premieres tonight at 10/9c, so I thought I should watch the preview and get my thoughts [...]
V-Day Has Arrived
2009-2010 New Series Preview, Part 5
First off, forgive me for not updating sooner. My laptop computer apparently aired its series finale, so to speak, and my internet access has been limited. But TV shows go on, blog or no blog, so this show must go on!
In a little over an hour, the final show [...]
Seven Kingdoms Come: HBO’s “Game of Thrones”
Though it might not reach our screen until late 2010 or 2011, I’m very excited for HBO’s Game of Thrones, a prospective series based on George R. R. Martin’s book series A [...]
High Expectations and Higher Education
2009-2010 New Series Preview, Part 4
I was prepared to love Community, NBC’s latest venture into single-camera comedy. The premise is funny: a fake lawyer goes to community college to become legitimate and ends up becoming a fake Spanish tutor in a study group full of misfits. The actors (like Joel McHale and [...]
Re-married with Children
2009-2010 New Series Preview, Part 3
ABC has four new comedies in the pipeline, and three of them have unfortunately unfunny previews: Hank, The Middle, and Cougar Town. If producers do put all the best bits in the previews, well… the outlook for those shows is bleak. But the fourth, Modern Family, looks to be riotous, [...]
“24″: Impressive Talent Clocking In
Even though the countdown clock reminds us that we have 147 days yet to wait, I’m already excited for Season 8 of 24. Granted, it’s not often that I feel pumped about the eighth season of a [...]
A Different High School Musical
2009-2010 New Series Preview, Part 2
Statistically, only a third of all new shows avoid cancellation during their first seasons. I have no doubt in my mind that Glee will be among them this year. [...]
Two Minutes, Seventeen Seconds
The following post was originally published on my old blog on April 20, 2009.
2009-2010 New Series Preview, Part 1
ABC has a lot of fine prospects for the 2009-2010 season, but one of the most exciting is a pilot called Flash Forward, based on the Robert J. Sawyer novel of the same name. [...]