Posted Mar 14, 2005, 6:52 PM ET by Mark Rabinowitz
Filed under: ABC, Sitcom
Believe it or not, this is a funny show with potential.
John Stamos is your standard likable rogue of a hottie guy. A mover and shaker PR agent, Jake is trying to quit his womanizing ways and find a more lasting relationship. The interesting thing is, he's not doing this to woo any particular woman, as has been tried in the past. He seems honestly ready to change his life. Forget the unlikely idea of a straight male publicist and focus on the fact that Stamos is a likable guy. I mean, c'mon! Wasn't Uncle Jesse the only adult on
Full House with any kind of cool at all?
Granted, I've only seen the first two episodes and
Mädchen Amick's delightfully loony character is only in the pilot, but still, if the writers can keep the premise fresh...yeah, I know. That's a tough one, especially since the "one date per episode" premise was scrapped after the pilot.
Continue reading Jake In Progress, Eps., 101-102: "Pilot" & "Stand By Your Man"
Posted Mar 14, 2005, 6:08 PM ET by Mark Rabinowitz
Filed under: Sci-Fi, Cable
Starbuck (
Katee Sackhoff) is growing up. Watching her plan the attack on the fuel mine was great to see. She's been so frightened, hiding behind her bravado, it's nice to see her take some major responsibility. The "double decoy" plan was pretty cool, and the standard trick of cutting away to another plot line when the "secret plan" is discussed never fails. However, on a network ad-scheduling note, cutting from a chilling scene where the Galactica listens to sounds of their pilots dying into a Budweiser ad was jarring as hell. Talk about breaking up the drama and ruining the moment. Another false and upsetting notes was at the end of the episode when the surviving pilots return after a successful mission, they act like they just won the war. The fact is, many pilots died. I doubt the celebrations would have been so unrestrained.
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica, Ep. 110: "The Hand of God"
Posted Mar 14, 2005, 5:52 PM ET by David Thomas
Filed under: Talent, Reality, Cable
Who could've guessed the trio of The
Surreal Life, Strange Love and Celebrity Fit Club would be VH-1's
highest rated line-up in 20 years on television. Newsday takes a look
at why washed up celebrities are so entertaining as reality stars.
Maybe its because they're actually used to being in front of a camera
and are desperate to stay there this time. And maybe it has something
to do with us at home feeling we're doing better than that middle
Brady Bunch kid or Da Brat.
Posted Mar 14, 2005, 4:01 PM ET by David Thomas
Filed under: Programming
Without a fresh episode of “Desperate
Housewives,” ABC still ruled Sunday night with a double episode of EMHE raking in 14.3 million viewers overall along
with the new John Stamos comedy “Jake In Progress” drawing 12.9
million viewers. CBS' “Cold Case” remains strong and drew the
most of any one show Sunday with 16.5 million viewers.
Posted Mar 14, 2005, 3:23 PM ET by David Thomas
Filed under: Drama, HBO
This AP story does a wonderful job of
delving into what makes up the series of Deadwood from the actors to
the set design and even the extras. One funny piece of trivia to
amuse your friends is that the show is shot on the site of Gene
Autry's Melody Ranch where he made the “singing cowboy” movies. I
don't think Gene would be a big fan of Deadwood's take on the
foulmouthed west.
Posted Mar 14, 2005, 2:42 PM ET by David Thomas
Filed under: Reality, Cable
Although not looking quite as bad as
Lizzie Grubman's lips, the show's debut last Thursday on MTV raked in a measly 1.2
million viewers. Those who tuned in saw Grubman wrangling her half
dozen or so young associates to plan a party and plant “news”
stories in the press. Like a snippet about Lindsay Lohan on Page Six.
The show is pretty ridiculous and about as “real life” as
Grubman's facial features.
[PoweR Girls, MTV Thurs. 10:30 p.m. EST]
Posted Mar 14, 2005, 10:36 AM ET by David Thomas
Filed under: NBC, Programming, News
That didn't take long. The Jane Pauley Show debuted in August 2004 and it was announced today that it will end production in mid-April. Folks never warmed up to Pauley in the daytime, especially with the heavy competition from Oprah, Dr. Phil and Ellen. It would probably be easier and more proftable for NBC to spin current Today Show host Katie Couric into daytime.
Posted Mar 14, 2005, 9:09 AM ET by David Thomas
Filed under: Drama, HBO
Boy, Part 1 was so exciting that last
night's episode was a big letdown. A case of adding way too much
dialogue following so much action. This had
to be the wordiest Deadwood episode yet. And while much of it was old
fashioned cursing, most was trying to set the plotlines for the rest
of the season, mainly Bullock's place in Deadwood as both a father
and husband and sheriff. The newly deformed Swearengen is trying to
cover all bets with the approaching reality of government in the
territories and we're all waiting for the next shoe to drop. The
return of Calamity Jane was underwhelming and reminds us how we
didn't miss her at all.
Posted Mar 14, 2005, 8:51 AM ET by Michael Sciannamea
Filed under: Sitcom, UPN
No matter if you thought Chris Rock either did well as host of the Oscars or not, UPN has given the go-ahead to develop a show inspired by his childhood experiences attending a mostly white school in Brooklyn in the 80s. The show will be called "Everybody Hates Chris" and he will narrate the single-camera pilot.
As much as I like Chris Rock, I just don't think his brand of humor will come across well on network television. His HBO shows were edgy and brilliant, but with the increasing crackdown on content by the government and watchdog groups, the show will be too watered down for my tastes.
Posted Mar 14, 2005, 7:59 AM ET by David Thomas
Filed under: Talent, Reality, FOX
In a dramatic turn, American Idol Mario
Vazquez has quit the show citing personal reasons and will be
replaced by recently booted Nikko Smith. Mario was one of the
favorite men in the competition along with rocker Bo Bice and soulful
Anwar Robinson. Nikko was voted off in last week's elimination
episode and will probably not last long in his return. Nikko is the
son of baseball Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith.
[American Idol, FOX Tues. 8 p.m. EST]
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