Summer Sitcoms on TBS - Prime Time TV
When the management at TBS heard that the sitcom is dead, they must have taken that as a rallying cry. Summer has become sitcom time at TBS, with varying results. Let's take a look at three original shows on their summer schedule. Tyler Perry is ... [... more]
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The Singing Bee vs. Don't Forget the Lyrics - Prime Time TV
There is only one contestant at a time and one basic game. This show has a live band, but the contestant does all the singing. The lyrics appear on a giant screen and about six lines are provided before the screen goes blank. The contestant is ... [... more]
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Too Much Inside Information? - Prime Time TV
The fact that I even know the term "greenlit" shows that today's viewers have more of an inside look at the television industry than ever before. Sure, there have always been press agents and public relations departments that purported to give [... more]
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New Amsterdam Pilot - Prime Time TV
Let me warn you that this is not a family show. Within the first two minutes, there were scenes of dead bodies, a couple having sex, and an ancient war. These scenes would be too upsetting for my fourth-grader but they weren't so graphic that I ... [... more]
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The Delights of the Summer Schedule - Prime Time TV
When I was a kid, the summer TV schedule was a wasteland. All of the shows were in reruns with the occasional variety special mixed in. The most a viewer could look forward to was catching up on episodes you may have missed the first time around. ... [... more]
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Variety Shows (Classic TV) - Prime Time TV
One of the staples of prime time TV from the 1950s through the 1970s was the variety show. Before MTV, 500 cable channels, and 24-hour television, variety shows were the best way for people to see various singers and comedians perform. Most of ... [... more]
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My So-Called Life
Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick seem to specialize in tales of angst in various configurations. They covered the teen years with Let me give you a run-down of the characters and the situations. Dylan is a timid girl who wants to be a writer ... [... more]
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Hulu.com Review - Prime Time TV
Hulu.com is a streaming online video service whose prominent partners include NBC and Fox. The catalog has a variety of old and new series from both networks as well as some of their sister stations such as SciFi Channel, Bravo, and FX. There are ... [... more]
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Ghost Whisperer -- The Gravesitter - Prime Time TV
This episode features a return to the dark side and brings a conclusion to the story line of the blogger who has threatened to expose Melinda's secret. Melinda goes to work to find the word "WITCHCRAFT" scrawled in red paint across her ... [... more]
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Ghost Whisperer -- Deadbeat Dads - Prime Time TV
The main plot of this episode involves Professor Rick Payne running into Nina, a girl he used to date in college (played by Jay Mohr's real-life spouse, Nikki Cox). Nina is now a pharmaceutical rep and is in Grandview for a conference. They ... [... more]
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Pilots -- Chuck and Journeyman - Prime Time TV
This season I added two new NBC shows, "Chuck" and "Journeyman" to my schedule. Both shows have a retread feeling, but one of them is a bit more enjoyable. First up was "Chuck". The main character, Chuck Bartowski, is a [... more]
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Canterbury's Law Pilot - Prime Time TV
Julianna Margulies returns to network television as Elizabeth Canterbury, a defense attorney with issues, in Much has been made in the advertisements about this being Julianna Margulies' first foray into network television since In the pilot, ... [... more]
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