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10:32 am - 08/05/2007
1. "Reaper:" CW, Tuesdays at 9p.m. Hard (maybe almost impossible) to believe, but CW had the show that shook the dust out of everyone here. Funny, sharp, and raucous, "Reaper" - with Bret Harrison ("Grounded for Life") and Ray Wise (just about any movie or TV show you can think of) quite literally put its best foot forward. The pilot - about a kid whose parents sold his soul to the devil (Wise) before he was born - was directed by big screen indie production star Kevin Smith. Asked if Smith was committed to direct more, "Reaper" producer Mark Gordon, demurred: "He's going to be pretty busy doing his own thing ... but he'll be cheering us on." Not necessarily good news for this CW newbie.
http://www.cwtv.com/thecw/reaper
2. "Chuck," NBC, Mondays at 8p.m. A little bit of "Alias," a little bit of "Clerks," "Chuck" just got a new time slot as a lead-in to "Heroes," and suddenly everyone's comparing the two shows. There's a big nerd component here, too - TV critics, sharing some of the same DNA, are usually attracted to that - and plenty of action/mythology/back story/fantasy/comedy. It's about a computer geek, Chuck (Zachary Levi of "Less than Perfect"), who becomes a secret agent. Star producers Josh Schwartz and McG are behind this, lending more cache.
http://www.nbc.com/Chuck/
3. "Cavemen," ABC, Tuesdays at 8 p.m. Of course, this GEICO-commercial-inspired series got plenty of attention pre-press-tour, which was amped up when the network decided to re-cast parts of the show and to air the original pilot later in the season. (Signs of concern on ABC's part?) The pilot, in fact, is pretty lame - social satire far wide of its mark - featuring three latter-day "Cro-Maggers" just trying to fit into Atlanta society.
http://abc.go.com/fallpreview/cavemen/i
4. "Kid Nation," CBS, Wednesdays at 8 p.m. This is the kind of buzz you probably don't want: ill-disguised critical scorn even before the show gets on the air. Credit that to the format (no pilot for preview) featuring 40 children living in an abandoned New Mexico ghost town for 40 days. All sorts of questions were asked about child labor laws, and whether the town was really a "ghost."
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/kid_na
5. "Pushing Daisies," ABC, Wednesdays at 8 p.m. One of the great over-the-top pilots of the new season, "Daisies" is so visually distinct, so curiously bizarre, so intermittently morbid that this could be the most talked-about show of the new season. Ned (Lee Pace) touches dead things and brings them back to life, and - one can imagine - the practical applications for this talent are enormous. Big stars also abound (Chi McBride, Swoosie Kurtz, Anna Friel).
http://abc.go.com/fallpreview/pushingda
6. "Back to You," Fox, Wednesdays at 8 p.m. Skepticism greeted this pilot but so did bountiful curiosity for obvious reasons - the casting of Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton as co-anchors at a Pittsburgh TV station. So why the skeptics? Notably its old-fashioned format (studio audience) and tired premise. Even with Grammer/Heaton/Fred Willard - or maybe because of them - the show feels dated.
http://www.fox.com/backtoyou/
7. "Gossip Girl," CW, Wednesdays at 9 p.m. The CW's done it again! But for all the wrong reasons! Visually striking pilot (filmed in NYC) and based on the teen book series by Cecily von Ziegesar, "GG" has scenes of underage drinking and some sexual content, hence controversy. In their defense, the producers (Schwartz, again) argued that there would be "consequences" for the characters' misbehavior. Duly noted.
http://www.cwtv.com/thecw/gossip-gi
8. "K-Ville," Fox, Mondays at 9p.m. Shot entirely in New Orleans, "K-Ville's" one of those rare shows that actually uses a real-life modern day tragedy as both foil and backdrop to the dramatic action. That lent it instant buzz, but the show doesn't really have much to say about post-Katrina New Orleans beyond that (stressed cops need to employ unconventional methods in the midst of chaos). Hence, buzz declined noticeably.
http://www.fox.com/kville/
9. "Cane," CBS, Tuesdays at 10p.m. A pretty good pilot with a pretty good cast, and that still wasn't enough to get most critics interested in this series about a Cuban family cartel in the Florida sugar/rum biz. Nevertheless, everyone did want to hear what star Jimmy Smits had to say about the show and his character. (On whether he's kind of a Tony Soprano character: "One of the great things about serialized television is that it's fluid ...")
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/cane/
10. "The Sarah Connor Chronicles," Fox, Sundays at 9p.m. A blending of "Heroes" and "Terminator" - Sarah (Lena Headley) battles an enemy from the future that wants to destroy the world - this one also got off on the wrong foot almost immediately. There's a searing school shooting scene that had everyone here talking - and Fox promising that the scene will be re-shot.
http://www.fox.com/programming/new/sara
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New Fall TV Shows....
1. "Reaper:" CW, Tuesdays at 9p.m. Hard (maybe almost impossible) to believe, but CW had the show that shook the dust out of everyone here. Funny, sharp, and raucous, "Reaper" - with Bret Harrison ("Grounded for Life") and Ray Wise (just about any movie or TV show you can think of) quite literally put its best foot forward. The pilot - about a kid whose parents sold his soul to the devil (Wise) before he was born - was directed by big screen indie production star Kevin Smith. Asked if Smith was committed to direct more, "Reaper" producer Mark Gordon, demurred: "He's going to be pretty busy doing his own thing ... but he'll be cheering us on." Not necessarily good news for this CW newbie.
http://www.cwtv.com/thecw/reaper
2. "Chuck," NBC, Mondays at 8p.m. A little bit of "Alias," a little bit of "Clerks," "Chuck" just got a new time slot as a lead-in to "Heroes," and suddenly everyone's comparing the two shows. There's a big nerd component here, too - TV critics, sharing some of the same DNA, are usually attracted to that - and plenty of action/mythology/back story/fantasy/comedy. It's about a computer geek, Chuck (Zachary Levi of "Less than Perfect"), who becomes a secret agent. Star producers Josh Schwartz and McG are behind this, lending more cache.
http://www.nbc.com/Chuck/
3. "Cavemen," ABC, Tuesdays at 8 p.m. Of course, this GEICO-commercial-inspired series got plenty of attention pre-press-tour, which was amped up when the network decided to re-cast parts of the show and to air the original pilot later in the season. (Signs of concern on ABC's part?) The pilot, in fact, is pretty lame - social satire far wide of its mark - featuring three latter-day "Cro-Maggers" just trying to fit into Atlanta society.
http://abc.go.com/fallpreview/cavemen/i
4. "Kid Nation," CBS, Wednesdays at 8 p.m. This is the kind of buzz you probably don't want: ill-disguised critical scorn even before the show gets on the air. Credit that to the format (no pilot for preview) featuring 40 children living in an abandoned New Mexico ghost town for 40 days. All sorts of questions were asked about child labor laws, and whether the town was really a "ghost."
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/kid_na
5. "Pushing Daisies," ABC, Wednesdays at 8 p.m. One of the great over-the-top pilots of the new season, "Daisies" is so visually distinct, so curiously bizarre, so intermittently morbid that this could be the most talked-about show of the new season. Ned (Lee Pace) touches dead things and brings them back to life, and - one can imagine - the practical applications for this talent are enormous. Big stars also abound (Chi McBride, Swoosie Kurtz, Anna Friel).
http://abc.go.com/fallpreview/pushingda
6. "Back to You," Fox, Wednesdays at 8 p.m. Skepticism greeted this pilot but so did bountiful curiosity for obvious reasons - the casting of Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton as co-anchors at a Pittsburgh TV station. So why the skeptics? Notably its old-fashioned format (studio audience) and tired premise. Even with Grammer/Heaton/Fred Willard - or maybe because of them - the show feels dated.
http://www.fox.com/backtoyou/
7. "Gossip Girl," CW, Wednesdays at 9 p.m. The CW's done it again! But for all the wrong reasons! Visually striking pilot (filmed in NYC) and based on the teen book series by Cecily von Ziegesar, "GG" has scenes of underage drinking and some sexual content, hence controversy. In their defense, the producers (Schwartz, again) argued that there would be "consequences" for the characters' misbehavior. Duly noted.
http://www.cwtv.com/thecw/gossip-gi
8. "K-Ville," Fox, Mondays at 9p.m. Shot entirely in New Orleans, "K-Ville's" one of those rare shows that actually uses a real-life modern day tragedy as both foil and backdrop to the dramatic action. That lent it instant buzz, but the show doesn't really have much to say about post-Katrina New Orleans beyond that (stressed cops need to employ unconventional methods in the midst of chaos). Hence, buzz declined noticeably.
http://www.fox.com/kville/
9. "Cane," CBS, Tuesdays at 10p.m. A pretty good pilot with a pretty good cast, and that still wasn't enough to get most critics interested in this series about a Cuban family cartel in the Florida sugar/rum biz. Nevertheless, everyone did want to hear what star Jimmy Smits had to say about the show and his character. (On whether he's kind of a Tony Soprano character: "One of the great things about serialized television is that it's fluid ...")
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/cane/
10. "The Sarah Connor Chronicles," Fox, Sundays at 9p.m. A blending of "Heroes" and "Terminator" - Sarah (Lena Headley) battles an enemy from the future that wants to destroy the world - this one also got off on the wrong foot almost immediately. There's a searing school shooting scene that had everyone here talking - and Fox promising that the scene will be re-shot.
http://www.fox.com/programming/new/sara
source
cancelled.
i love hairspray.
Also, agreed, so cancelled, all of these.
(Yes, I'm from there. I can say that.)
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kelsey grammar = <3.
and besides, how long do you think it'll take before "Daphne" and "Niles" guest star. Along with *gasp* special guest star, Ray Romano??
Which breaks my heart, 'cause I like Kelsey Grammer too.
bring back arrested development! i will never give up.
oprah really doesn't think that's fair and wonders why the mods would be biased
and user overload? don't we want to be popular?
I'm sure livejournal can handle it
They should have joined when it wasn't topped-off with users.
never seen any of these.
ahahhaa
may i add you?
Both shows went downhill; GG after S.5 (some would say even after S.4) and VM after S.1. There was no way S.1 of VM could be topped; it was one of the best seasons of TV ever.
Supernatural is still great, Smallville is going downhill as well; it has been after S.4.
But I don't think the cancellations were a big surprise and I don't resent them for doing what they had to do. VM always had shitty ratings and to give it two more seasons, IMO, was extremely generous of them. And GG was always supposed to end with Rory graduating from Yale. Amy Sherman Paladino had said that in many interviews; that she knew how the show would end from the beginning. Also, it really wasn't all the CW's fault; neither Alexis nor Lauren wanted to re-sign contracts.
I loved Veronica Mars but last season was really craptacular. They stopped it before it could get any worse.
I was pretty pissed when CW added 7th Heaven instead of Everwood though.
bring back dead like me and arrested development and stop putting new stupid shows on :(
I must have completely missed this news
Of course, I'd rather have both...