reviews

What My DVR Thinks of the New Shows

After 16 of the new shows have premiered, I thought I’d stop and take count on what if any relationship they have to my DVR.

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(Pre)Hating on H8R

Of the many new shows beginning in the next few weeks on American network television, some look promising, some okay, and quite a few bad, but I hope to watch the first episode of them all. The only one for which I foresee needing a barf bucket next to me while watching is The CW’s H8R.... read more »

The Other Pilots: Outsourced, Blue Bloods, Shit My Dad Says, No ...

I’ve been a bit busy, so my final pilot reviews have dragged their heels, but here we go (reminder that three are to be found at Antenna):

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Flow TV Book is Out

Today, I finally received my copy of Flow TV: Television in the Age of Media Convergence, edited by Michael Kackman, Marnie Binfield, Matthew Thomas Payne, Allison Perlman, and Bryan Seb... read more »

My Generation Pilot/Travesty

Okay, let’s start this review with an apology, to The Defenders. I maligned you, Jim and Jerry, by suggesting that you’d combined to offer us the worst new show of the season.... read more »

Wednesday Night Pilots: Undercovers and The Defenders

My thoughts on Better with You are up at Antenna, and my previous post here was on The Whole Truth, which just leaves us with Undercovers and The Defenders.... read more »

The Whole Truth Pilot

The Whole Truth promises to suffer from an identification problem.... read more »

Tuesday Night Pilots: Raising Hope, Running Wilde, and Detroit 1-8-7

All of tonight’s shows arrived in my living room with high expectations, and though none of them met those expectations, they’re all variations of okay.
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Monday Night Pilots: Hawaii Five-O, Lone Star, The Event

My mini-reviews of Chase and Mike and Molly will appear over at Antenna, along with other thoughts on all the new shows from a neat group of people, so I’d point you all there.... read more »

Outlaw Pilot

I suspect Outlaw is not long for this world. And clearly the writers shared this concern, since it’s written all over their show. Consider:... read more »