Posted by Cory Barker on September 30, 2010 · 1 Comment
I like the idea of writing up these FOX comedies together, so I’m going to keep it going, at least until one of them gets good enough to deserve a solo space. Both series had varying degrees of success in their pilot episodes and they both progressed with varying degrees of success. Neither series is … Read more
Filed under Episode Reviews, Raising Hope, Running Wilde · Tagged with Burt Chance, David Cross, Emmy Kadubic, FOX, Garret Dillahunt, Greg Garcia, Hope Chance, Jim Vallely, Jimmy Chance, Kate Micucci, Keri Russell, Lucas Neff, Martha Plimpton, Mitch Hurwitz, Puddle Kadubic, Raising Hope, Reviews, Running Wilde, Steven Wilde, Virgina Chance, Will Arnett
Posted by Cory Barker on September 29, 2010 · 1 Comment
Test Pilot #3: Law & Order Debut date: September 13, 1990 on NBC Series legacy: The prototype procedural for late 20th century and 21st century television, particularly the broadcast networks, a series that was once great for what it was, but something that wore out its welcome due to ubiquity all across cable thanks to … Read more
Filed under Featured, Law & Order, Test Pilot · Tagged with Adam Schiff, Ben Stone, Chris Noth, Cory Barker, CSI:, Dann Florek, Dick Wolf, Donald Cragen, Featured, George Dzundza, Hill Street Blues, Homicide: Life on the Street, Jack McCoy, Jerry Orbach, L.A. Law, Law & Order, Law & Order: Los Angeles, Law & Order: SVU, Lennie Briscoe, Lt. Anita Van Buren, Max Greevy, Michael Moriarty, Mike Logan, NBC, Paul Robinette, Richard Brooks, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston, Steven Hill, Test Pilot, The Wire
Posted by Cory Barker on September 29, 2010 · 1 Comment
It’s easy to going into Glee‘s second episode dedicated fully to a specific pop artist with a critical eye. Focusing on another pop star in Britney Spears doesn’t exactly ring true with Ryan Murphy’s claim for a more personal Glee that focuses on the characters. And once the word came down that most of the … Read more
Filed under Episode Reviews, Featured, Glee · Tagged with Amber Riley, Artie Abrams, Britney Spears, Brittany Pearce, Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron, Emma Pillsbury, Finn Hudson, FOX, Glee, Glee Season 2, Heather Morris, Jane Lynch, Jayma Mays, Jenna Ushkowitz, John Stamos, Kevin McHale, Lea Michelle, Mark Salling, Matthew Morrison, Mercedes Jones, Mike Chang, Naya Rivera, Noah Puckerman, Quinn Fabray, Rachel Berry, Reviews, Ryan Murphy, Santana Lopez, Sue Sylvester, Tina Cohen-Chang, Will Schuester
Posted by Cory Barker on September 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Well, this was fun. After horrendous ratings in both its premiere and second episodes, FOX has done really the only it could do: cancelled Lone Star. The series is off the schedule and will be replaced by the sturdy Lie to Me starting next Monday. I know the campaigns are already going and people are … Read more
Filed under Episode Reviews, Lone Star · Tagged with Adrianne Palicki, Bob Allen, Bryce Johnson, Canceled TV, Clint Thatcher, David Keith, Drew Thatcher, Eloise Mumford, FOX, James Wolk, John Allen, Jon Voigh, Kat Thatcher, Kyle Killen, Lindsay Allen, Lone Star, Mark Delkin, Reviews, Trammell Thatcher
Posted by Cory Barker on September 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Leading up to “To Keep Us Safe,” NBC ran hundreds (thousands?) of promos noting that the episode would deliver all. the. answers. I’ve been down that road dozens of time with ABC’s promo department in reference to Lost (even when I didn’t care about the answers), but I have to give the Peacock and the … Read more
Filed under Episode Reviews, The Event · Tagged with Aliens, Blair Underwood, Blake Sterling, Clifton Collins Jr., D.B. Sweeney, Ian Anthony Dale, Invasions, Jason Ritter, Laura Innes, Leila Buchanan, NBC, President Elias Martinez, Reviews, Sarah Roemer, Scott Patterson, Sean Walker, Simon Lee, Sophia Maguire, The Event, Thomas (The Event), Zeljko Ivanek
Posted by Cory Barker on September 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Though I enjoyed last week’s Chuck premiere, there was some discussion Twitter about the series’ storytelling desires. After the premiere, Daniel Walters wrote a nice piece about what he’d do to improve the series, particularly when it comes to raised stakes and less formulaic cases that involve Chuck and Sarah infiltrating a party. I can’t … Read more
Filed under CHUCK, Episode Reviews, Featured · Tagged with NBC, Chuck, Reviews, Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Chuck Bartowski, Morgan Grimes, Sarah Walker, Chuck Season 4, Joshua Gomez, Ryan McPartlin, Vik Sahay, Scott Krinsky, Sarah Lancaster, Adam Baldwin, Chris Fedak, Josh Schwartz, John Casey, Devon Woodcomb, Ellie Bartowski-Woodcomb, Lester Patel, Jeff Barnes
Posted by Cory Barker on September 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Though I really enjoyed the Hawaii Five-0 pilot, I didn’t have high expectations for subsequent efforts because of a lower budget, (probably) lesser or cinematic direction and less time to get the characters right. However, episode two, “Ohana,” is just as good as the reboot’s pilot effort, featuring some nice action sequences and a surprising … Read more
Filed under Episode Reviews, Hawaii Five-0 · Tagged with Alex O'Loughlin, CBS, Chin Ho Kelly, Daniel Dae Kim, Danny Williams, Grace Park, Hawaii, Hawaii Five-0, Kona Kalakaua, Procedurals, Reviews, Scott Caan, Steve McGarrett
Posted by Cory Barker on September 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment
House is no longer going to be the series that it was in the early seasons. It’s now going to be about House’s relationship with Cuddy, primarily, and House’s “improvement” secondly. For some fans, that’s a hard paradigm shift to get behind. For me, I’ve more or less resigned myself to this fact and am … Read more
Filed under Episode Reviews, House · Tagged with Chris Taub, Eric Foreman, FOX, Gregory House, House, House Season 7, Huddy, Hugh Laurie, James Wilson, Jesse Spencer, Lisa Cuddy, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Peter Jacobson, Reviews, Robert Chase, Robert Sean Leonard
Posted by Cory Barker on September 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Earlier this month, I wrote a post discussing the possible new features that would be coming to TV Surveillance and if you remember that (or just clicked on that link), you’ll know that Broadcast Network Power Rankings was not something mentioned. Truth is, I had originally hoped to keep up with all the new series … Read more
Filed under Broadcast Power Rankings, Featured · Tagged with ABC, American Idol, Blue Bloods, Broadcast Networks, Broadcast Power Rankings, CBS, Chase, Detroit 187, Fall 2010 Season, Features, FOX, FOX Animation, Glee, Hawaii Five-0, House, Jeff Zucker, Lone Star, Mike and Molly, Modern Family, My Generation, NBC, Outlaw, Outsourced, Raising Hope, Ratings, Running Wilde, Shit My Dad Says, Survivor Nicaragua, The Big Bang Theory, The CW, The Event, The Good Guys, The Whole Truth, Undercovers
Posted by Cory Barker on September 27, 2010 · 1 Comment
When Rubicon began, I was fairly hooked just because I like conspiracy stories and thus had less problems with the pilot episode than others. But as the series has transitioned away from a conspiracy- and mystery-heavy series, or at least balanced those elements with more procedural, character-based fare, Rubicon has quickly gone from good to great to … Read more
Filed under Episode Reviews, Rubicon · Tagged with API, Arliss Howard, Atlas Macdowell, Christopher Evan Welch, Dallas Roberts, Donald Bloom, Grant Test, James Badge Dale, Jessica Collins, Kale Ingram, Katherine Rhumor, Lauren Hodges, Maggie Young, Michael Cristofer, Miles Fiedler, Miranda Richardson, Reviews, Rubicon, Rubicon Season 1, Tanya MacGaffin, Truxton Spangler, Will Travers
