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GCB: Pilot

Based on the book of a raunchier name. They already changed the show from the commercials. First they dropped all references to the B word. Then in the repossession scene they cut out the part where the repo guys take the coffee out of Amanda's hand.



The show is about the hypocrisy of Christian-middle of the country people. Amanda lost her criminal husband and is forced to go back to Dallas. Since Amanda left she has grown and evolved as a person. Unfortunately the ignorance and pettiness of the past remains, watch a Republican rally for real life examples.

Acting is well done and the little jokes are good, Bridget Sanchez-Fong had me rolling. I have been a big fan of Leslie Bibb since Popular.

Awake: Pilot

Awake: Pilot

A guy is in a car crash and the results is a split. Not a split personalty but a split reality, at least from his perspective. In one reality his son survived and in the other his wife survived. Unexplained slight changes exist in each reality. He uses these slight changes to solve crimes in both worlds.

One problem is that if this was a split in reality at the point of the accident then why so many differences in both realities. Does one person living and  not dying really change the world that much?

The show is well acted but future episodes suggest a more conspiracy type show. Hopefully it is not a dream, purgatory, or coma.

The Paul Reiser Show: Pilot

I do not enjoy Curb Your Enthusiasm because it is a quasi-reality-fiction-scripted nonsense. Plus it is not funny.

Now imagine someone decided to copy it except on network TV, without bad language, and decide to make it even less funny. Got the picture well that is The Paul Reiser Show.

Image source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/2011/04/paul_a_l.jpg

Pilot:
Paul is asked to host a game show and is reluctant but does it anyway and is so awkward that everyone loves it.
He has a group of odd friends who are overly supportive and equally unfunny.
Special guest Larry David made the cherry on unfunny pie perfect.

What's new?

Finally done with all my finals and when it came to formulas and computer programming I did well. As for writing I also did well but it took me twice as long to write a paragraph then it did to make a force, moment, and torque diagram.

So I'm making a pledge to write something on each blog I have everyday. With little to watch on TV for the next few months I will blog the TV channels that I have on my cable. Hopefully this will improve my writing skills.

What have I been watching?
Glee: Pilot
A typical Fox show with young kids played by young adults who don't quite fit in but find a home in the Glee club. The main character is the teacher who put together the club but the most interesting is Rachel Berry, played by Lea Michele.

Berry is an overachiever with two dads and a hate for everyone but the popular boy. She is picked on in the most vicious ways and is on the verge of a breakdown. Michele plays this stereotype with a mixture of Tracy Flick and every character Andrea Nemeth ever played. The show does have a Boston Public feel without the heavy drama.

The music is great but Journey makes every show great. They are packaging the show with American Idol which is just wrong since after Kelly Clarkson there has not been any other true American Idol, country does not count. With the cancellation of The Sarah Conner Chronicles and a shorten season of Dollhouse expected next year Glee will make a great alternative.



News: Every Station
I have no idea why the rest of the country cares about Idol, pageants, or anything "reality" based. In NYC the top stories have been constant H1N1 virus(swine flu) news with Mayor Bloomberg speaking in fine English and the worst Spanish since I last tried speaking Spanish. Still he gets an A for effort.
They even broke into the breaking news of the flu report to mention a group of Muslims tried to blow stuff up in and around NY.
Another big story is any time a job fair is announced a line of 2,000 people deep encircle the place until everyone gets rejected interviewed.

Exclusive on the Set: Royal Pains

While I was rushing to get to class I did get some pictures before a charged another person with a mission, take as many pictures as possible. Now I don't want to fail the person let's just say I would've done things different.

First they brought out a coffin.

Never mind it was a camera crane.

They are instructing the extras.

Oooooh the camera is out looks like everyone is excited.

The star is here Mark Feuerstein is here.

He looks cool in the chaos.

He sees me!

The big view.

They renamed the hospital to Brooklyn ^$$^$$@& 6@$^$, I couldn't read the sign.

Feuerstein entered meditation mode.

He starts walking the scene.

Seems he's carrying something.

Going through the motions again.

My favorite picture of Mark Feuerstein meeting his fans.

I wonder what she was saying, maybe something about Good Morning Miami.

Signing autographs.

Taking pictures.

And now the filming begins.

And there done, it's over. From what I gather this is the scene where the Doc gets fired from the Brooklyn ER for treating a poor patient over a rich one. 24 hrs for a 15 second scene.

Mental Problems

The Mentalist: Pilot
So some guy was watching Monk and Psych and decided what if I combine the two shows and pitch to CBS. Well it happened and they made so many inside jokes it was silly.
They subtly mentioned Eureka, Psych, and a few other detective shows.
Image by MacRonin47 via Flickr
If I have a free hour I may watch it but I hold no hope for it's success.

Law & Order: SVU : Trials

Simply great, the best show this season.




Clay Aiken, duh.

More Filming In Brooklyn

Apparently Wyckoff Heights Hospital is very photogenic.

After filming The Greatest earlier this year, Ransom many years ago, and a few others, they are back at it with Royal Pains.


This is a USA network show that is about a doctor who saves a poor boy over a rich old lady...then his life collapses around him. It is a 90 minute pilot that stars former TV doc Mark Feuerstein. (3lbs was his other Doc show and it lasted 3 episodes on air before cancellation.)


I will do my best to get pictures but I must be in class until 8pm so it may be difficult. Plus my track record being a paparazzo is awful.

New Shows I like

Pushing Daisies- It is a ridiculous fairy tale and the narrator is annoying but it is beautifully shot and the writing is great.

Journeyman- A time traveling show ala Quantum Leap very sad and compelling.

Big Bang Theory- Okay I guess nobody notice that Laurie Metcalf and Sara Gilbert have appeared on the show. It is a funny show and the Sheldon steals the show.

Kitchen Nightmares- Yes that is how most New York eateries look.


Honorable mentions to Reaper.

A Little Seasoning

John from Cincinnati: His Visit: Day Nine
Shaun is back,
Zippy is back,
John is back,
My headache is back and nothing else is resolved.

The entire Yost clan is surfing together even the grandpa if they can keep him from floating away.
This is the last episode of the season and maybe the last episode forever.
Kyle XY: House of Cards
Tom Foss sacrifices himself for Kyle and iy turns out that the precious ring he wanted was not the one that was pawned. Madacorp's CEO still is not the guy pulling all the strings.

Californication: Pilot
Hank Moody is a lecherous divorced dad who gets all the women he wants. He is also a writer who hates the movie made from his book.

The show is pretty basic the try to make the Moody daughter standout but she is still bland in her rebellion. Mia a 16 year old who tricked Hank into sex is a bit interesting.

Pilots Under Attack

Saw some pilots this week. I always say the first episode is the worst the only exception being Lost. Take that into consideration when reading the following.

Dirt: Pilot
The world of tabloid reporting and their celeb victims is given a dark and crazy theme. Lucy Spiller is the cold hearted tabloid bitch who goes around telling other crazed reporters how to get stories. She also makes side deals that cause pain and death to celebrities.

No character on this show is likable even though they have bad dreams all night long. They're almost human. This is unrealistic because the real paparazzi don't have bad dreams and could care less about honoring deals.

This is the show that Laura Allen chose over The 4400 ruining that show.

All in all I don't like the show even with the cussing and sexual content which seems forced.

Knights of Prosperity: Pilot
A group of loser plan to rob Mick Jagger in order to fulfill their boring dreams. While the main cast is dull the one bright spot is Mick Jagger. He plays a happier version of himself and goes around torturing his house boy.

Knights of Prosperity is the gangs name.

I laughed but not hard.

In Case of Emergency: Pilot
Again a group of loser who knew each other in high school meet up. Harry is the main guy who helps everyone else. A lot of money was spent on this pilot that had car chases, hospital scenes, and cakes galore.

The best part of the show is the interaction between Kelly(Kelly Hu) and Harry(Jonathan Silverman).

Again I laughed but not enough for a show with this budget. It is well made for a sitcom.


I will render my final judgement by the second episode but I may not make it through all of Dirt.

Once on Sci-fi, Always on Sci-fI

Smallville: Arrival
Grand season premiere and weak CGI (again computer effects look bad). Clark and Chloe are off to the newly created Fortress of Solitude while 2/3 of the evil Kryptonians cause havoc in search of Kal-el.
The Kents once again get knocked around like volleyballs and Clark saves the day.
The banishment of the bad guys into the phantom zone was right out of The Superman Movies with the same spinning black diamond also the chamber where Superman’s power can be removed was similar to today’s storyline.
One of the coolest parts was Leonard Roberts (Forrest Gates) of Buffy the Vampire Slayer as bad guy #2 and James Marsters (Spike) of Angel as Brainiac.
Yesterday Amy Acker of Angel was on Supernatural.
There should be three bad guys but I think the main bad Kryptonian is in the movie Superman Returns and they don’t do crossovers.
Coming soon Dean Cain is in talks to do an appearance and they already filmed the scenes with Aquaman (some Ambercrombie & Fitch model)
Back to the episode Clark loses all his powers again and Chloe is at Lex’s mercy again.

Alias: Prophet Five
After the great season finale last year where a truck hit Vaughn and Sydney. We see it was just a plot by a rogue agent to find out that Vaughn really is and some other implausible storyline. Back to the interesting part...Vaughn is dead three times over. We then catch up to a now pregnant Sydney four months later trying to find out the truth about her dead man.
By the way the funniest part of this episode was watching them trying to cover up Garners huge belly. They try everything, the big purse, the wrap, the towel, an all black outfit and they even used a freight train to cover up the belly.
I usually only watch the first and last episode of Alias, but it is so much like Lost that it is funny.

Night Stalker: Pilot
Another no show monster show, I miss Darren McGavin.

ER: Nobody’s Baby
Danny Glover is playing nice and low key as one of the doc’s estranged father.

I missed Joey and Everybody Hates Chris, I’ll catch up on repeats I did catch a bit of the live Will & Grace it was kinda sucky…cough…Baldwin…cough.

Wonder Women

If I don’t discuss a show I watch it’s because it wasn’t good enough to post about.

Bones and House will return on November 1 because of MLB playoff.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit : Design
Part one of two episode crossover. It started with an alleged rape victim wanting to commit suicide and take her unborn baby with her. Her story unravels and Detective Olivia Benson is getting pissed. We learn that this victim is really a date raper of men. She uses an electrical probe to siphon sperm from each guy including Mark Mcgrath.
Her accomplice is her evil mom played by Lynda Carter. Daugther fakes her death then when caught she trades her baby for her freedom, but the story is not over it concludes tomorrow in Law & Order.

Commander in Chief: Pilot
Better than I thought Madam President is no wuss and has a great military knowledge.

More Dang Shows

Love Inc: Pilot
This was the show Shannon Doherty was fired from before it began. Holly Robinson Peete plays the boss of a Love Inc. a dating service. The show is nice better than I thought but only if nothing else is on.

Ghost Whisperer: Pilot
I can’t accurately judge this show because the commercial gave away the entire episode, but one thing I found bad was at the end when she sees a family of dead people it looks interesting but when they previewed next weeks episode it was a different storyline. I guess they don’t follow up from week to week. This non-follow-up is a sign of bad writing.

Desperate Housewives: Next
It’s a comedy for women, no biggie.

Grey’s Anatomy: Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
They continue from last season with all the sex and inter-office pregnancies and disease swapping. They even were doing some procedures from House. This is a drama with some comedy put in.

Lost & Such

Lost: Man of Science, Man of Faith
Good episode the catch up in the one before they had Peter Coyote talking about the plot of last season and they kept bringing up the back of the plane.
We find out in the new episode that a cool apartment is in the hatch and an old acquaintance of Jack, who told Jack to "Lift it up".
Walt appeared for a bit and looks older and taller.
Did anyone see a slight mistake on the show. The hatch had QUARANTINE in black letters during the show and the same hatch had QUARANTINE in red letters during next weeks preview.
For those of you playing the Lost numbers game they appeared on the injection bottle CR 4-81516-23 42
FOR INJECTION

Invasion: Pilot
Wow this show is badly acted crap. Surface and Threshold is better.

Standing Still is still funny.
Yes, Dear should be canceled.( Also short hair on cute women makes them not so cute.)

Tuesdays Shows

Bones was O.K.

Gilmore Girls was better and Alexis Bleidel finally spoke her native spanish, she's Mexican.

Supernatural was fine, but the dead girls tombstone said Jan. 24 1984-Nov. 02 2005, hmmm.... she died in the future.

Law & Order: SVU :Demons
Meloni's character gets even creepier then last year, also Robert Patrick was great.

House was the best.
In "Autopsy" a 9 year-old dying girl gives everyone a little hope. Just like the Mad TV sketch the find something wrong with her that they fixed but something else is wrong so they must kill her to save.
The fact that the Australian guy kisses the little girl was enough to hold my scattered mind.
Also they gave the girl some tickets to the American Museum of Natural History which I also have was kinda cool.

My Name Is Earl: Pilot
A loser must change his life to get good things in life. Not bad Jaime Pressly was better then expected she stole the show and I like Earl's laid back attitude.

Too Many Monday Shows

Rome: Stealing From Saturn
Good episode. We see more about Caesar, his life, his health and his compassion. We also see Atia’s selfish taken to the next level as she meets Mark Antony.

Surface: Pilot
All over the world some undersea creatures are biting and laying eggs everywhere. Soldiers disappear, a scientist gets confused and a kid gets a pet. Also a diver dies and his partner searches for the truth and this will bring all the non-military characters together.
I’ll hold judgment until I can see this episode on non-fuzzy TV, I watched it with the antenna feed not cable.

Arrested Development: The Cabin Show
The cousin kissing cliff-hanger gets more complicated as a new cousin is introduce.
Funniest of all the shows, just watch it. Check out IMOSCAR.com

Kitchen Confidential: Exile on Main Street
Funny all-star cast, it’s not over the top and was kind of sad at the very end. Frank Langella was there, cool.

Prison Break: English Fitz or Percy
Freakin’ great episode, Scofield is about to be transferred to another prison but that doesn’t stop him from testing the escape plan.
The whole plan is coming together and apparently nothing will bring down his spirit. When you see him on roof you know that his plan will work, he is so calm and unshakable.

King of Queens: Pole Lox
Doug gets Carrie into pole dancing and she is bad. At the end Doug gets on the pole and he’s great.
Not a bad episode.

How I Met Your Mother: Pilot
The show is set in the year 2030 with Bob Saget as the father telling his two kids how he met their mother. We see him meet a woman and fall in love but the cute twist is that she is the aunt of his kids.

Two and a Half Men: Weekend in Bangkok with Two Olympic Gymnasts
Just funny slapstick, vulgar and dead pan humor. I like it.

Out of Practice: Pilot
A bad, bad, bad Wonderfalls remake. We have two doctor parents, an over-egoed brother and a lesbian sister. Plus the odd-ball kid who just got dumped. There was a genital mutilation joke and some off-colored remarks as they try to shock.

Monday Night Football: New York at New Orleans at New York
The game was as weird as it was sad, and I don’t mean Katrina sad. The Saints always are bad but they just never had a chance. The constant asking for help and the phone stars was sad, once again pathetic sad not crying sad.
GIANTS WON, YEAH!!! 27-10

I watched all of these shows one after the other it’s great.

Threshold: Pilot

Threshold: Trees Made of Glass
A crystallized ball from space takes over a ship with Ethan, Lost, on board and starts transforming them into triple-helixed beings.
It’s an all star cast with Charles Dutton, Carla Gugino and Brent Spiner.
The obligatory Klingon joke was made, no Scully and Mulder references.
The show tries to be scary but comes off as typical Sci-Fi format. The aliens come and are trying to convert earthlings into aliens.

Head Cases: Pilot

Head Cases:
Chris O’Donnell as Jason is a lawyer who is having a nervous breakdown and losing everything that matters to him. Adam Goldberg as Shultz is just crazy and a lawyer. They both spend two months in a “special clinic” and are forced to work together. They compliment each other well and win their first case.
It’s not as bad as I first thought if they can reel in Goldberg the show could be a funny drama.

Sunday Shows Are Short

The Simpsons: Bonfire of the Manatees
Starts with the new funny opening chalkboard and couch joke and then falls flat until the end with Burns, Smithers and the manatee.

The War at Home: Pilot
The laugh track made this show worse then it already was. They try so hard to be controversial that is stops being interesting. This show is crap as I predicted.

Family Guy: Peter’s Got Woods
James Woods starred in this funny episode. Way too many cultural references.

American Dad: Bullocks to Stan
Sick, I liked it.

The Flight That Fought Back
Very good re-enactment movie inter-spliced with actual recordings and family interviews luckily we didn’t see none of the whining from the widows from New York(Long Island).

Rome: An Owl in a Thornbush
Titus Pullo is turning out to be the star of this show he finds a woman and tons of gold in this short episode.

Reunion: 1986(Pilot)

It starts in present day Bedford, NY. Matthew St.Patrick is Detective Marjorino and they are at a funeral of one of the six friends. Carla is being interrogated and we go to the flashback of 1986.
How do we know it's 1986 well all the damn music. I love 80's music but the constant top ten hits in the show loudly reminds us that this is the 80's.
Will the poor guy knocks up his best-friend's girl and then feels guilty and takes the blame for a DUI death. He goes happily to prison for a year while everyone else moves on.
Maybe it's because college today sapped my energy but I fell asleep three times during this show.
I did stay awake for all of the NFL Kickoff party and Ozzy still rocks.
Back to Reunion next week is 1987 and still looks dull.