Dallas Is Back

Dallas: Changing of the Guard

Do you remember May 3, 1991? Of course not but apparently TNT is betting on it. Most people just think "Who shot JR?" after that they forgot that Dallas turned a bit ridiculous.

Now the Ewings kids are grown up and each one wants to be king of Ewings. Unfortunately the old men of South Fork Ranch are not letting that happen.

JR's clan wants to suck up that last drops of oil using new technology. Bobby's clan want to ranch and use alternate energy to keep their  mom/grandma's dream alive.

Most noticeable is how they raided the Desperate Housewives cast for the new blood. At the end of the day it is a solid show but still a primetime soap. Maybe it should of stayed gone because I do not the young people watching this.

TNT

Turner Network Television, Channel #37

The reason I got cable again was to watch Babylon 5 on this station. It was worth it and I even enjoyed their spin-off Crusade.

Along with current original shows like The Closer, Hawthorne, and others they are heavy on movies. If you want to watch Braveheart wait 12 hours and it's likely this station is repeating it.

They have quality shows and great movies but with so many other things I watch I never get around to the stuff on this station.

They did have a great mini-series called Into the West one of the best pieces of Americana in a long time.

More Fiction Than Fact

The Ron Clark Story
Matthew Perry plays real teacher Ron Clark in this melodrama. The kids are bad because their homes are horrible but the great savior comes and brings some structure and value to their world.
Nice story but complete garbage. The school, P.S. 83 is one of this city's best schools. The parents raised $16,000 for another school before Clark came.
Here is a quote form Clark...

'Five years later, I saw a program about a school in Harlem. It showed these students who although they were intelligent had extremely low test-scores because the school couldn't attract good teachers. And at that moment I had a feeling... it was like a calling. The next day I told my co-teacher, "I'm going to teach in Harlem." '

Seriously I've been to some of the worst public schools in NYC and they were never this bad even in the South Bronx. Don't believe this "NY will kill you" attitude.

Stereotypes are so compelling.

The 4400: The Gospel According to Collier
Jesus Christ Jordan Collier is back and he brought all the old characters out of hiding. J.C. is large and in charge and told Isabelle where to go.
Diana on the other hand is forced into love by Maia's prediction. Maia sees Diana marrying her sisters boyfriend and goes along with it.