Posts Tagged ‘NBC’
Hopefully we’ve all gotten enough rest this weekend, TV lovers, and cleared schedules and a large amount of digital space because tonight begins a veritable onslaught of premieres. So pace yourselves, kiddies, this is a marathon not a sprint. COMEDY? ON CBS? Not to be a snob…oh who am I kidding, let the judgment commence! CBS’s Monday line-up [...]
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Tags: ABC, Big Bang Theory, Castle, CBS, Dancing with the Stars, Heroes, How I Met Your Mother, NBC, Neil Patrick Harris, Prison Break, Robert Knepper, Two and a Half Men
Oh, awards shows. You and I need to have a serious discussion because I can’t stand being the submissive in this kinky little relationship of ours anymore. Finding myself continually coming back to you each time with a deluded excitement that maybe this will be the year you surprise and thrill me, and after half an hour I cannot [...]
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Tags: 30 Rock, ABC, Alec Baldwin, AMC, American Idol, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, Grey Gardens, HBO, Jessica Lange, Jon Stewart, Kristin Chenoweth, Lost, Mad Men, Michael Emerson, NBC, Pushing Daisies, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Office, Toni Collette, United States of Tara
While tonight’s NBC comedy premieres don’t include crown jewel 30 Rock (that momentous day is October 15th), it does provide enough funny haha’s to cause a swell of joy with the return of The Office, a ho-hum “welcome back” to its spin-off Parks & Recreation and excited anticipation for newbie Community. That’s What She Said Consistently hitting the mark whether it’s with absurd, endearing or [...]
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Tags: 30 Rock, Bad Robot, Bones, CBS, Community, E!, Fox, Fringe, JJ Abrams, Joel McHale, NBC, Parks and Recreation, SNL: Weekend Update, Survivor, The Office, The Soup
Tonight brings offerings that pose little to no threat to my precious DVR space with the return of two more dry dramas from The CW and the beginning of a new form of “late” night on NBC. The CW seems to have cornered the market on telling tales of teen trials and tribulations, and while it’s sensational enough for [...]
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Tags: Chad Michael Murray, Conan O'Brien, ER, Gossip Girl, Hill Street Blues, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, L.A. Law, Law & Order, NBC, One Tree Hill, The CW, The Tonight Show, Veronica Mars
Who’s the American Helen Mirren?
NBC’s track record with adapting international series for American audiences has been rather hit or miss (Highs: The Office. Lows: Coupling. New Lows: Kath & Kim.) so the recent news that the peacock is set to adapt the groundbreaking UK drama series Prime Suspect is a bit…suspect. The original ran in seven parts from 1991 to 2006 and [...]
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Tags: 24, Christina Applegate, Coupling, Designing Women, Emmys, Frasier, Helen Mirren, Jean Smart, Kath & Kim, Law & Order, Mariska Hargitay, Mystery, NBC, PBS, Prime Suspect, Samantha Who?, The Office
