Tag: series
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Farscape finally hits DVD in a big set
According to Movieweb.com, come November, Farscape will finally be available in one complete box set. Some of us have been waiting a very long time for this. Twice before the series started to get released, first in bulky, expensive, partial season boxes then in the more streamlined, slightly less expensive, and no less partial “Starburst”…
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Virtuality – The Real World: Deep Space
Fox just ran a two-hour TV movie that’s obviously a set up for a series. I think it would be a pretty good one. Virtuality is set on board the first deep-space exploration vessel Phaeton. The crew has been picked for their various areas of expertise… and how interesting they’ll be on camera. See, part…
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NBC Gives up on Kings
Not too terribly long ago, I was singing the praises of Kings, by far one of the most literary things to hit network TV in a while. After running four relatively unpromoted episodes on Sunday nights, NBC let the show skip a week before showling this past week’s episode on Saturday at 8 p.m. Not…
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Kings: Watch it
This past Sunday, NBC aired the first episode of their new series Kings. It tells the tale of the kingdom of Gilboa, pulled together from beaten and broken territories after the Unification War and built over the course of a generation into one of the most powerful and prosperous kingdoms in the land. But all…
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Tonights Schedule Proves One of Two Things
Either Fox has given up on 24 or it’s been decided that The Golden Globe Awards are irrelevant to other networks. Usually, the big awards shows–Oscars, Grammys, Golden Globes–and big sporting events clear the schedules of ever network that isn’t broadcasting them, relegating the prime time slots to reruns and movies. Not the case tonight…
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This past week’s remakes
This past week saw the premiere of a handful of U.S. remakes of shows originally done for other channels in other countries. Life on Mars, Eleventh Hour and Kath & Kim seem to be the three big ones currently being pushed. I caught all three. I also haven’t seen the original versions of any of…
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Smallville: Let me get this straight…
As of this season of Smallville we have: Most of the stories taking place in Metropolis Clark working at The Daily Planet With Lois and an obvious romantic interest in him on her part Is it just me, or does that make it Lois and Clark more than Smallville? Also, no Lex or Lionel Luther…
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October Season Starters: Previews and Predictions
Continuing on with the look at the fall season, we slip quietly into October. (If you’re playing along with the home game, all this is coming from this TV Guide.com calendar which is exceptionally useful.) Pushing Daisies (ABC, 8 p.m., Wednesdays) This show really hit the spot last season. It was whimsical, quirky, uplifting and,…
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Gemini Division
Genetically engineered terrorists, superscience and heavy doses of corporate sponsorship from Microsoft, Cisco and Intel. That’s what you get from Gemini Division, an online/On Demand series from NBC and Electric Farm Entertainment. Well that and a pretty good story starring Rosario Dawson as a NYC cop who gets drawn into an international conspiracy of secret…
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Difficult Night
Tonight’s one of those nights my digital recorders will be doing overtime. NBC is doing a three hour Heroes extravaganza starting with a catchup lead-in at 8 p.m. and then two hours of new episode. After faltering a bit last season, I still have high hopes for Heroes to wow me in those two new…
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TrueBlood – Vampires that don’t suck
The season premier of the new HBO series True Blood quite pleasantly surprised me. After last season’s less than spectacular experience with Moonlight, I was really wary of another vampire series. Even if it was from the same guy who gave us Six Feet Under and starred Anna Paquin. Was it going to be a…
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Still More Fall Schedule Previews and Predictions
There are a lot of new and old shows on their way back. A lot of them, I’ve watched or am looking forward to watching. There’s also a bunch I’m dreading or that I’ve given up on. You can make your own plans using this handy dandy calendar of premieres over at TV Guide.com. NCIS…