Bruce Davison-related stories
Posted Nov 6th 2009 11:07PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S05E07) "The answers are there, but you have to know when to look." - Carl the Watcher
Starting this week,
TV Squad now offers regular reviews of CBS'
Ghost Whisperer. What an episode to start reviews with! The first episode of November Sweeps offered us more backstory and mythology about the shadows, some of their powers, the book ... and Jennifer Love Hewitt in lingerie doing some pole dancing!
We were also treated to a case of the week that kept us guessing as to who was to blame for the death of now-ghost Tina and what secret Dr. Morgan and President Bedford were hiding.
Continue reading Review: Ghost Whisperer - Devil's Bargain
Posted Aug 4th 2009 2:30AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S05E09) Every episode of
The Closer is a puzzle of sorts, and this one surely qualified, especially since it began in court with the case already decided. All that remained was the formality of Russell Clark -- guest star Bruce Davison -- elocuting to the judge. Well, not so fast. There were a few hiccups requiring Brenda's immediate attention.
The moment Cynthia Watros showed up as the victim's widow, anxious to reclaim her husband's belongings from the crime scene, suspicions were raised. But first Brenda had to figure out why Russell Clark had confessed to the crime, if he was covering for his schizophrenic son, James -- if James was capable of the murder in the first place, and then there was the question of what to do with Mama. Yes, Willy Ray was there, along with Fritz and Charlene, Brenda's niece.
Continue reading The Closer: Identity Theft
Posted Jul 22nd 2008 11:26AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, TCA Press Tour, Reality-Free
Imagine for a second that Comic Book Guy from
The Simpsons was hired to run a television show. Now imagine that the television show was a remake of an old favorite. Sounds like it would make for a pretty impatient press tour panelist, right? Well, that's what we got with Gary Scott Thompson, the new show-runner for
Knight Rider.
Thompson answered most of the questions on the panel, and his message to everyone was: remember that two-hour
KR movie that aired last year? Forget all about it. The characters may be the same but the story is completely different. What went on before probably won't matter for much. Even KITT is a little different.
Continue reading Forget the Knight Rider movie, say the series creators - TCA Report
Posted Feb 18th 2008 10:19AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews
Battlestar Galactica has spoiled us all.
I say that because, since the excellent "re-imagining" of the craptastic '70s scifi series hit the air, we expect the remakes of our favorite shows to be darker, more layered, and more complicated than the originals. But sometimes, going darker doesn't always work: take a look at the
failure pile that passed for the
Bionic Woman remake as the best example of that. So, when a "25 years later" return of
Knight Rider was announced, I half wondered if they were going to go the
BSG route and make it all serious. But I equally wondered if they would go the other way and make it a modern camp classic, sort of the way the original, Hoff-injected series was.
Turns out, the answer was "none of the above." Mostly the movie / backdoor pilot that aired last night was dull, with a few fleeting moments of camp thrown in. But it never made me clamor for the show to return as a series.
Continue reading Knight Rider: the car is nice, the movie is meh - VIDEO
Posted Dec 12th 2007 4:31PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, OpEd
Today I went to NBC studios for the unveiling of the new KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand) for the upcoming two-hour television movie
Knight Rider set to air on February 17 at 9 p.m. ET. This modern-day sequel to the iconic 1980's show stars Justin Bruening (
Cold Case), Deanna Russo (
The Young and the Restless), Sydney Tamiia Poitier (
Veronica Mars), and Bruce Davison (
Breach). Will Arnett (
Arrested Development) will play the voice of KITT. And don't worry, the Hoff will make a guest appearance as Michael Knight.
Continue reading New KITT car for Knight Rider movie unveiled
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