EricBalfour-related stories
Posted Apr 9th 2008 11:03AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, TV Squad Polls, Watercooler Talk, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free
TV Squadder
Paul Goebel reviewed the
series premiere of the ABC comedy
Miss Guided. He wasn't sure what to make of the show after the first airing and I must admit that I also had my doubts about this new comedy. Judy Greer is a joy to watch as guidance counselor Becky Freeley but the comedy was predictable and the cast way too beautiful to portray a real high school. However, I decided to stick with it and ended up enjoying the show's storylines and characters as well as the interview-like tidbits.
The series aired its season finale last week and is now awaiting ABC's upfronts to know if it'll come back next season or have to close the books. To help ABC make its decision, here are some reasons why
Miss Guided should be renewed.
Continue reading Reasons why I think ABC should renew Miss Guided
Posted Apr 25th 2007 8:01PM by Meredith O'Brien
Filed under: 24
*Warning, spoilers from this week's episode.*
This week's scene with 24's Acting President Noah Daniels pawing and kissing his aide Lisa Miller in the Oval Office, was, in a word, creepy. And when I thought about this season's multitude of, shall we say, unusual romantic/couple scenes -- of which there's been an abundance by 24 standards -- there was no question that the Daniels-Miller necking topped my list of the most uncomfortable amorous moments the season.
Other awkward contenders:
Continue reading The ick factor: 24's awkward romantic moments
Posted Feb 10th 2007 3:03PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, CBS, Industry, Celebrities
I mentioned the other day that
Harold Perrineau had joined the CBS pilot
Demons. They've now cast the main character, Gus, and the winner is Ron Eldard. If you were paying attention, you might have seen him in the short-lived
Men Behaving Badly or
Blind Justice. Otherwise, think of him as the paramedic with issues that was dating Carol early in the
ER run. It's not the best piece of casting I've ever seen. Eldard has never proven that he can be the dramatic lead for a show, but stranger things have happened.
Meanwhile, over at CBS, Hugh Jackman (
Wolverine!) is producing something called
Viva Laughlin. Lloyd Owen (
Miss Potter) will star as a family man trying to open a casino in Laughlin, NV. Word is that Jackman will appear in the pilot and may have a recurring role on the series. Given just that bit of knowledge, I'm intrigued by the possibilities.
Continue reading ABC and CBS reveal more pilot casting news
Posted Dec 14th 2006 7:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, 24, Celebrities
What happens when two really big celebrities want to guest star on one of TV's hottest shows?
The show turns them down.
Both Jennifer Aniston and Ben Stiller wanted to appear on FOX's 24, but producer Joel Surnow turned them down because they are "too recognizable. They'll take you out of the reality."
The show has added a lot of new cast members this season, including Rick Schroder, Peter MacNichol, Regina King, Eric Balfour, Powers Boothe, and Michael Angarano, so maybe a big name star (or stars) would put the entire feel of the show out of whack.
Continue reading Not coming to 24: Jennifer Aniston and Ben Stiller
Posted Aug 10th 2006 1:23PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, Talent, 24
Eric Balfour was the only good thing about
Conviction, NBC's
short-lived prosecutor drama. Luckily, he'll be back on television in the winter to reprise his role as CTU independent contractor Milo Pressman on
24. I honestly can't remember what happened to his character ar the end of the season but apparently he didn't die.
According to
Michael Aussiello over at TV Guide, Balfour has signed on to a role as a 'series regular', which means we'll see him for more than one episode. Maybe he'll replace poor, sweet Edgar Stiles (Louis Lombardi)?
I have one word for this piece of news: YUM.
Posted Apr 29th 2006 7:07PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, OpEd
(S01E09) I totally hated the judge on ADA
Steele's case. He made my blood boil as he kept ruling against Steele and pushing for a lesser charge against a high
school kid who killed a classmate. I know I wouldn't have kept my cool the way Steele did. But, was he right to
continue with the murder charges? The judge's original offer for a lesser charge was for 1-3 years in jail. Steele
refused to reduce the charge, got his conviction (no thanks to the judge), and then the judge reduced the charge anyway
and put the kid on probation. Steele had to know that the judge had the ability to do this. He had to see it coming,
right? Or is he just so stubborn and self-absorbed that he can't see past his own nose? He didn't seem to be fighting
for the victim, rather for himself.
Continue reading Conviction: The Wall
Posted Apr 8th 2006 8:43AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, OpEd
(S01E06) First of all...
yum. Eric Balfour dancing with that woman in the opening scene? That, my friends, is how you open a show. Too bad J.
August Richards totally ruined the mood.
Is it me or was everyone talking really fast during this episode?
That opening sequence was all smooth and slow and then we just dove right the heck into fast-talking office-speak and,
I tell you what, I spent the rest of the episode playing catch-up.
Continue reading Conviction: Madness
Posted Mar 18th 2006 5:11PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, OpEd
I thought this week's episode of
Conviction was
much, much better than last week's episode. I still think that there are too many storylines in each episode, making it
hard to care too much for any particular character. But, the multiple storyline thing seems to be the M.O. for this
show. So be it.
Continue reading Conviction: Breakup
Posted Mar 11th 2006 12:38PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, OpEd
Is anybody else wondering where this show is
going? It's trying to balance a procedural drama, which is Dick Wolf's cup of tea, with a bunch of personal storylines,
which are usually not included in Dick Wolf shows. It seems clumsy, fragmented, and packed with too much information. I
still don't know any of the characters' names and I feel like I'm not getting any time to get to know them because the
show jumps from character to character so quickly.
Continue reading Conviction: Denial
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