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Posted Sep 30th 2008 7:59AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Heroes, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S03E02) Mama Petrelli is going to be trouble this season, isn't she? I wonder how much of the flak the show is taking now is because they've had to restructure their overall plan due to the strike last year. We already know they'd intended to unleash the virus and have the aftermath of that drive the second half of the season. Who knows how that development would have flowed into what we're seeing now.
I'd hate to think that the lower ratings opening of last week's premiere will spell the impending doom of this show. If people are willing to ride along with the insanity of Prison Break for four seasons now, surely they can handle the comic book logic and over-the-top plotlines of this series for a little while. Sure, it's silly. Sure some of it really doesn't make much sense, but what do you expect with extensive time travel stories and super powers. Marvel and DC Comics have been struggling to keep the logic and timeliness of their universes in order for decades.
Continue reading Heroes: One of Us, One of Them
Posted Sep 1st 2008 9:15PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Gossip Girl
(S02E01) "Sex, lies and scandal never take a vacation." - Gossip Girl
Our favorite bunch of tortured and flawed teens is back in action with a season that starts in The Hamptons. To our viewing pleasure, no matter where they go or what time of year it is, sex, lies and scandal follow the
Gossip Girl characters around. The season premiere delivered on all three counts and even more!
Continue reading Gossip Girl: Summer, Kind of Wonderful (season premiere)
Posted Sep 1st 2008 8:56PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Programming, Prison Break, Gossip Girl, The Middleman
It's kind of nice when the networks spread out
their premieres, ensuring me a fighting chance at sampling most of the new shows. Call me crazy, and you definitely wouldn't be the first, but I have this weird obsession with trying to catch at least one episode of virtually every new major show that premieres and, if at all possible making that the pilot episode. It's allowed me to see a lot of great shows, and a lot of stinkers. But it makes this time of year a busy blast, too!
I also try to keep up with returning shows to see what they've done in their off-season. If it's one I watch, then I want to see if they've tweaked the formula in any way; and if it's one I don't, then I'm always interested to see if they've come up with something to pull me in. With tonight the unofficial start of the fall season, we see the newest networks, FOX and The CW getting an early start by returning three prominent shows. We also say goodbye, maybe forever, to one of the most enjoyable new shows of the summer while TNT takes the chance to bow a new series.
Continue reading The CW and FOX get a head start, TNT is all new
Posted Sep 1st 2008 11:03AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: TV on DVD, Heroes, Reality-Free
Poor
Heroes. After a phenomenal first year, it was one of the most highly-anticipated returning shows last season. However, not only was it claimed by the dreaded sophomore slump, but its season got cut short by the writers' strike, leaving us with eleven kind of awkward episodes.
While season one was about ordinary people discovering that they have extraordinary abilities, much of season two was about these people trying to return to their ordinary lives with the knowledge of what they, and others, can do. The problem that
Heroes ran into in the second season was its split focus. You have the original heroes dealing with the aftermath of the first season, highlighted by Nathan Petrelli dealing with the gopher attached to his face, while at the same time you're delving into the story of the previous generation that is being quickly killed off, not to mention the addition of new characters.
When I received the season two DVDs, I was curious to see if producers went the extra mile to make up for a lackluster season, or if the DVD set is as disjointed as the season itself.
Continue reading Heroes: Season 2 - DVD review
Posted Aug 30th 2008 4:22PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Video, Early Looks, Reality-Free, Gossip Girl
Hello Upper Eastsiders and friends! Get ready for another year of backstabbing, fights, evil plans, some more backstabbing, friendships put to the test, lies, breakups, hooking ups, seduction,
sex, some more backstabbing and, of course, loads of gossip thanks to the queen of gossip: Gossip Girl.
After having had the chance to watch the first three episodes of the season I can tell you that The CW's
Gossip Girl is back in full swing. The storylines are as twisted as ever and, more importantly, Chuck is, well, Chuck!
Slight spoilers follow!Continue reading Gossip Girl season 2 -- an early look - VIDEO
Posted Aug 19th 2008 3:21PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Watercooler Talk, Celebrities, Reality-Free
I'm hesitant to get my hopes up, because there's always talk of TV shows making a leap to the big screen. Whether it's a great idea, as with
Arrested Development, or a horrific one like
Friends: The Movie, it seems that as soon as a show ends, the silver-screen talks begin. Regardless, I just about peed my pants when I read that a
Veronica Mars movie may actually become a reality.
Even though
Veronica Mars creator
Rob Thomas has two pilots in the works (
Cupid and
Outrageous Fortune), he still hasn't forgotten the little detective show that is singlehandedly responsible for people no longer asking him if he's the dude from Matchbox Twenty. Apparently, Thomas's production office is located on the same lot where
VM star
Kristen Bell is currently shooting
Heroes and the two sat down for a little chat.
Continue reading Is a Veronica Mars movie in the works?
Posted Jun 13th 2008 9:02AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on the Bigscreen, OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free
The big screen adaptation of
I Dream of Jeannie has been years in the making. Now a script writer is attached, so who knows, maybe we'll see it in theaters in the next few years (
IMDB.com lists a release date of 2010). And something tells me we'll probably see a belly button or two.
Producer Sid Ganis is bringing Rita Hsiao, who scribed
Mulan, on board to rewrite the script for a movie based on the 1960s series. Ganis is psyched for Hsiao's vision of the character -- a Jeannie who's smack in the middle of modern times.
In a
Hollywood Reporter story, Ganis said of
Hsiao's meeting with the producers, "She has a terrific, bright, fresh approach to Jeannie's story, with a twist and turn along the way. She captured all of our imaginations in the telling of it."
Continue reading Who should play Jeannie on the big screen?
Posted May 30th 2008 2:02PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: How I Met Your Mother, Heroes, Awards, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free, TV Squad Awards
When Keith and I were discussing some of the awards that we were going to do for the TV Squad Awards, we initially thought that doing an award about miscasting was going to get us a ton of nominees. Then we started thinking about it, and we couldn't come up with too many names off the tops of our heads. It seemed like our readers were equally flummoxed, as our call for considerations got less nominees than many of the other categories. I guess casting directors and producers are doing a much better job these days, since it seems like Elizabeth Röhm-esque casting disasters are happening less often.
But some names did emerge, which I'll list after the jump. The Squadders will choose the winner, and you'll get a chance to select the Readers' Choice for this award in the poll at the end of the list. So, here are the four people whose casting made us wonder just what the heck people in Hollywood are thinking:
Continue reading The What the *#@#%! Were They Thinking? Award nominees
Posted May 22nd 2008 7:29AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Heroes, Reality-Free
NBC Universal and Topps have joined forced to create
trading cards for the hit show Heroes. The first set is in stores now and second set will be in stores in July. Ninety cards are included in the first round, which features cast members and scenes from season one. Also, the set will contain special foil cars, flip motion cards that show before and after character morphs, swatches of costume material, and original sketches from
Heroes illustrators like Tim Sale.
The first card set will include the following characters: H.R.G., Micah Sanders, Matt Parkman, Ando Masahashi, Hiro Nakamura, Claire Bennet, Nathan Petrelli, Mohinder Suresh, Sylar, and Peter Petrelli.
Continue reading The new Heroes trading cards
Posted Apr 2nd 2008 9:22AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Casting, Reality-Free
Will it be the magic again? You've gotta hope so... According to
Watch with Kristin on E!online, there's a good chance that the
Veronica Mars team of
Kristen Bell and Rob Thomas will be working together again.
In a recent chat with Kristin, Kristen (that's Ms. Bell -- check the spelling) has been talking with Rob about the possibility of another series. It would be great if they were talking about bringing
Veronica back, but that's apparently not meant to be. Only fans like us, we see that that is what we'd want most of all, but it ain't happening.
Continue reading Will Kristen Bell and Rob Thomas reunite on new project?
Posted Feb 4th 2008 3:31PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, TV Squad Polls, Gossip Girl
I'll admit it upfront,
Gossip Girl is one of my TV guilty pleasures this season. It fills in the void left after the ending of shows like
The O.C. and
Gilmore Girls. Now that all the episodes of this CW's new series aired (the show was picked up for a full 22-episode season but had time to complete only the original order of 13 episodes before production was shut down due to the strike), it's time to take a step back and analyze what we've been offered so far.
Continue reading Gossip Girl: The season so far
Posted Dec 19th 2007 4:21PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Video, Heroes, Early Looks
Heroes didn't have time to complete more than 11 episodes, all of which have aired, before production was shut down due to writers' strike. However, it was confirmed the cast and crew had time to shoot some scenes for episodes 12 and 13 (other sources say they had time to shoot part, if not all, of episodes 12 to 16!).
TV Guide's Michael Ausiello reports that Tim Kring presented a new trailer at the Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival of Los Angeles, which includes some of those yet-to-air scenes.
Continue reading A sneak peek at Heroes Volume Three - VIDEO
Posted Dec 14th 2007 10:01AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, 24, Boston Legal, The Shield, My Name Is Earl, Festivus, Heroes, 30 Rock, TV Squad Lists, Damages, Journeyman, Dirty Sexy Money, Samantha Who?
... Six welcome returns.
Every fall season I get stoked about all the new shows, with cool new premises ("A guy travels through time trying to make right what once went wrong!"-- Journeyman not Quantum Leap), and all the big changes in store for existing shows. But it's equally exciting to see which beloved actors will be returning to television. Brad Garrett coming back to television in 'Til Death last year? Cool! Patricia Heaton and Kelsey Grammer both coming back to television ... together? That's gotta be awesome, right? Jerry O'Connell on Carpoolers ... well ... ? I like the guy, but I'm not scheduling a 'Welcome Back' shindig for him.
Half the fun of a new television season is the return of great actors and actresses to the small screen. And while I could have easily done 10 or even 20 of these, I've narrowed it down to the six talents who were most welcome back in my house on a weekly basis this past year. I've even been so bold as to rank them. Feel free to agree, disagree and present your own lists in the comments.
Continue reading On the 6th Day of Festivus, TV gave to me...
Posted Sep 12th 2007 1:00PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Early Looks
It's that time of the year again. Time to put away the bathing suits, winterize the boats, and start thinking about getting the big coats out of the back of the closets, at least up here in the Jet City. While it will be sad to see those long summer days fade into fall, the silver lining is a truckload of new and returning shows, all set to debut.
One of the first out of the gate is
Gossip Girl, which premieres next Wednesday at 9 on The CW. They were nice enough to send a copy of the pilot over to TV Squad HQ, and I couldn't resist the possibility of a good teen drama, so here is an early look at what the fifth network has cooking.
Continue reading Gossip Girl -- An early look
Posted Aug 20th 2007 12:19AM by Varun Lella
Filed under: Celebrities, Heroes, Casting
It's casting drama times two!
Heroes casting news is the Paris Hilton of TV news, you just can't go three days without hearing about it. If you haven't heard about it, you must not come to this website often.
Just last week, we heard that our favorite superpower drama was adding a
little old school flair with some
new school brattitude. Forgive me for saying brattitude.
It seems that Kristen Bell of
Veronica Mars fame, who stirred up her own drama when rumors said she was
going to join Lost and again when she decided
against it, will be the
newest edition addition to the Heroes cast -- which has now been recognized as its own country.
Potential spoilers after the jump.Continue reading Kristen Bell is one of the Heroes
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