MyOwnWorstEnemy-related stories
Posted Oct 6th 2009 11:00AM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, CSI, Interviews, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Stealing scenes on the small screen is nothing new to Christian Slater. The actor, known for films like
Heathers,
True Romance and
Pump up the Volume, has made memorable guest appearances on shows like
Alias,
The West Wing and
My Name is Earl. His first shot at his own series, the NBC spy thriller
My Own Worst Enemy, struggled to find an audience, leading the network to cancel it halfway through the first season.
Slater is back starring in a new series,
The Forgotten, produced by
CSI head honcho Jerry Bruckheimer. The ABC procedural follows a team of amateur detectives who work murder cases involving unidentified victims, or John and Jane Does. Slater plays former cop Alex Donovan, whose search for his missing daughter inspires him in the field.
I got the chance to talk with Slater about
The Forgotten, his new career in TV, and what one of his most famous big screen characters would think about his latest role.
Continue reading Christian Slater talks about The Forgotten, life at 40, and his love of TV
Posted Dec 19th 2008 1:01PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Stargate, Festivus, Cancellations, Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone, Reality-Free
... five canceled shows.
Some shows, like critical darlings
The Shield and
Battlestar Galactica, are allowed to end gracefully; major story arcs are wrapped up and fans are left satisfied. Others are yanked from network schedules like unsightly weeds from a rose garden.
The networks yanked a number of shows off the air this season. Most of them, like
The Ex List, probably deserved the axe, but there were four that deserved more time to develop an audience and one that I'm really gonna miss. In no particular order, they are:
Continue reading On the 5th day of Festivus, TV gave to me...
Posted Dec 9th 2008 10:44AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-Free
I read Brad's post about
NBC keeping Jay Leno in the fold and I think it's the latest move by NBC to ruin TV. Can Jeff Zucker be impeached? I'm so fed up with the way he's be running -- ruining -- the network that I'm ready to bust. Seriously, is there anybody over there that still has any connection to what viewers want to see?
Basically, NBC is ready to try something completely radical and -- in my estimation -- ridiculous, even though it would keep Leno from being lured to another network.
Continue reading Can Jeff Zucker be impeached over this Leno development?
Posted Nov 22nd 2008 8:00AM by Debra McDuffee
Filed under: OpEd, Reality-Free
It's that time of year again -- time to shop 'til you drop, bake until you sweat, eat until you bloat, and take stock in what you are thankful for, in your life and of course, on television.
You might think that in this season of less-than-stellar television, it would be hard to find TV-related things to be thankful for; after all, with lackluster new shows and all of your favorites getting canceled left and right, things do seem bleak.
But my glass is half full, and I still garner joy from my nightly boob tube sessions, my TV on DVD collection, and the time I haven't spent watching TV. I am thankful ...
Continue reading What Debbie is thankful for
Posted Nov 13th 2008 10:31AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Cancellations, Reality-Free
Hello! My name is Isabelle and I
watch watched
Lipstick Jungle and
My Own Worst Enemy.
See the verb tense there? Yep, past. That's because NBC decided that in the near future,
LJ and
MOWE would not be part of my viewing schedule anymore.
All major entertainment websites report that NBC has decided to cancel both series. What they don't know, and that's because NBC ain't talking yet, is if the already-in-the-can episodes would see the light of a TV screen before the series retire.
Continue reading No more Enemy or Jungle at NBC - UPDATED
Posted Oct 14th 2008 3:16PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Ratings, Reality-Free
As you read right here on this very website the premiere of My Own Worst Enemy met with mixed reactions. Our every own Allison wasn't too thrilled with the show, but the commenters tended to lean towards good reviews of the program. Me? I'll talk about my feelings at the end of this post. What I really want to talk about now is the premiere ratings for the show. Normally, this would be buried in the weekly headlines about the network ratings overall. However, with a high-profile movie star such as Christian Slater starring in the series, ratings take on a whole new meaning.
The bad news is Worst Enemy didn't do too well. The good news is that it didn't do too badly. The preliminary ratings reveal that the program received a 3.0, with a little over 7 million viewers tuning in to see Henry and Edward, giving it second place for its time slot.
Continue reading Ratings for Worst Enemy aren't the worst...but they aren't the greatest, either
Posted Oct 14th 2008 9:05AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S01E01) Watching
My Own Worst Enemy is like deja vu. You feel like you've seen something like this before. Was it
The Bourne Identity, Casino Royale, Minority Report, Mr. and Mrs. Smith? Or maybe it was something on TV, like that failed Ray Liotta series
Smith or Jennifer Garner's
Alias or
The Bionic Woman or
The Six Million Dollar Man or something else...
See, that's the problem with
My Own Worst Enemy. It's familiar but not in a cool way. Rather it's derivative and not very compelling. NBC is already doing a double life, super secret spy thing much better in the ratings-challenged
Chuck.
The obvious appeal of
My Own Worst Enemy is two-fold: lots of action including cool gadgets, cars (thank you, GM), guns, blood and the mystery, combined with the charm and complexity of Christian Slater. Slater's a fun actor, a sort of Jack Nicholson only younger. I remember when he first started on
Ryan's Hope! He's got something.
Continue reading My Own Worst Enemy: Breakdown (series premiere)
Posted Aug 25th 2008 12:22PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Sports, Programming, Commercials, Chuck, Life, Reality-Free
If you've been watching NBC's Olympic coverage, you must have seen all of the promotion they have been doing for their fall season. New shows
My Own Worst Enemy, Crusoe, Knight Rider, Kath & Kim, and
America's Toughest Jobs have all had plenty of play. As have the returning
Chuck and
Life. Given that the latest Olympiad is closing in on becoming
the most watched television event of all time, you might think those promo spots were pretty valuable.
Apparently, not so much. The Hollywood Reporter runs down the
record for the network promoting new shows during past games. In 2004, the Athens games led to one show,
Joey, making it beyond its first season. Likewise for the Sydney games in 2000, which brought us
Ed, and nothing else. Things were a little better in 1996 from Atlanta.
Profiler, The Pretender, and
Suddenly Susan all lasted another four years. Not a stellar track record and it leaves you thinking that those precious spots might have served the network better pitching more beer. It has the makings of a good poll though. After the jump, place your vote for the one new show that will make it out of season one.
Continue reading What are all those Olympic promos worth?
Posted Jul 22nd 2008 10:28PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Sports, TCA Press Tour, Chuck, Life, Lipstick Jungle, Reality-Free
Today was the very last day of the press tour here in Beverly Hills. It was "TCA Day," with members of the association (including me) going to the Warner Brothers lot to visit the sets of
ER, Pushing Daisies, and
Chuck, where we spoke to cast members and producers (Oh, we went to the set of
America's Best Dance Crew, but let's just forget I mentioned that one). Then we bused it over to the Fox lot, where Joss Whedon showed us around the set of
Dollhouse, and the entire cast of
King of the Hill gave a table read of their 250th episode. All this fun will be in upcoming posts later this summer.
Despite some of the griping you may have seen from me, it's been lots of fun. It's just a very tiring experience. Case in point: On Monday, NBC decided to close out the press conference portion of the tour by having us sit through ten panels, five of them after lunch. Here's a wrap-up post that goes over some of what went on yesterday that I haven't already covered.
Continue reading NBC wrap-up: Slater's split personality, and Selma Blair's a wise-ass - TCA Report
Posted Jun 23rd 2008 7:03PM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
Alfre Woodard has an exciting new role on the upcoming NBC drama
My Own Worst Enemy. The Emmy winner is set to play Christian Slater's boss in the spy series, which premieres this fall. If you followed
TV Squad's coverage of the upfronts, you already know that the drama focuses on a man (Slater) living two different lives: the life of an ordinary suburban father named Henry and the life of a spy named Edward.
Woodard's character, Mavis Heller, is Edward's "tough and astute boss" at headquarters. Like Edward, Mavis is leading a double life as well. Her alter ego, Helen, will be a part of Henry's suburban existence.
My Own Worst Enemy premieres on Monday, September 29.
Continue reading Alfre Woodard joins new Christian Slater series
Posted May 24th 2008 1:31PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
NBC has issued a press release with the
premiere dates for all their fall shows. This way, you know when to set your DVR.
The full press release includes descriptions for each of the shows. New shows are in all caps.
Heroes will be the first scripted show to return with a two-hour premiere on September 22nd. The first new scripted show will be
Knight Rider on September 24th (although I don't know if you could count it as new since they already broadcast the two-hour pilot).
Complete schedule after the jump.
Continue reading When are your favorite NBC shows returning?
Posted May 17th 2008 10:05AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Programming, Video, Pickups and Renewals, Early Looks, Upfronts, Reality-Free
It looks like someone took the effort to create a Flash player with embedded videos of many of the upcoming new fall shows. Included are clips from
Dollhouse,
Fringe,
Life on Mars,
The Eleventh Hour, Scrubs, The Cleveland Show, The Goode Family (pictured right) as well as several others. I only had a chance to look at some of them. The previews aren't of all the new shows available in the fall (NBC only has one preview), but it's still quite a few. Which ones are missing?
Embedded videos after the jump
Continue reading (Almost) all the new shows - VIDEOS
Posted Oct 25th 2007 11:04PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Scrubs, Episode Reviews
(S07E01) One thing I can say about the season premiere of
Scrubs' seventh and last season: It wasn't as lurchingly awkward as last year's season premiere. Or most of the first half of last season, for that matter. But that doesn't mean it was good.
There were a few laugh-out-loud moments, but most of the jokes fell pretty flat. And none of the flatness had anything to do with the conclusion of last year's cliffhanger, where J.D. and Elliot, trying to escape some big life changes, lie next to each other, and kinda sorta lean in for a kiss...
Continue reading Scrubs: My Own Worst Enemy (season premiere)
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