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Posted Jun 18th 2009 9:04AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free
Remember when
The Unusuals premiered? At first it looked like one of those shows that didn't get gangbuster ratings or critical acclaim, but you sensed that it would be a show ABC would get behind and renew for a second season. Well, that renewal went to
Castle. But a lot of people are really going to miss
this show.
What did you think of the series finale?
Posted May 18th 2009 8:03AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, Programming, Cancellations, Reality-Free
The last few days have seen a ton of rather surprising renewals. Just when you thought
Dollhouse,
Castle,
Chuck,
Scrubs, and
Better Off Ted were dead, they get renewals for another season. But that's not going to happen to another show with a following,
The Unusuals.
The news won't come officially until ABC's upfront later tomorrow, but creator Noah Hawley
says on his Twitter page that the show will not be back next season, and that the final four episodes will start airing on May 27.
Continue reading Goodbye to The Unusuals
Posted Apr 30th 2009 10:08AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free
I watched the first ten minutes of this episode last night and that's it, so I'm not sure what the 42 in the episode title refers to. I know that it has something to do with weird happenings/coincidences that happen to Harold Perrineau's character. Can I also assume it's a reference to Douglas Adam's
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy?
Fox Mulder's apartment number was 42, if I remember correctly ...
Posted Apr 22nd 2009 9:03AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free
So, are you into
The Unusuals? Or are you avoiding this show because you're still ticked that ABC canceled
Pushing Daisies,
Dirty Sexy Money, and/or
Life on Mars? Discuss last night's bonus episode or the show, in general, starting ... now! (Note: there's another new episode tonight in its regular time slot.)
Posted Apr 15th 2009 11:04AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Interviews, Reality-Free
Harold Perrineau is worried. He's worried that viewers won't give his new show,
The Unusuals, a chance. He has a valid concern:
The Unusuals,
which just premiered, is on Wednesday nights at 10, on ABC; otherwise known as the post-
Lost timeslot (of doom).
ABC
is showing faith in
The Unusuals. After all, it's not stuck in the Friday night graveyard or anything. The post-
Lost slot is tricky though; shows generally don't do well there. It could be that the minds of everybody who watches
Lost are so blown, they can't even stick around for another hour of television. Whatever it is, the quirky cop show
Life On Mars recently died a sad death there. Will
this quirky cop show do better? Harold Perrineau certainly hopes so.
Warning: Spoilers ahead. We talk about plot points in the recently aired pilot, some spoilers for upcoming episodes, as well as the fate of Michael, Perrineau's character on
Lost.
Continue reading Harold Perrineau: The TV Squad Interview
Posted Apr 9th 2009 11:38AM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S01E01) ABC's quirky new crime procedural is not the brilliant blend of drama and absurd comedy the network might want it to be, but it does have a few good things going for it. First, there's the great cast. It's hard to pick a favorite among these talented TV vets, but series star Amber Tamblyn is genuine and beleiveable as Casey Shraeger, a detective working to weed out corruption in a kooky NYPD homicide unit, one of her first grown-up roles. Jeremy Renner, adding some Nathan Fillion-esque goofiness to his all-around good guy persona, is a good fit for Detective Jason Walsh, Tamblyn's possibly duplicitous partner.
I'm convinced that
Lost's Harold Perrineau can do almost anything, even turn a one-note character like Detective Leo Banks, who's obsessed with the idea that he'll die at the age of 42, into something special. Perrineau didn't exactly get the best material here, but he and partner Adam Goldberg, playing a nervous depressive who is actually dying, managed to elevate their short scenes together.
Continue reading The Unusuals: Pilot (series premiere)
Posted Mar 20th 2009 9:29AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Programming, OpEd, Reality-Free
With the exception of promo clips and my own personal high expectations, I haven't seen a ton of material about the new show
The Unusuals. It will make its debut on April 8, 10 PM ET/PT. In this day of so many shows canceled way too early before they can get a steady audience, I'm hoping this one makes it.
Why, might you ask? After all, most of my posts are about the reality television genre. But I'm a cop show buff at heart. I expect a lot out of my cop shows. Some I watch just because -- you know, the
Law and Order franchise kind of dealings. Some I watch for the amazing storytelling.
The Wire comes to mind as not just a cop show, but stellar storytelling. I don't expect either the straight crime drama, nor the intensity of
The Wire.
Continue reading Why I'm looking forward to The Unusuals - VIDEO
Posted Sep 9th 2008 1:24PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, The Office, Pickups and Renewals, Casting, Reality-Free
The Unusuals looks like one of those funny little shows that could either be a complete bust or a major mid-season breakout -- especially given the cast and crew. The ABC ensemble dramedy stars:
1.
Amber Tamblyn. I've loved her since she played Emily on
General Hospital, and she has that something-different quality that will surely rocket her to super-stardom ... in an indie-film sort of way. She broke into the mainstream consciousness with
Joan of Arcadia, the talk-to-God series that ran from 2003 to 2005. I was so disappointed when Tamblyn's I-see-dead-people series
Babylon Fields wasn't picked up last year, but
The Unusuals sounds even better.
2.
Harold Perrineau. We know him as Michael on
Lost, and
the actor was disappointed that his character wouldn't have a happy ending with son Walt. But he's on to bigger and better things with his role in
The Unusuals. It was also announced today that he's joining the cast of (and exec producing) the feature film
The Killing Jar, an indie thriller also starring
Michael Madsen and
Danny Trejo. It was time for Perrineau to leave the island.
Continue reading Five reasons to look forward to The Unusuals
Posted Apr 5th 2007 9:01AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Medium, Episode Reviews
(S03E17) Ok, this was a really good episode, and Adam Goldberg was a nice bit of casting. I'll get to all that in a minute, but first up. Where the heck was Scanlon? I realize that the
Medium world revolves around the DuBois clan, and the rest of the cast are merely players in the telling of their story. But this was a hostage situation. And there is nothing for "Detective" Scanlon to do there? The D.A. shows up, but we can't get our favorite detective on site? It didn't ruin the episode, but it did stand out as something that was missing.
Lack of casting aside, I thought that team
Medium delivered another winner tonight. They continued the trend of getting great guest stars as well. Adam Goldberg was terrific as Bruce. I'd put him just behind Mark Sheppard as my second favorite of the season. But then, "Blood Relations" remains my favorite episode of this go round. They kicked things off on just the right note with the strange DREAD opening. That, combined with Allison's cryptic dream really set the mood for what was to come.
Continue reading Medium: Joe Day Afternoon
Posted Mar 8th 2007 3:02PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, ABC, FOX, CBS
The networks have added a few new faces to their pilots, because, well, otherwise the shows would just be shot after shot of empty sets, and that's not very exciting. Here's what's goin' on:
Jeffery Tambor (The Larry Sanders Show, Arrested Development) has joined the cast of the CBS comedy The Captain. The series stars Fran Kranz as a writer who moves into an apartment building where Tambor, a retired TV writer, also lives.
Kal Penn of Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (which is actually a much funnier movie than it has any right to be) will star in The Call, a comedy from ABC about a group of paramedics in Los Angeles.
Continue reading More network pilot news
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