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Posted Jun 16th 2008 3:21PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, Programming, Reality-Free
American Movie Classics is really getting into original scripted programming, eh?
First the network brought us Mad Men and Breaking Bad, two of the most critically-acclaimed shows from last year, and now it has been announced that AMC has two more dramas in the works. The first one is Carter Beats The Devil, about a mysterious magician in the 1920s, and the other show is Ice, which is about the inside goings-on at a family owned diamond company in New York City.
I have no idea what Ice could be like (though with AMC's track record I'll definitely be watching), but I am familiar with Carter Beats The Devil. The show is based on a really intriguing novel from Glen David Gold, and Gold is going to work on the show as a consultant, so hopefully the series will have the same color and intelligence and mystery that the book had.
Posted Jul 23rd 2006 12:11PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, FOX, OpEd, Retro Squad, The X-Files
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S01E08) The teaser at the beginning of this episode is excellent. We're up in Alaska, at the Arctic Ice Core Project where the scientists are either dead or out of their minds. One guy is shirtless and bloody and he transmits a message to HQ, repeating, "We're not who we are.". He's attacked by another guy. They wrestle, point guns at each other, and then end up killing themselves.
Continue reading The X-Files: Ice
Posted Feb 28th 2006 3:12PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, FOX
Part 6 of 7? You know what that means... we aren't
going to find out who the winner is until Thursday
next week.This episode was really a
drag. And when I say "drag", I mean that they really dragged this one out to fill an entire hour without
actually announcing the winners. The episode began with a recap of who got voted off when, and then all the skaters
returned for encore performances. Todd Bridges is awkward and mechanical on the ice, reminding everybody why he was the
first one to be booted off this competition. Kurt Browning is sporting a bald head? In the middle of the show all the
teams resurrected previous routines that they skated, an element otherwise known as a time suck.
Continue reading Skating with Celebrities: Part 6 of 7
Posted Feb 18th 2006 4:11PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Sports, Celebrities
Michelle Kwan, you just gave up your Olympic dream.
What are you going to do next? After Michelle dropped out of the Olympics this week (because of strained muscles), she
turned down NBC's offer to stick around
as a commentator, but
she
accepted Disney's multi-year offer to be its spokesperson. 25-year-old Michelle will appear in Disney television and
print ads and will even be included in some original programming, though it's not clear what that entails. I didn't
realize this, but Michelle Kwan has a history with Disney which includes a series of fictional books called,
Michelle Kwan Presents Skating Dreams.
Posted Feb 14th 2006 8:56AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, FOX
We're down to three teams: Kristy Swanson and Lloyd
Eisler, Jillian Barberie and John Zimmerman, and Bruce Jenner and Tai Babilonia. I think it's pretty obvious who the
weak skaters are here, but we'll see what happens on the ice.
Just a quick recap: last week we bid farewell
to the not-very-graceful Dave Coulier and Nancy Kerrigan. Before that, Deborah Gibson and Kurt Browning were out, and
the first team eliminated was Todd Bridges and Jenni Meno.
Continue reading Skating with Celebrities: Part 5 of 7
Posted Feb 7th 2006 8:06AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Sports, FOX
Now that Deborah Gibson and Kurt Browning are gone, the
playing field seems pretty evenly matched. It looks like the remaining teams had a lot of falls during the last few
practices.
Did host Scott Hamilton get taller since last week? Summer Sanders doesn't seem to tower over him
as much tonight. Or, maybe I'm just used to seeing them together now so the height difference doesn't bother me as much.
Well, the "witty" banter still sucks.
Let's get it on...
Continue reading Skating with Celebrities: Part 4 of 7
Posted Jan 31st 2006 10:15AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, FOX
Before we begin, I have a couple of notes about the
contestants on this show:
Isn't it sad how the announcer refers to Dave Coulier as being from
Full
House? I guess it could be worse. He could say, "Dave Coulier, allegedly the subject of Alanis Morrisette's
very bitter
You Oughta Know." I actually think he may be more famous for
that.
Anyway... on with the show.
Continue reading Skating with Celebrities: Part 3
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