julie plec-related stories
Posted Aug 4th 2009 8:28PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, TCA Press Tour, Reality-Free
The CW's TCA panels today were full of beautiful people. It seemed like all the shows were about young pretty things in scandalous situations. Even the highly-anticipated
Vampire Diaries didn't look much different, except some of the over-sexed high schoolers were vampires. But one show shined through the pretty clutter in the CW's new slate. Too bad we won't see it until early 2010.
That show is
Life Unexpected, which CW programming head Dawn Ostroff described as "
Juno meets
Gilmore Girls." After seeing the pilot, I can agree with that description. It's sweet, warm, even a little bit hokey. In fact, it feels like a show that would have been on the old WB network. What the heck is it doing on the CW?
Continue reading CW wrap-up: Vampire Diaries, Melrose Place, Life Unexpected - TCA Report
Posted Jul 29th 2008 4:43PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: OpEd, Kyle XY, Reality-Free, Comic-Con
(Check out part one of this four-part report)FridayMorning was weird, as I was still on east-coast time. My alarm was set for 7 AM, but I was wide-awake by 5:30. I was scheduled to go to an X-Box breakfast that morning, but I was getting freaked out that I'd miss getting in to wait for the
Stargate panels, most of which I was saving for Rich but I knew would be incredibly popular and busy. Thankfully I made the right decision -- the line for Ballroom 20 was already insane by the time I arrived.
As I waited for Ballroom 20, I saw another line creeping up the patio outside. I learned that this was just a glimpse of what to expect with waiting for panels in the enormous Hall H, as the line I saw was for the popular
Watchmen panel. Trust me, part of me was jealous I wasn't in that line to see the new footage.
Continue reading My post-Comic-Con report, part two
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