kerr smith-related stories
Posted Oct 24th 2006 11:08AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, OpEd, Justice
Finally! TNT&G loses a case! And the client--a kid, even--is wrongly accused! Unfortunately, it came too late for me. Last night, as I sat down to write my review of "Crucified", I realized that I loathed the idea of watching another episode of this show. Even though it has been on hiatus for three weeks because of baseball, I did not miss it one bit. As I watched, I realized that I hate this show. And I mean
hate.
But as an aside-- was the acting and the writing in this episode especially horrible, or what? The parents of the victim were given AWFUL, generic lines that they delivered without emotion ("Have you been driving my car again? I told you not to!") and the attorneys' dialogue between each other was way too expositionary. I think this episode was written to catch up new viewers.
Here's why I'm no longer watching/reviewing
Justice:
Continue reading Why I'm dropping Justice
Posted Oct 4th 2006 7:23PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, Justice, Pickups and Renewals
Jerry Bruckheimer's newest crime/law drama is not dead yet. Reuters reports that FOX has ordered up three more scripts for the series.
Justice, starring Victor Garber, has regularly finished fourth in its time slot on Wednesdays at 9 pm (even behind reruns of
Lost- ouch!). Late last month,
Fox announced it was putting
Justice and
Happy Hour on early hiatus ahead of the World Series. That didn't look promising for either show, but at least
Justice gets to take another swing at the viewers. No word on the fate of
Happy Hour.
Even though I really want to see Kerr Smith and Victor Garber be successful, they can do better.
Justice is already predictable... and enough with the handheld cameras!
Posted Sep 28th 2006 7:29AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, OpEd, Justice
(
S01E05) This is the last episode of
Justice for an undetermined amount of time. Earlier this week,
we reported that the show is going on early hiatus (along with
Happy Hour) in advance of the World Series. FOX says the hiatus doesn't mean the show is getting canceled or is even in jeopardy, but, quite frankly I think it could be in jeopardy. While I like the gimmick of making us wait until the end of the show to see how the crime was really committed, the procedural is becoming awfully formulaic. How are you guys feeling about this show?
Continue reading Justice: Wrongful Death
Posted Sep 21st 2006 3:01PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, OpEd, Justice
(
S01E04) I really enjoyed Tom Nicholson's (Kerr Smith) storyline in this episode. We get to see his weaknesses as he loses sight of his job when his relationship with a client clouds his judgment. Plus, someone else gets to try a case for once.
The episode opens with a man falling from a skyscraper and then the shaky camera work begins. This week's victim is Daniel Benson, son of legendary studio head Scott Benson. The victim's girlfriend, Molly Larusa, is missing. The two were dating in rehab, which is where Benson plummeted to his death. TNT&G fits into the equation because the missing girl's father is their client, Frank Larusa.
Continue reading Justice: Addicts
Posted Sep 14th 2006 7:12AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, OpEd, Justice
(
S01E03) Good opening sequence. We see a guy strangle a girl, then learn it's on a film set, and then we see it's a reenactment for smarmy
American Crime. A chick named Beth, who is about to be married, disappears after getting a ride home from a bartender, Jake Garcia.
Garcia has some good evidence against him. He lied to the police about giving Beth a ride home, her sweater is in his car, and so is her blood (which he says came from a cut to her foot). It looks like the cops are going to ambush Garcia at TNT&G offices, but Ron Trott (Victor Garber) turns the tables by parading his client in front of the media and offering a $1 million reward for the safe return of Beth, who may or may not be a runaway bride.
Continue reading Justice: Behind the Orange Curtain
Posted Sep 7th 2006 7:32AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, OpEd, Justice
(
S01E02) Oh my God. Did anybody else get dizzy while watching this? Maybe the target audience on this show is the MTV crowd. Jeez. All the handheld camerawork, quick edits and zooms made me queasy. That seemed new. Also new this week were the banners for different times in the case (i.e. 'Self Surrender', etc.). Kinda hokey and unnecessary. It also seemed like Rebecca Mader's appearance had been softened a bit since the premiere-- a positive change if you ask me. She seemed a little scary and inhuman in the pilot.
Continue reading Justice: Pretty Woman
Posted Aug 31st 2006 1:16AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, OpEd, Justice
(
S01E01) This show seems like a regular Jerry Bruckheimer, over-the-top procedural right up until the end, doesn't it? Just like on every version of
CSI, the attorneys on
Justice have all the coolest bells and whistles to help them do their jobs. Only this time, there's a twist at the end. We spend an hour watching a team of attorneys spin a case in their favor... and then we get to see what
really happened. I want to know what evil genius conceived of this show and I want to simultaneously shake his/her hand and slap his/her face for suckering me into an hour of television every Wednesday night. 'Cuz I'm hooked.
Continue reading Justice: Pilot (series premiere)
Posted Aug 22nd 2006 2:09PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, Industry, Press Kits Unwrapped
First off, let me say that I am very jealous of the sweatshirt that
Keith got from the
Prison Break press kit. Since I'm covering
Justice this season, Keith sent its press kit all the way across the country to my house. FOX didn't quite go all out with this press kit the way it did for
Prison Break. No newspaper. Just a stack of office paper with bios for the actors, including a pathetically short bio for Kerr Smith, and a letter from the law firm instructing me to watch the pilot on DVD (also included).
Continue reading Press Kits Unwrapped: FOX's Justice
Posted Jul 27th 2006 11:49AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, FOX, OpEd, Justice, Standoff
Last, but certainly not least, we are giving you a preview of the shows that FOX has planned for the fall season. We've already discussed
ABC,
CBS, and
NBC's new shows. Let's just say that our TiVos are going to be working overtime this fall.
For FOX, we're covering comedies
Happy Hour,
'Til Death, and
The Winner. And the dramas are
Justice,
Standoff,
Vanished, and
The Wedding Album. The network was kind enough to send us the DVD screeners but, since we can't technically "review" them, we're just going to give you a short preview and our initial thoughts.
Continue reading TV Squad previews FOX's new shows
Posted Feb 26th 2006 12:10PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, CBS, Talent
It looks like 2006 will be the year of the
Dawson's Creek kids after all. We've already been hearing plenty about
Katie Holmes and
MIchelle
Williams, and, as I was happy to report earlier this month,
Joshua Jackson is starring in a
legal drama on CBS (hopefully) next fall. Now comes word that James Van Der Beek (aka Dawson) will also be returning to
series television, also on CBS. Van Der Beek has been cast in a comedy pilot,
Sex, Power, Love & Politics,
a comedy that, like Van Der Beek, has too many names in the title. It's about Capitol Hill staffers in their 30s,
and that's about all we know. I'm not sure what role he has, but he'll be acting alongside
Ally McBeal alum,
Jane Krakowski, a
role Adam reported on earlier this month.
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