Always struggling between whether to review TV seasons at calendar year-end or summer season-end, but inspired by the awesome finales of Lost and Battlestar Galactica, I’ve decided to talk about the shows I loved, and not-so-loved this season (no comment, however, on shows I dropped ages ago — that means you: Bionic Woman, Dirty Sexy…
Category: TV
Galactica creator Moore sticks with Sci-Fi
Check out the Hollywood Reporter article which reveals what Ronald D. Moore (co-creator of the excellent sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica) is up to next. With Fringe (new sci-fi series from Alias creator JJ Abrams) and Dollhouse (new sci-fi series from Buffy creator Joss Whedon) already slated for the 2008-2009 TV season, this is looking to…
Idol Worship?
American Idol performs Shout to the Lord but I have to say, I’m pretty ambivalent about it. I love this song. It’s one of my favourite worship songs, so it’s nice to hear it being performed (even if they substitute “Shepherd” for “Jesus” — does that make it less religious? less Christian? not really). But,…
10 reasons why NBC will be awesome
NBC was the first of the big networks to show its cards at its upfront presentations (that’s when networks tell advertisers what shows they’re going to be scheduling next season). There’s already been a lot of buzz about NBCs plans, and frankly, I join in the excitement. Here’s 10 reasons why: 1. 52-week scheduling —…
Battlestar Lives On
With the writers’ strike and other tv-business concerns rearing their discouraging heads, it sounded like the BSG prequel series Caprica was not going to go ahead. However, now SciFi Channel in the US have announced that there will be a two-hour potential pilot for the series. Yay! According to Hollywood Reporter this show was one…
Knight Rider – TV Review
There must be a sale on 80s franchises. First the Transformers, then the Bionic Woman, then the Terminator, now the Knight Rider himself all want to follow in Battlestar Galactica’s illustrious footsteps. Sadly, it seems that only the re-creators of BSG knew that it would take more than just new vehicles, fresher computer graphics and…
Alvin Meets Tivo
I finally got myself a Tivo. Click here to check out my experience so far on my other blog.
Midseason TV 2008 – part 2
As the WGA strike drags on, and new scripted shows continue to trickle in, it’s finally time for the long-awaited return of Lost. Given the mostly-clear TV landscape, there’s room for new shows such as quirky lawyer series Eli Stone to get a fighting chance (at least until it runs out of new episodes as…
Super/Friends mash-up on YouTube
Perhaps it was inevitable, but this TV mash-up is a riot! Combining the soundtrack from the Friends episode where the boys face-off against the girls to see who wins the apartment (my total fave, BTW) with visuals from classic Super-Friends episodes. Seeing Rachel as Robin is worth a laugh all its own.
