Mon, 14 May 2007 12:52:01
Sopranos, Battlestar Galactica, NBC Upfronts
I’m on my way out, but I wanted to throw this up real quick-like...various TV stuff after the jump.
- The Sopranos isn't one-third as good as some people are saying these days. I'm sorry. I know that monumental thing happened last night, but other than that brief two-minute sequence, the show was a dedication to the art of navel-gazing for it's own sake.
It seems like everything eventually turns out that way if the creators let it go on past it's planned - or natural - life. When the network pays thirty-five trajillion dollars for two more seasons of something that was originally planned for a three-year run...the writing is always the first thing to go. Eventually it all devolves into the actors standing around trying to figure out why they feel so bad or why mommy doesn't love them. That's always been a part of The Sopranos, but in addition, things used to happen. Now it's all navel gazing with only one "moment" per episode that drives the plot forward.
I'm so glad it's going to be over soon. - Battlestar Galactica may not end so soon. David Eick says that Olmos has a habit of starting this rumor and if BSG is going anywhere, he and Ron Moore will let us know. You know what I wrote above about The Sopranos? Yeah. Already happening to BSG. Tighten it up, guys. You don't want to be The X-Files at the end, do you?
- NBC announced their lineup for the fall. The following shows are renewed: Friday Night Lights, Law & Order, Law & Order: CI, Law & Order: SVU, Deal or No Deal, 30 Rock, The Office, Heroes, Scrubs, ER, The Biggest Loser, Las Vegas, My Name Is Earl, 1 vs. 100, Dateline, Football Night In America, and Medium, Saturday Night Live. So, NBC will be paying Zach that monster salary for Scrubs after all.
The new shows will be The Bionic Woman, The IT Crowd, Chuck, Journeyman, Life, Lipstick Jungle, The Singing Bee, World Moves, and Heroes: Origins, Lipshitz Saves The World. I'm curious to see what they do with The IT Crowd, which was a Britcom about geeks that run the network in a large corporation. If you watched it, Moss is in the U.S. version but the rest is all new casting. Hey, The Office U.S. doesn't suck, so maybe...Also, Heroes; Origins will be six special episodes running during the normal hiatus period mid-season. So we get non-stop Heroes and 30 full episodes in one year. Dear Jesus: Please make sure that the Heroes team maintains the current level of quality. If you do, I'll send your daddy my firstborn, assuming there ever is one. Thanks.
Canceled: Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip, Crossing Jordan, The Black Donnellys, Kidnapped, Andy Barker, P.I., The Apprentice, Identity, Raines, 20 Good Years, Grease: You're The One That I Want, The Real Wedding Crashers, Thank God You're Here. The Black Donnellys was pretty good, but failed to live up to the initial promise of the pilot. Same for Andy Barker. I never watched Raines, and it looks like I can delete that free pilot episode I downloaded from iTunes...
Posted by JimK at 12:52 PM on May 14, 2007
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#2 Posted by Christian 
on 05/14 at 09:22 PM -
I loved Raines. Very smart, witty show. It had, however, a terrible timeslot being on on Friday. Identity just was a one trick pony that didn’t quite click. And I totally agree with Jo about Studio 60. Great show, but it was to smart for the audiance. I would love to see HBO pick it up.
But why oh god why did 30 Rock get picked up? I admit not watching since like episode 4, but still. Has it really improved?
#3 Posted by JimK on 05/14 at 09:51 PM -
30 Rock is worth it for Baldwin only. Everything else is pablum and a cliche. Alec may be a nutter but he’s great on that show.
Maybe not worth starting though if you haven’t watched. He’s not THAT good. :)
#4 Posted by Harley W Daugherty on 05/14 at 11:30 PM -
heroes Kicks as GOD damm that was a good eps…
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i don’t care what anyone says, studio 60 is a great loss. also, i really wish they would have done a series finale for crossing jordan considering the years i have put in.
and what you said about writing? yeah, i could have said that at least 5 seasons ago about ER, yet we continue to watch that piece of crap out of loyalty ;)