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American Idol: Three For the Money

May 14, 2008 /

So last night on “American Idol,” the remaining three contestants had to sing three times. One song they chose, one song chosen by a judge, and one song chosen by the show’s producers. Yeah, next year I want a shot at choosing one, because I know I could do a better job than those producers, who probably spend time in their cars listening to commercial radio. In fact, I’m going to give you what I would have chosen for each contestant.

Anyway, to me, it’s looking like David vs. David is going to happen. But they still have to count the votes, so you never know. Here is the scoop…..

DAVID ARCHULETA

David started with Paula’s choice, Billy Joel’s “And So it Goes.” Kudos, Paula, I thought Continue reading »

American Idol, Reality TV, TV

Do vampires cry?

May 13, 2008 /

Even if they don’t, their fans certainly will when they hear that CBS has opted to pass on a second season of “Moonlight.”

According to the Hollywood Reporter, CBS declined to pickup the series because it was failing to hold its “Ghost Whisperer” lead-in and declined in the ratings post-strike, adding that last Friday’s episode garnered a 2.0 rating among adults 18 to 49.

Fair enough, but it’s not like the network ever gave the series a shot on another night. If they had any sense, they would’ve tried putting the show on Saturday evenings; it’s a no-man’s land for television, sure, but it’s a fair bet that the fans would’ve followed it there…and, most probably, they would’ve upped the ratings for the evening in the process. Instead, they’ve tossed it in the dustbin.

Will there be a sufficient clamor for Sci-Fi to step in and consider reviving the series? You never know. But either way, you can figure that star Alex O’Loughlin won’t be hurting for work. (He’s very hot, you know. Everyone says so.)

UPDATE: Actually, it looks like the odds – slim though they may be – are more in favor of The CW picking up the show than Sci-Fi, if Nikki Finke’s report can be trusted. Either way, a decision will be made by the end of the week, so stay tuned!

External Entertainment, External TV, News, TV, TV Dramas, TV Sci-Fi

It’s full speed ahead for “Caprica”

May 13, 2008 /

After some time on the Sci-Fi Channel’s backburner, Ronald D. Moore’s “Caprica,” a spin-off to “Battlestar Galactica,” has been cast. They’re starting with a two-hour pilot, and I guess they’re going from there.

From its IMDB page…

Two families, the Graystones and the Adamas, live together on a peaceful planet known as Caprica, where a startling breakthrough in artificial intelligence brings about unforeseen consequences. A spin-off of the Sci Fi Channel series “Battlestar Galactica” set 50 years prior to the events of that show.

Was originally pitched to NBC/Universal by Remi Aubuchon as an independent series with no connection to the “Battlestar Galactica” (2004) franchise. NBC/Universal read the pilot (an allegorical story about slavery with robots) and suggested Aubuchon meet with Ronald D. Moore and David Eick (who were considering a Battlestar Galactica spin-off series at the time). Aubuchon, Moore and Eick met and within a couple of months the “Caprica” series was born.

Esai Morales (“Jericho,” “NYPD Blue”) will play Joseph Adama, the father of Will Adama. Morales is inherently watchable and should provide a great cornerstone for the series. Paula Malcomson (who played Trixie on “Deadwood”) will play a surgeon who is also a double agent, while Eric Stoltz (“Some Kind of Wonderful,” “Mask,” “Pulp Fiction”) will play a wealthy computer engineer whose work will give birth to the Cylons. I’m fans of both Malcomson and Stoltz as well, so I’m pretty pumped about this cast.

Battlestar Galactica, External Entertainment, External TV, TV, TV Action, TV Dramas, TV Sci-Fi

“Reaper” renewed for second season

May 13, 2008 /

“Reaper” fans can breathe a sigh of relief. The CW is bringing the show back for another season.

“Reaper” will return for 13 episodes midseason and will likely be paired with “Supernatural” on Thursday nights after “Smallville” concludes its run.

The network made the decision Monday, going down to the wire on whether to pick up the series before the CW’s “upfront” presentation to advertisers the next day.

“Reaper,” which stars Bret Harrison as a young man who’s a bounty hunter for the devil, has a devoted fanbase but has struggled in terms of ratings. Most recently the show averaged about a 1.0 rating among adults 18 to 49. The show initially impressed critics with its strong pilot directed by Kevin Smith (“Clerks”), then seemed to stumble creatively. Recent episodes, however, have fans saying the show is back on track with a more serialized storyline and sharper wit.

The article is dead on. After a quick start, the show floundered a bit midseason and fell into a “freak of the week” routine. That, combined with the constant tease of Sam and Andi’s relationship (as well as Sam’s decision to keep Andi in the dark about his second job), made some of those midseason episodes predictable and a bit frustrating. But over the course of the last six or eight episodes, the writers have changed the landscape of the show and introduced a serialized storyline to keep things moving from week-to-week.

The nice thing about being on one of the smaller networks (like CW, USA, FX, etc.) is that those networks aren’t going for a home run in ratings. They’re happy with a single here and a single there, so good writing will generally get you another season to build your audience. (R.I.P. “Journeyman”) With veteran shows like “Smallville” and “Supernatural,” along with newcomers “Gossip Girl” and “Reaper,” the CW keeps hitting singles.

External Entertainment, External TV, News, Reaper, TV, TV Action, TV Comedies, TV Sci-Fi

Stargate: Infinity – The Complete Series

May 13, 2008 /

This short-lived animated spin-off from the “Stargate” franchise has received the kind of abuse from sci-fi fans generally reserved for Rick Berman’s work on “Star Trek,” but as they scream about abuse of continuity and how things have been dumbed down from the original source material, they’re forgetting something: it’s a freaking cartoon. Taking place 30 years after the original film, “Stargate: Infinity” focuses on Major Gus Bonner, a longtime member of the Stargate team who, as the series opens, is on trial as a result of a mission which led to the death of several members of his team. (Wow, the acknowledgement of death in a children’s cartoon? Nice!) In a quick set-up, however, we’re witness to Bonner being framed by an alien infiltrator disguised as a Stargate scientist, which leads to Bonner taking a trio of cadets – R.J, Seattle, and Samantha – and an alien technical expert named Teal’c through the Stargate. Although they aren’t readily able to return to Earth, they’re able to visit various other planets, so Bonner bounces the team to various places he’s already visited, helping to educate the young cadets until they can get home. The animation isn’t great, and the scripts inevitably have heavy-handed lessons shoehorned in, but the characters are interesting and, despite the complaints from the “Stargate” obsessives, “Infinity” is actually pretty enjoyable as kids’ sci-fi cartoons go. A word of warning: the series ended with no resolution to the team’s space-lost situation. Hey, maybe they’ll pop up on “Stargate: Atlantis”! (Yeah, let’s place bets on that, shall we?)

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External Entertainment, External TV, TV, TV Action, TV DVD Quicktakes, TV DVDs, TV Sci-Fi

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