The Fall Rundown So Far
W/Q
this:
1. Homeland. Interesting but not great ... yet. Morena Baccarin [the
wicked, slithery, serpentine beauty in V] looks yum-yum delicious.
This one gets the highest grade so far: 7 out of 10 [blending plot
potential 8 with overall execution 6, but it's actually more 6 than
7].
2. Free Agents. Of the three NBC couple-themed sitcoms, the pair in
this one is the most appealing of all of them, in a welcomed offbeat
way. Execution, however, is too curt and glib to find any of the
jokes funny. Still, as good as this should've been, it feels like it
just keeps missing the mark, maybe because of all its curtness and
glibness. It gets a 0 out of 10 not for being bad, but for just not
"getting" its own material.
3. Ringer. It tries to be something it can't be because it won't
allow itself to be that and because they've got the wrong girl for the
lead. Everything that's in this one that can be done without really
shouldn't be in it at all, i.e. Sarah Michelle Geller, sucky songs,
bad green screen, limp, uninspired direction, bad scripting and just a
plain never well thought-out premise. 0 out of 10.
4. Whitney. This comes oh-so-very close to being the worst show this
season. Maybe what saved it from that title was the role-playing sex
scene - not that it was particularly funny, but she was kind of doing
it for me in that nurse's outfit. Still, 0 out of 10. If the show
doesn't have a role-playing sex scene each week, then this one could
very well tie for worst show with:
5. Up All Night. Everything is so wrong and so bad with this one.
You name a fault, it's got it and works on it to overkill mode. It
makes me want to kill babies so there'd be no more supposed "sitcoms"
about babies. It's just a plain vile show and will deserve to be the
first one cancelled, and that can't happen soon enough. Grade: -0 out
of 10. Repeat: -, as in minus, 0 out of 10. Wait, that's too
generous, I'll amend that. -10 out of 10. There, that's better.
There's also H8R, but I don't do reality.
Stephen Newport
SN: Yuck.
W/Q
with Whitney for 4th place. 'Nuff said.
jessica_smith_nyc
more episodes are online or on demand to skip though commercials.
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http://www.moviesitearchive.com
W/Q
> Are any of these shows going to be on demand? Probably will wait until
> more episodes are online or on demand to skip though commercials.
sure where Whitney streamed, unless it was on the NBC site. They're
available as torrents as well.
>
> --http://www.moviesitearchive.com
W/Q
~buttercup~
Barry Margolin
<f410db3c-665a-4894...@eb1g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
> On Sep 16, 11:10 pm, jessica_smith_nyc <uwalum2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Are any of these shows going to be on demand? Probably will wait until
> > more episodes are online or on demand to skip though commercials.
>
> Showtime may still be streaming Homeland, check the site. And I'm not
> sure where Whitney streamed, unless it was on the NBC site. They're
> available as torrents as well.
The laugh track was infernal.
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Barry Margolin
Arlington, MA
Stephen Newport
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SN: I have a much hotter woman at home.
~buttercup~
dollars on that.
Stephen Newport
at home.
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SN: For which I thank God on a daily basis. This group's taste for shit
TV is matched by its virginal attraction to *girls* who are common, at
best.
Ken Wesson
"Common"? Summer Glau? You must be joking.
As for "this group's taste" I'm sure by now you've noticed you're in a
minority of one.
P.S. You are aware that's Seamus you were arguing with, right? As you
still are in several other threads.
Irish Mike
two balding, semi-flabby gay guys (not that there's any thing wrong with
that) sitting around watching MSNBC while writing fan letters to Keith
Olbermann.
Irish Mike
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thoolen
3> Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
3> "Common"? Summer Glau? You must be joking.
What does Newport's joke have to do with television, Wesson?
3> As for "this group's taste" I'm sure by now you've noticed you're in a
3> minority of one.
What does Newport's unpopularity have to do with television, Wesson?
3> P.S. You are aware that's Seamus you were arguing with, right? As you
3> still are in several other threads.
Who is "Seamus", Wesson? There is nobody in this newsgroup using that alias.
Stephen Newport
be joking.
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SN: No.
Ken Wesson
Then you must be crazy. The number of men in this newsgroup alone that
drool every time her name is mentioned must surely indicate that she's
far more attractive than the word "common" would seem to indicate.
Stephen Newport
newsgroup alone that drool every time her name is mentioned
SN: Probably aren't getting any.
Ken Wesson
Stephen Newport
newsgroup alone that drool every time her name is mentioned>>>
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SN: Probably aren't getting any.
True enough.
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SN: So they do a lot of drooling over a lot of unremarkable girls. Even
a few women. (Until these females age a bit or gain a few pounds. And
some of these guys are old enough to make all that rather creepy.)
Ken Wesson
> From: kwe...@gmail.com (Ken Wesson) <<<The number of men in this
> newsgroup alone that drool every time her name is mentioned>>>
> ---------------------------------
> SN: Probably aren't getting any.
> ---------------------------------
> True enough.
> ---------------------------------
> SN: So they do a lot of drooling over a lot of unremarkable girls.
Stephen Newport
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SN: No I didn't. And that's a really annoying usenet cliche. Probably
the only thing more subjective than humour is attractiveness/appeal. And
that the manboys at rec.arts.tv all think the same thing is usually more
of a warning than a recommendation.
Stephen Newport
Stephen Newport
Ken Wesson
> From: kwe...@gmail.com (Ken Wesson) You misspelled "remarkable".
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> SN: No I didn't.
> And that's a really annoying usenet cliche.
> Probably the only thing more subjective than humour is attractiveness/
> appeal.
except you? Sounds less like it's subjective than like you're the odd one
out ... or maybe homosexual. :)
David Johnston
judgements.