One of the reasons I was most excited about Parenthood this time last year was Maura Tierney. I have heard that the original pilot with her (instead of Lauren Graham) was much different. Tierney is apparently ready to return from breast cancer to star in a new legal drama alongside Rob Morrow, from one of my past faves, Numb3rs.
Supposedly the first trailer for the new HBO series Boardwalk Empire that has had sound. This show has all sorts of potential. Created by Terrance Winter who worked on The Sopranos and the pilot was directed by Martin Scorsese. It will debut in the fall.
Only six more weeks away. It does not look like it’s going to disappoint. It’s obvious they are bringing Angelina back just to create conflict. It’s gonna be crazy.
Sad news, but this has become the trend lately. Shows announcing well in advance when they will end and working towards that instead of trying to hang on for too long. It gives the writer’s more of a chance to plan things out long term and not end up with too many filler episodes. But:
Another point is one that I would miss if Weiner follows through with his decision. The idea that Mad Men would take us through the 1960s into the next decade. So far, we’re still in 1963. There are seven years left of the decade to be reflected in the lives of these characters, including the entire counter-culture revolution, the women’s liberation movement, the Great Society and the Vietnam War. Aren’t you interested in how Mad Men would treat all that and more?
This is something a lot of fans/critics have said. There are so many things that are coming up in the timeline of the show that would be great to see them tackle.
My take is that people who don’t have cable and use Hulu as a major source of content will be willing to pay $10 a month. But I think most people will go with Netflix which has a much bigger catalog.
This comes as no shock to me. I have been predicting for a couple of years now that the cable companies were missing the boat, and like music companies and newspapers before them, if they weren’t careful they would miss out and screw themselves. TV networks continue to roll with the traditional model of TV schedules, commercial breaks, etc. Meanwhile, tons of people have DVRs and are skipping those commercials regularly. Tons are watching shows on Hulu and Netflix. And all the while, these people are ditching cable TV.
Like Ben Patterson, my major problem is sports:
There’s one important factor that’s keeping me from pulling my scissors out: live sports, and particularly ESPN, my 24-hour sports companion. Sure, as a football fan, I could keep up with the Jets and the Giants via over-the-air TV (although I’m not sure my landlord would be all that ecstatic about my installing a TV antenna on the roof of our Brooklyn brownstone), but without cable, I’d be left high and dry when it comes to Monday Night Football.
College Football will be my major sticking point. I would miss some White Sox games, but being limited with pigskin in the fall would be brutal. Nevertheless, it’s becoming more and more appealing to ditch cable TV.
We don’t have HBO anymore, at least for now, but the solid reviews of Treme will definitely make it more intriguing. Treme is about New Orleans, 3 years post Katrina. It seems, from the review, to focus highly on music and musicians, definitely not a bad thing. The show is being done by David Simon who did The Wire. I inexplicably yet to dive into The Wire, but many people say that the best TV show of the first decade was either The Sopranos or The Wire. When we get HBO back, I will be checking this one out.
I am a bit surprised they are going to shoot in Jersey at all. Especially since it sounded like most of The Shore’s towns wouldn’t allow it. Plus I don’t see how they won’t get mobbed everywhere.
The other part of the article that mentions The Persian-American version is no shock to me. A lot of people assumed they would explore other ethnic cultures in similar shows.
Not a huge shock here. I would say that 85-90% of the time I am watching TV I am also on the internet. I feel like it’s part of our ever growing ADD Society. TV isn’t enough to occupy my complete attention most of the time. I have tried hard in the last year to not be on my computer as much when my wife and I watch TV together. You will have to ask her if I have succeeded.
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Modern Family is easily one of my favorite shows on TV right now. It’s the best new show on this year hands down and in my opinion has brought back family-driven situational comedy. This week’s episode centered around the main character wanting an iPad. I lost track of how many times they used the word, but there were early morning Apple store lines, an actual iPad and even a virtual birthday cake app. I, like pretty much everyone assumed this was rampant product placement, but the LA Times says otherwise:
Apple spokesman Steve Dowling said the company does not pay for product placement. It did provide an iPad for the show. An ABC spokeswoman declined to comment on the back story behind the episode, as did a 20th Century Fox Television spokesman.
A lot of people think it’s even more lame that they would do a basically free iPad commercial for 30 minutes especially without being compensated. As a geek (and what some call an Apple fanboy) I liked it. Phil acted so much like so many people I know, and his line about early adopters was priceless. In the DVR/IPTV age we are going to see a lot more of this. I think if it’s as well done as this, I will have no problems with it.
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