Michael J. Fox is the most likeable person on the planet. This program acknowledges it and tries to give the impression of moving past it, but also plays it safe and lets the overly oozy shmoozy tone of a Michael J Fox television triumphant return come through. Michael plays Mike Henry, a news anchor who…
Quite simply, this show is fucking great. It’s a new program on a new network, the fledgling Esquire Network(for sophisticated men like you and me). In a nutshell, it’s No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain, but with celebrities. Celebrities go to a city they’ve always wanted to visit and document their travels. In this episode, Joel…
The Goldbergs is a semi-autobiographical sitcom based on the life of Actor Adam Goldberg. Think The Wonder Years set in the 1980s, but more hahaha silly laughs and less genuine sentimentality. I didn’t really dislike it by any means, but when you’re shooting for The Wonder Years, you’re going to fall woefully short every time. …
Always Sunny In Philadelphia – Mac and Dennis Buy A Timeshare 157! That’s so bad! 157 units of stress are really bogging Charlie down. He needs some kind of super berries to get him out of this rut. Luckily for him that’s exactly what Dee is selling. Dee’s gotten roped into a pyramid scheme…
Wednesday, September 25th, 2013 Time: 12:13-1:13 PM Channel: 560(HBO Zone) Currently Airing: Sunset Strip: -Hey, a movie channel. Too bad I have no earthly idea what this is. -A dude who looks like Vinny Chase is having a smoke in a blackroom looking at pictures of a girl and wrote a note saying “Can’t speak…
I thought this Pilot eppy of Hostages was rather good. I, in fact like it More than I did Blacklist (which borrowed entirely too much from Silence of the Lambs). Its again nothing groundbreaking in TV but I’ll take it any day over CSI: The moon. I forgot how hot Toni Collete can be, She…
A pilot can obviously make or break a series. In most cases, this refers to the actual survival of a show, as establishing an initial audience is often life or death when it comes to modern network programming. In the artistic sense, this refers to tone setting, character establishment, episode format, etc. When it comes…
Now THIS is more like it. This is what I was left wanting for with Hostages. This is way more of the 24 vibe I’ve been missing since it left the air. Explosions, James Spader, car chases, James Spader, torture scenes and James Spader torture scenes and plenty of “Dammit, Chloe! There’s No TIME!” elements. …
Early on in this episode Lee Toric’s hanging out with a prostitute. He hears someone outside and grabs his gun and peeks out the window to see the District Attorney. The hooker comes up behind him and he accidentally shoots her in the stomach. It’s kind of hilarious, with him saying stuff like, “Oh my…
Well, this was rather disappointing. They took a pretty badass plot: A rogue FBI agent(Dylan McDermott) and his team are holding a brilliant surgeon’s(Toni Collete) family hostage until after she operates on the US president, a routine procedure, by the way. Her job is to make sure he dies or else her family gets it. …