The new FOX shows are...lame, I think. Standoff is a strange hybrid show. "Tense" drama and romance, supposedly. Justice is annoying with the hyperactive handheld camera, the tabloidy subject matter. Cheesy. Vanished...I didn't have the patience to get involved in that giant conspiracy story cos the characters seemed really bland and forgettable.
Ghost Whisperer is getting a lot better, improving on last year. There's definitely some sense of an arc developing, an internal mythology. It's still kind of corny, old-fashioned. Even Jay Mohr seemed a little stiff in his new role. But it's fun.
Jericho I want to be great, but it's too early to tell what it is exactly. The pilot was kind of dull. Heroes...derivative of half a dozen other sci-fi sources, somewhat generic direction and dialogue. Hope it morphs into something interesting, fun.
Kidnapped"”good cast, good acting. Tension already well established between the characters. It'll probably get yanked cos too many people will stick with CSI or whatever...
Studio 60"”just don't know. Smartly written, well acted, but kind of a weird fantasy universe Sorkin has created, it seems to me. Ep 2 seemed sort of preachy, earnest. Hard to believe this is a true look behind the scenes at a broadcast TV show. But Sorkin's characters are usually very...human. Good dialogue.
Shark was entertaining just to see James Woods chew up the scenery.
Smith seems potentially great. Feels like a quality, low-key 80s crime movie. Ray Liotta, Virginia Madsen, Amy Smart, Shoreh Aghdashloo...good cast.
Six Degrees. JJ Abrams is a producer I guess. Reminds me a little of Crash, Grand Canyon, The Secret Lives of Dentists. Random characters bumping into eachother, sometimes indirectly affecting eachother's lives. Something about fate, or chance, or...I don't know...
