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‘Lost’ Starts Fifth Season With Fantastic Pair of Episodes
Submitted by BrianTT on January 13, 2009 - 10:56pm Television Rating: 5.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – ABC’s “Lost” returns next Wednesday, January 21st, with a pair of episodes that more than live up to the expectations and the high bar set by season four, one of the best of 2008.
Toni Collette Shines on Intriguing ‘United States of Tara’
Submitted by BrianTT on January 13, 2009 - 4:39pm Television Rating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Writer Diablo Cody, the Oscar-winning scribe of “Juno,” Executive Producer Steven Spielberg, and the Oscar-nominated actress Toni Collette have joined forces for the impressive and intriguing “United States of Tara,” airing this Sunday, January 18th on Showtime.
Patrick Swayze, Chicago Setting Work Together in Promising ‘The Beast’
Submitted by BrianTT on January 8, 2009 - 5:16pmTelevision Rating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick Swayze shines in A&E’s down-and-dirty “The Beast,” a show about deep undercover agents that uses its Chicago setting as well as any show in recent memory. Chicago is regularly the setting for television and film productions, but rarely has it been as much a part of the overall fabric of the show as it is on “The Beast,” one of the more promising dramas of the new year.
‘24’ Reflects Changing Times With Excellent Season-Seven Premiere
Submitted by BrianTT on January 7, 2009 - 3:09pmCHICAGO – The world has changed significantly since Kiefer Sutherland and the rest of the team behind Fox’s “24” were forced to save it repeatedly over the first six seasons of one of the most popular shows of the last decade. Will “24” still be relevant with controversy over real-life torture dominating the headlines and a new regime getting ready to take office?
Reality Show ‘13: Fear is Real’ is Scary Bad
Submitted by BrianTT on January 6, 2009 - 2:30pmCHICAGO – Every time we think we that we may have hit the bottom of the barrel when it comes to reality show television, someone, usually at The CW, figures out a way to scrape just a little bit lower.
‘Damages’ Returns With Intense, Riveting Start to Season Two
Submitted by BrianTT on January 6, 2009 - 12:39pmCHICAGO – The complex, twisted world of FX’s excellent “Damages” returns this week with a spectacular set-up for what promises to be another riveting season of twists and turns down the alleys of legal ethics and questionable moral behavior with an even more impressive ensemble than the one that won Emmys for its highly lauded first season.
‘10 Items or Less’ Misses Checkout Lane With Third Season Premiere
Submitted by BrianTT on January 5, 2009 - 5:33pmCHICAGO – The largely improvised “10 Items or Less” returns for a third trip to the grocery store on Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 on TBS with what looks like another hit-and-miss season of occasionally inspired humor surrounded by generally boring characters in an overall mediocre show.
Mid-Season Premiere of ‘Nip/Tuck’ Hints at Series Face-Lift
Submitted by BrianTT on January 5, 2009 - 3:45pmCHICAGO – After recently lamenting the decline of “Nip/Tuck” in my review of the Season Five, Part One DVD, no one is more shocked than I am at the creative success of the mid-season premiere, airing January 6th, 2009 at 9pm CST on FX.
Health of ‘Scrubs’ Improves With Transition to ABC
Submitted by BrianTT on January 5, 2009 - 3:15pmCHICAGO – The medical staff at Sacred Heart have picked up their surgical tools and switched networks from NBC to ABC with the eighth season premiere of “Scrubs” as two episodes of the Zach Braff comedy air back-to-back on Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 at 8pm CST.
DVD Review: Fifth Installment of ‘Nip/Tuck’ an Imperfect Season, DVD
Submitted by BrianTT on December 31, 2008 - 12:18pmCHICAGO – “Tell me what you don’t like about yourself.” Doctors, I don’t like what you’ve done to a once-fascinating show. Ryan Murphy and the team behind “Nip/Tuck” missed a great opportunity with the fifth season of their cult hit show, now on DVD, and continued their series’ soapy decline.
