How many TV series open by killing off the heroine? So far as I can tell, The Nine Lives of Chloe King [ABC Family, Tuesdays, 9/8C] is the only one. That definitely grabs your attention!
Category: TV Reviews
Memphis Beat: Southern-Fried Cop Show Maintains Its Soul!
One of the cooler cop shows to debut over the last few seasons, Memphis Beat [TNT, Tuesdays, 9/8C], is back and more soulful than ever. In the second season premiere, At the River, detectives Dwight Hendricks and Charlie ‘Whitehead’ White are split up as Internal Affairs looks into the actions of a murdered police officer.
White Collar – Fighting White Collar Crime While Gaining The Ultimate Score!
In White Collar’s second season finale, the show wrapped up two years of mythology involving the death of Neal Caffrey’s one true love, a mysterious music box, fractals and Nazi treasure. The final scene had the emotional impact of a typically perilous cliffhanger, but the impact came from the war of emotions raging within Caffrey. […]
Syfy Wednesdays: Reality, Reality, Reality!
When the Sci Fi Channel became Syfy, its name went from standing for science fiction [as well as fantasy and horror] to something both trademarkable and less specific. By that time, the channel had already added some reality shows – and professional wrestling – to its schedule. But now, it has put together an entire […]
Jessie Stone: Innocents Lost – More Mood; Less Substance!
CBS’ series of Jessie stone TV-movies is the last of its kind and has lasted for several years because it has been a perfect blend of mood/tone and substance. The seventh in the series, Innocents Lost [9/8C] is the first to falter.
Medical Disaster: Cuddy Quits!
Lisa Edelstein – Doctor Lisa Cuddy to you – has decided to leave Fox’s long-running series House M.D. She gave the following statement to the press: "After much consideration, I am moving onward with a combination of disappointment at leaving behind a character I have loved playing for seven years and excitement of the new […]
In Plain Sight – It Takes a Thief to Explain a Thief!
For its fourth season, USA’s In Plain Sight [Sundays, 10/9C] returns to its original timeslot with an episode that is a bit of a departure. The Art of the Steal finds Marshal Mary Shannon fearing that her sister, Brandi, has become involved in grand theft auto [again!] – and seeks advice and insight from a […]
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe – Dead Guys Don’t Get Hungry!
When I heard that there was going to be a movie revealing key events in the past of Burn Notice’s Sam Axe, I was stoked. Bruce Campbell’s Axe is a source of much of the subversive wit and spirit of the hit USA Network series. Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe [Sunday, 9/8C], though […]
Sanctuary 3.5 Premiere – Where Do You Go From Dead?
Sanctuary [Syfy, Fridays, 10/9C] had one of the more definitive cliffhangers in television – when last we saw Dr. Helen Magnus and her team, they were dead!
Check It Out: The Killing is the Best New TV Series of the Year!
If you missed out on the series premiere of AMC’s The Killing [Sundays, 10/9C], you can now view the two hour debut online, or on AMC, this evening, at 8/7C [followed immediately by episode three]. Shot at a very measured pace, The Killing follows the investigation of the murder of Rosie Larson. Each episode represents […]
NIKITA Makes an Outstanding Thursday Return
Gamechanger. NIKITA returns tonight after several weeks’ hiatus to an explosive (literally) and truly outstanding episode titled “Covenants” that can easily be labeled a ‘gamechanger’ among many other positive adjectives. Even if you have not been following this new Nikita very closely, you can easily treat yourself as a viewer to a most entertaining, emotional, […]