Awake [NBC, Thursdays, 10/9C] is one of the best of the season’s new programs, but you’d never know it from the ratings. At least when the show’s cast and creator promised a penguin, they came through with a penguin. Maybe that will help the ratings; maybe not. Still, it looks like a thoroughly entertaining hour […]
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Red Cop, Green Cop – Steve Harris and Wilmer Valderrama On Awake’s Differing Realities!
Steve Harris and Wilmer Valderrama have the same job – partner to Detective Michael Britten – in the Red [Harris] and Green [Valderrama] realities of NBC’s brilliant new series, Awake. Recently, the two took an hour to talk about their characters’ differing approached to working with Britten and the curious ways in which the show’s […]
Awake’s Psychotherapists – Two Schools of Thought!
In Awake [NBC, Thursdays, 10/9C], B.D. Wong’s Dr. John Lee and Cherry Jones’ Dr. Judith Evans have the unenviable and possibly fruitless task of trying to guide the unwilling Detective Michael Britten [Jason Isaacs] to accept one of their worlds as real and the other as a dream. Earlier this week, Wong and Jones talked […]
Awake Is This Season’s Best New Show!
It seems that all the major networks saved their best shows for mid-season. In the case of NBC, they were holding back the season’s best new series, Awake [Thursdays, 10/9C] – a startlingly intelligent show about a police detective who is living two lives – in two worlds – simultaneously.
Awake Creator and Showrunner Talk About This Season’s Best New Series!
Awake [NBC, Thursdays, 10/9C]is a unique new series that revolves around a police detective who is in an automobile accident with his wife and son. When he awakens, it is to discover that his son has died – but when he goes to sleep, the next time he opens his eyes, he is in a […]
Awake – NBC Premiere – Just Seen It TV Review
CHECK OUT OUR REVIEW Detective Michael Britten survives a horrible car accident only to discover he is now trapped in two alternate realities – one where is son has died and his wife survived and another reality that is the opposite. But as he tries to do his job and solve murders, he finds the […]
Sneak Peek: Check Out The Awake Pilot!
NBC’s brilliant new drama series, Awake, premieres on Thursday, March 1st at 10/9C – but you can check out the premiere right now by following the jump.
Awake – NBC Finally Finds A Timeslot For Unique, Fascinating Drama!
NBC is scheduling the premiere of unique drama Awake for Thursday, March 1st in the 10-11 pm timeslot. It’s a huge gamble, thrusting a rookie series into such a volatile evening – and against some heavyweight opposition. The series stars Jason Isaacs [Harry Potter, Brotherhood] as a police detective who finds himself living two different […]
NBC Taking Risks As It Implements New 2011-12 Schedule!
As the network with the biggest need to attain credibility with the American public, is going for it! The network’s new drama schedule runs the gamut from traditional to way, way out there, with The Firm, a sequel to John Grisham’s The Firm, and an adaptation of Lynda LaPlante’s brilliant U.K. series, Prime Suspect. […]