Archive for the 'Drama Shows' Category
NBC picks up Lost and Found
Lost and Found is one of those projects that’s been swirling around in the ether for the past couple of years. Chris Levinson penned the one-hour script for NBC a year and a half ago. When the network’s old regime passed on the project, it got lost in the shuffle. But now it’s been found again…
Lisa Bonet joins Life on Mars
Life on Mars continues to add to its cast.
Just days after it was announced that Gretchen Mol had joined the ABC remake of the British hit comes word that Bill Cosby’s TV daughter is coming aboard too. She’s going to play Jason O’Mara’s girlfriend (the one in the present-day, not the 1970s …
Swingtown: Heatwave
“Most valuable lesson: it’s all about relationships.”
That would seem to be the motto for Swingtown. It is all about relationships. On the marriage front, Tom and Trina’s open marriage, which has been the model for marital bliss till now, has hit the rocks. Okay, possibly not the rocks, bu…
GLAAD praises ABC and FX, but gives NBC and FOX the big fail
Including homosexual characters on your TV show is good, unless it’s two lesbians who fall in love with a straight man, as they do in a storyline on New Amsterdam. FOX learned that the tough way when they received a failing grade from GLAAD (The homosexual & Lesbian Alliance Against Defama…
Robinson Crusoe pilot coming to NBC
NBC is going classic, with a twist. The network has ordered 13 episodes of a new drama series based on the Daniel Defoe classic Robinson Crusoe. that is far from the first instance Defoe’s 1719 novel has been filmed. The most recent incarnation was a 1997 Pierce Brosnan feature. In 1964, it wa…
Some big actor-to-character age differences on TV
How good are you at spotting someone’s true age? There’s been a few times I’ve caught myself wondering how old that actor really is on TV, when they’re playing someone my age and look ten years older. Do I really look that good? thereupon again, I’ve seen the opposite and thought, “damn, I am …
In Treatment: Week Three
“Are you making fun of me.” - Alex
Laura: So Paul is now sleeping in his office. It kind of gives you the impression that his profession is interfering in his personal life doesn’t it? that show is about as subtle as John Turturro in Miller’s Crossing.
The more I watch that show, the more I’m co…
Eli Stone: Freedom
(S01E02) “I’m getting the ass end of that arrangement, man!” — Eli Stone, concerning his role as supposed prophet.
Ah, now I see the sample! The titles of all the first season episodes of Eli Stone will be titles or references to titles of George Michael or Wham songs. Next week’s title is ‘…
Get three weeks of HBO’s In Treatment sessions free online
If you’re cool, next you’ve been following HBO’s bold new nightly series In Treatment, starring Gabriel Byrne, Blair Underwood and Dianne Wiest among others. whether you’re even cooler than you’ve been reading our awesome reviews right here at TV Squad. Don’t concern, the reviews will continue, only…
Penn Badgley: In the Limelight - VIDEO
If you were asked “Who is Penn Badgley?,” you would probably say something like “Isn’t he the guy from Gossip Girl?” Yes, he is. Others would probably reply with “The curly haired cutie from The Mountain?” Again, right. But what did he do before that? Silence would probably be the most popular rep…
In Treatment: Paul and Gina-Week One
“I think that was a mistake coming here nowadays.” - Paul Weston
Now that is what I was waiting for. certain, it was still essentially a one therapy session in real duration for thirty minutes, but it was Gabriel Byrne on the patient side and the always brilliant Dianne Wiest as his therapist Gin…
Eli Stone: Pilot (series premiere)
”Oh, Did I mention I recently found out I could be a prophet? Yeah, I was shocked too.”
What better lead-in could a show about a guy who may be a prophet having visions of the future (or may just be plain crazy) want than the season premiere of Lost? And in that strike-stripped era of reali…
Pediatricians unhappy with Eli Stone
Eli Stone, the new ABC legal drama, is already in trouble. that is interesting news since the first show hasn’t even premiered yet. The trouble is stemming from the American Academy of Pediatrics, who want the first episode of the series canceled considering it feeds into the myth that vaccines can …
In Treatment: Laura-Week One (series premiere)
“I’m not dangerous, at least not to you.” - Laura
After watching the premiere of In Treatment, I am only certain of one thing. I do not have the patience to be a therapist.
I was really distracted during the first half of the show considering I couldn’t figure out why none of my nerd fr…
Breaking not good: Cat’s in the Bag…
(S01E02) “Is that going to be on the murder?” — question asked by a student in Walter White’s lesson, or at least how he heard it.
Things are starting to unravel fast for our “odd couple” of meth makers. final episode left them with two dead bodies in the back of a wrecked RV filled with meth …
The Tudors: The total First Season - DVD Review
Period television is tough to keep on the air these days, regardless of quality or ratings. And it always seems to come down to one thing…cost. After losing Deadwood, Carnivale and Rome before their duration, it was with trepidation that I took a look at The Tudors. Showtime has touted The T…
Frances O’Connor: In the Limelight
If you’ve caught any of the first few episodes of Cashmere Mafia, you probably know that the main reason to tune in each week is that actress in the above picture. I thought my reason for watching would be Lucy Liu (who I love and who is ever so gorgeous) but she’s been less-than-impressive and he…
David James Elliott returns to TV
Since the JAG series finale, many fans have been waiting for David James Elliott to return to TV. The actor eventually did when he landed the role of James Conlon in the CBS series Close to Home. His stay on the show was cut short when the series was canceled at the end of its moment season (DJE p…
And the identity of Gossip Girl is …
No, I’m not going to reveal it on the front page here. In fact, I’m not even certain whether what the New York Daily News says can even possibly be true.
Gossip columnist Ben Widdicombe says he knows who the identity of Gossip Girl is, and you’re never going to guess it, so don’t even try. But…
