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TV Series Premiere Thread - "Comic Book Men"

Discussion in 'Archive: The Amphitheatre' started by Jedi_Master_Conor, Jan 28, 2006.

  1. Zaz

    Zaz Jedi Knight star 9

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    Oct 11, 1998
    9-9:30PM
    The CW

    Series debut
    Fly Girls

    "Not a where-are-they-now for In Living Color's door-knocker-earringed dance troupe. Instead, Fly Girls follows five Virgin America stewardesses (they prefer ''in-flight team members'') who room together in a beachside L.A. crash pad when they're not cruising at 40,000 feet. Nikole is the resident alpha schemer, Cruella de Vil with lip gloss and a Bumpit; Mandy and Louise are nice girls looking for love; Tasha's a tough single mom; and ambitious Farrah wants to move into corporate. Too bad all the manufactured drama feels more middling than mile-high. C+ ?Leah Greenblatt"
     
  2. Nevermind

    Nevermind Jedi Knight star 6

    Registered:
    Oct 14, 2001
    10-11PM
    ABC

    Series debut
    Boston Med

    "An eight-week docuseries about three Boston hospitals. Squeamish folks, turn away, because a guy who dies post-heart transplant gives his face to another patient."
     
  3. Nevermind

    Nevermind Jedi Knight star 6

    Registered:
    Oct 14, 2001

    10-11PM
    A&E TV-PG

    Series debut
    The Glades

    "With plenty of cop shows debuting this summer, The Glades is one worth your time, thanks to charismatic lead Matt Passmore, who plays a smart but impish homicide detective in the Florida Everglades. His devil-may-care attitude may sometimes verge on annoying, but ultimately gives the serious premise a welcome light touch. B ?Archana Ram"


    9-10:30PM
    VH1

    Series debut
    Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch

    "The Dancing With the Stars loser/Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver tries to find love on TV. Will he bring the same good judgment to romance as he did to changing his name?"

    10:30-10:45
    Adult Swim, TV-14

    Series debut
    Childrens Hospital

    "Rob Corddry, Michael Cera, Megan Mullally, and Henry Winkler make the wrongest 11 minutes of funny you'll watch the entire summer. Patch Adams, look away."
     
  4. Nevermind

    Nevermind Jedi Knight star 6

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    Oct 14, 2001
    8-10PM
    NBC

    The Jensen Project

    "Imagine a live-action version of The Incredibles ? ex- superheroes in suburbia drawn back into do-gooding ? but swap out spandex for lab coats. Married eggheads Claire (ER?s Kellie Martin) and Matt (Brady Smith) and their brainy boy (Justin Kelly) are recruited to re- turn to a world-improving scientific enclave (the staff includes Star Trek: TNG?s LeVar Burton) after its unscrupulous leader goes rogue. Produced for NBC by Walmart and Procter & Gamble, The Jensen Project is good, clean sci-fi fun that promotes intelligence and branded water-filtration products. And the title? Awesome. B ?Jeff Jensen"
     
  5. Nevermind

    Nevermind Jedi Knight star 6

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    Oct 14, 2001

    11PM-12:01AM | BRAVO | SERIES DEBUT
    Top Chef Just Desserts

    "You know how people are always debating the best chocolate-chip cookie?"


    10-11PM | NBC | SERIES DEBUT
    Outlaw

    "Jimmy Smits is a Supreme Court justice who quits to practice law."

     
  6. Nevermind

    Nevermind Jedi Knight star 6

    Registered:
    Oct 14, 2001
    8-9PM | NBC | SERIES DEBUT

    Undercovers

    "J.J. Abrams × Mr. & Mrs. Smith = Gugu + Boris."


    8:30-9PM | ABC | SERIES DEBUT
    Better With You

    "This relationship sitcom was created by a former Friends writer, and it shows."



    10-11PM | ABC | SERIES DEBUT
    The Whole Truth

    "Maura Tierney (with the cutest pixie cut ever) and Rob Morrow (standard middle-aged-dude hairdo) play opposing lawyers."


    10-11PM | CBS | SERIES DEBUT
    The Defenders

    "Jerry O'Connell and Jim Belushi, as a couple of skeevy Las Vegas lawyers, defend a young man on murder charges."




     
  7. Nevermind

    Nevermind Jedi Knight star 6

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    Oct 14, 2001
    10-10:30PM | IFC | SERIES DEBUT
    The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

    Luckily, there is plenty of potential for Increasingly Poor to become increasingly good

    10-11PM | A&E | SERIES DEBUT
    Teach

    The Who's the Boss? Star goes back to his roots and takes a job teaching English to high school sophomores.
     
  8. Nevermind

    Nevermind Jedi Knight star 6

    Registered:
    Oct 14, 2001
    Tonight, tonight:

    10-11PM | MTV | SERIES DEBUT
    Skins

    "The U.S. adaptation of the addictive U.K. series about randy teens may lack the charm of the British show, it's still worth a gander."

    Being Human
    9-10PM | SYFY | SERIES DEBUT
    Being Human

    "A vampire, a ghost, and a werewolf share an apartment. Of course, the real beast will be sorting out the cleaning schedule."

    10-11PM | NBC
    Harry's Law

    "Exec producers David E. Kelley and Bill D'Elia bring us Boston Legal: Shoe Fetish Division."

    9-10PM | CNN | SERIES DEBUT
    Piers Morgan Tonight

    "Now that Piers Morgan has officially taken over from Larry King, it really does seem like the end of an era. The Mesozoic era!"


     
  9. Nevermind

    Nevermind Jedi Knight star 6

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    Oct 14, 2001
    10-11PM | ID | SERIES DEBUT
    James Ellroy's LA: City of Demons

    "Yes, welcome to James Ellroy's L.A. You'll come for the sun. But you'll stay because he looks like he might kill you if you don't."
     
  10. Nevermind

    Nevermind Jedi Knight star 6

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    Oct 14, 2001
    10:30-11PM | IFC | SERIES DEBUT
    Portlandia

    "Fred Armisen and former Sleater-Kinney rocker Carrie Brownstein lampoon Portland's hipster lifestyle on a sketch show 200 times funnier than that description makes it sound."
     
  11. Nevermind

    Nevermind Jedi Knight star 6

    Registered:
    Oct 14, 2001
    8-9PM
    CBS, SERIES DEBUT

    Chaos

    "Just what the TV world wasn't waiting for: the CIA as a wacky workplace. Six Feet Under's Freddy Rodriguez plays Rick Martinez, a mole among a group of rogue CIA spies. Filled with familiar faces, from Eric Close to Tim Blake Nelson to Kurtwood Smith, the show aims for breezy fun, but to sell the premise of eccentric spooks tracking terrorists, the humor has to be better than the jabbering wisecracks and frenetic sight gags here. ''You're bad for the sake of being good,'' says Martinez. No, you're just bad. C- ? Ken Tucker"
     
  12. Chancellor_Ewok

    Chancellor_Ewok Chosen One star 7

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    Nov 8, 2004
    This sounds like it will basically be The Office wrapped in American Dad.
     
  13. Nevermind

    Nevermind Jedi Knight star 6

    Registered:
    Oct 14, 2001
    9-10:05PM | HBO
    Game of Thrones

    "Jousts! Armor! Hard-to-spell names! Wouldn't a Pegasus perfect this fantasy drama? Pegasuses are so underutilized."


     
  14. Nevermind

    Nevermind Jedi Knight star 6

    Registered:
    Oct 14, 2001
    10-11PM
    BBC AMERICA, SERIES DEBUT
    The-Hour-West_175

    The Hour

    "Dominic West from The Wire stars in this British drama about a weekly news program set during the era of the Suez Crisis. Never heard of the Suez Crisis? Okay, well, in 1956... Actually, just watch the damn show."
     
  15. Darth McClain

    Darth McClain Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

    Registered:
    Feb 5, 2000
    This sounds like it could be really interesting...wish that I got BBC America.
     
  16. SithLordDarthRichie

    SithLordDarthRichie CR Emeritus: London star 9

    Registered:
    Oct 3, 2003
    I've been watching it, very interesting show and a good cast
     
  17. soitscometothis

    soitscometothis Chosen One star 6

    Registered:
    Jul 11, 2003
    It's a bit slow to start with. One of my initial problems with it was that it reminded me too much of 80's movie Broadcast News, only with a murder/conspiracy tacked on. Though it gets better as it goes on, I still think it's not entirely sure what it wants to be. However, I've got one episode to go, and I've been hooked for a while. And Richie is right about the cast, it's a good group of people.
     
  18. Nevermind

    Nevermind Jedi Knight star 6

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    Oct 14, 2001
    9-10PM | THE CW | SERIES DEBUT
    The Secret Circle

    "A teenage girl moves to Chance Harbor, Washington, a town populated by witches."
     
  19. Nevermind

    Nevermind Jedi Knight star 6

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    Oct 14, 2001
    9:30-10PM | CBS | SERIES DEBUT
    2 Broke Girls

    A former rich girl gets a job at a Brooklyn diner and befriends a longtime waitress.


    10-11PM | NBC | SERIES DEBUT
    The Playboy Club

    I imagine the pitch meeting went something like this: ''Playboy Bunnies! Uh, there's a plot thingy, too. And Playboy Bunnies!''
     
  20. Nevermind

    Nevermind Jedi Knight star 6

    Registered:
    Oct 14, 2001
    9-9:30PM | FOX | SERIES DEBUT

    New Girl

    With Zooey Deschanel joining her sister, Emily, on the Fox network, I'm proud to have finally learned how to spell ''Deschanel'' without spell-checking it all the time.

    10-11PM | CBS | SERIES DEBUT
    Unforgettable

    Carrie Wells (Poppy Montgomery) is a former detective with hyperthymesia, a rare condition that makes people remember everything they've ever seen.
     
  21. DAR

    DAR Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Jul 8, 2004
    New Girl was good enough for me to at least check out the second episode.
     
  22. Nevermind

    Nevermind Jedi Knight star 6

    Registered:
    Oct 14, 2001
    8-10PM | FOX | SERIES DEBUT
    The X Factor

    The beauty of The X Factor? This is the show where we'll get to see Simon Cowell squirm.

    10-11PM | ABC | SERIES DEBUT
    Revenge

    In this deliciously backstabby Hamptons drama, Emily Thorne arrives in the ritzy beach town to get back at society queen Victoria and her husband.
     
  23. Nevermind

    Nevermind Jedi Knight star 6

    Registered:
    Oct 14, 2001
    8-9PM | ABC | SERIES DEBUT
    Charlie's Angels

    The latest Angels are a thief, a disgraced cop, and a street racer. Which is all completely irrelevant because they're also way hot.

    10-11PM | NBC | SERIES DEBUT
    Prime Suspect

    Prime is overripe with hard-boiled detectives and renders Jane not a feisty broad to admire, but rather a bullying pain in the ass you'd cross the street to avoid.
     
  24. Nevermind

    Nevermind Jedi Knight star 6

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    Oct 14, 2001
    10:01-11PM | ABC | SERIES DEBUT
    Pan Am

    "It's 1963 and flying is considered glamorous, unlike 2011 when it's considered the best way to pay $14 for a bag of SunChips."
     
  25. Nevermind

    Nevermind Jedi Knight star 6

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    Oct 14, 2001
    8-10PM | FOX | SERIES DEBUT
    Terra Nova

    "The Future: Earth is a burned-out smogopolis choking to death from environmental decay, and the only hope for mankind lies 85 million years in the past."

    I have absolutely nada interest in this concept.