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Fall TV Preview: STALKER
Starring: Maggiq Q (“Nikita”), Dylan McDermott (“Hostages”), Victor Rasuk (“How to Make It in America”) and Mariana Klaveno (“True Blood”)
Genre: One-hour drama
Premiere Date: Wednesday, October 1, 10 p.m., CBS (Global in Canada)
Direct Competition: “Chicago P.D.” (NBC), “Nashville” (ABC)
Premise (in 140 characters or less): Nikita and Derbel McDillet solve icky harassment crimes. [Read more…]
Morning Static: AMERICAN HORROR STORY, MISTRESSES, COMMUNITY & More!
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• Super News: ‘Agent Carter’ adds Dominic Cooper to the cast
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Fall TV Preview: MANHATTAN LOVE STORY
Starring: Analeigh Tipton (“Crazy, Stupid, Love.”), Jake McDorman (“Shameless”), Nicolas Wright (“White House Down”), Jade Catta-Preta (“Californication”) and Kurt Fuller (“Better with You”).
Genre: Single-camera comedy
Premiere Date: Tuesday, September 30, 8:30 p.m., ABC
Direct Competition: “NCIS” (CBS), “The Voice” (NBC), “Utopia” (Fox), “The Flash” (CW)
Premise (in 140 characters or less): A misogynist (McDorman) and a cliché (Tipton) fall for each other after a series of unfortunate events.
Initial Reaction: The overuse of voiceover is glaringly obvious in the wake of an underdeveloped script.
Conclusion: Analeigh Tipton was so charming in “Crazy, Stupid, Love.,” so what’s the excuse for her blandness in “Manhattan Love Story?” I don’t blame her, though. I also don’t blame Bret Harrison lookalike, Jake McDorman, for his equally bland performance. The show’s central duo has very little to work with, and the cold open (he’s strolling down the streets of New York rating women, while she’s strolling down the streets of New York rating handbags) is primitive of what I’m talking about. He’s a misogynist. She’s a cliché. To add to the romantic comedy cliché of it all, she’s a starry-eyed twenty-something overwhelmed by her move to the Big Apple.
The characters in “Manhattan Love Story” are remarkably one-dimensional. Perhaps if the pilot spent more time letting us get to know them, and less time listening to their voiceovers, we’d sympathize with either one of them when the pilot wants us to be sympathetic. To make matters even worse, Tipton’s best friend couple/roommates are just awful, awful people. Gosh, just, terrible people.
If I liked these characters, or cared for them in any way, then I’d give this show a few weeks to find its sea legs, but by the end of it, I liked them even less. For the sake of everyone involved, I hope a second version of the “Manhattan Love Story” pilot comes about that reduces the use of voiceover and adds new scenes to help develop its central duo. The supporting characters need a total rewrite.
Watch Live, DVR or Skip?: Skip this and re-watch “Crazy, Stupid, Love.” instead.
Fall TV Preview: SELFIE
Starring: Karen Gillan (“Doctor Who,” “Guardians of the Galaxy”), John Cho (“Star Trek,” “Harold and Kumar”), Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Angriest Man in Brooklyn”), Allyn Rachel (“Weeds”) and David Harewood (“Homeland”).
Genre: Single-camera comedy
Premiere Date: Tuesday, September 30, 8 p.m., ABC
Direct Competition: “NCIS” (CBS), “The Voice” (NBC), “Utopia” (Fox), “The Flash” (CW)
Premise (in 140 characters or less): A social media celebrity has a #FirstWorldProblem, makes John Cho suffer her bulls–t. [Read more…]
FOX Photopalooza: Go Behind-the-Scenes of BONES, SLEEPY HOLLOW, GOTHAM, NEW GIRL & More!
Can’t get enough of your favorite Fox shows? Neither can we! Which is why we thought now might be as good a time as any to share a handful of behind-the-scenes photos from the likes of BONES, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, SLEEPY HOLLOW, GOTHAM and more. See for yourself, after the jump. [Read more…]
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THE GOOD WIFE! GOTHAM! SCANDAL! THE MINDY PROJECT! The TV Addict Week in Rewind
Best Guest Star: THE MINDY PROJECT scored a homerun by casting Rhea Pearlman as Danny’s TV Guide loving, girlfriend hating hypercritical mom, Annette. Here’s hoping she swings by from time to time!
Best First Impression: Despite being on screen for less than a minute, Cory Michael Smith managed to perfectly capture Edward Nigma — aka The Riddler — in the pilot of GOTHAM.
Most Relatable Moment: SLEEPY HOLLOW’s Ichabod may be, like, 250 years old, but everyone who’s ever been the victim of an unwanted surprise party nodded when he declared, “Is there no end to this birthday madness?”
Least Consequential Death: While the two-hour finale of DALLAS’ third season featured great moments and numerous cliffhangers, the highly-touted “Which Ewing will die?” teaser wound up being kinda pointless. Does anybody really care that Christopher — who was barely even in the episode — bit the dust?
Best Passing Glance: SCANDAL delivered on just about everything fans could want… especially in that closing shot of Olivia and Fitz walking past one another, eyes straight ahead, fingers practically twitching with the desire to touch… never has a scene with so little physical contact caused so much swooning. [Read more…]
Fall TV Preview: TRANSPARENT
Starring: Jeffrey Tambor (“Arrested Development”), Amy Landecker (“Louie”), Jay Duplass (“The Mindy Project”), Gaby Hoffman (“Girls”) and Judith Light (“Who’s the Boss?”)
Genre: Half-hour dramedy
Premiere Date: Friday, September 26, Amazon Prime (all 10 episodes)
Direct Competition: N/A
Premise (in 140 characters or less): A transwoman (Tambor) struggles to come out to her children, who are each suffering their own identity crises. [Read more…]
Now Streaming on Netflix: October 2014
In response to the countless questions that inexplicably seem to pop into our email box on a monthly basis that include some variation of the phrase “What happened to [insert your favorite show here] on Netflix?” theTVaddict.com has decided to post a monthly list of what is new on Netflix. [Read more…]