Wednesday, September 8, 2010

What's ON, What's Off and Everything in Between

What’s On

THE EVENT
It’s been a little over three months since we saw the mysterious adventures conclude for Jack, Kate and Locke…or should I say, Not-Locke on ABC’s Lost. But the wait for the next suspenseful, epic drama is almost over. The Event, which has been one of this falls most talked about new shows, is set to premiere September 20th on NBC and surprisingly, it looks alright. Now I must admit that at first I wasn’t to excited for The Event, comparing it to the lacklustre Lost-esq attempts of the past couple of seasons, The Nine and FlashForward to name a few. Yes it has all the ingredients a show needs to succeed, an original (or better yet, unknown) premise, a talented cast including the likes of Jason Ritter, Laura Innes (the original Dr. House) and the ever so intoxicating, Blair Underwood as the President of the United States. The question is, will that be enough to draw audiences in to what could be a Pandora’s box of questions that are still seasons away from being answered?

MIKE AND MOLLY
So there really wasn’t much to pick from in the comedy department this fall. The task was deciding the lesser of all evils, and that honour went to none other then CBS’s Mike & Molly. Going against the typical, fat husband/skinny pretty wife, formula Mike & Molly shows potential to be a hit for the network. Melissa McCarthy, who has proven herself as the hilarious best friend in The Gilmore Girls and Samantha Who respectively, play’s Molly Flynn, a teacher who meet Chicago cop Mike Biggs (Billy Gardell) at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting and hilarity ensues. Throw in a couple of zany supporting character, a laugh track and BAM you have yourself a traditional style sitcom to join the ranks of its siblings The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men.

LAW & ORDER: LA
On September 13, 1990 NBC debuted its groundbreaking drama, Law & Order. Twenty year and five spin-offs later comes the latest instalment of the Dick Wolf series, Law & Order: LA which takes us to the sunny, steamy west coast where crime and punishment makes the New York criminal justice system feel like a walk on Manhattan Beach. I think the fact that the newest L&O series has been shroud in so much mystery has really added to the hype. With players like Skeet Ulrich, Terrence Howard and Alfred Molina at the helm of a fresh cast, and a Hollywood spin on the typical ripped from the headlines stories ala Dick Wolf, L&O:LA has the potential to give the old school formula a facelift for a whole new generation.

To Be Continued...

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