Everything In Between
$h*! My Dad Says
So, I’m really torn when it comes to CBS’s new haha, $h*! (pronounced BLEEP) My Dad Says. First of all, it comes from David Kohen and Max Mutchnick the hilarious duo that brought us Will & Grace. Based on a Twitter feed of the same name, it stars William Shatner as a grumpy old man who lives with his twentysomething son. The show also stars the hilarious and often under used, Nicole Sullivan who delivers some decent laughs with co-star (and former MadTV cast mate) Will Sasso. I don’t buy the father/son banter between Ed and son Henry, and none of Shatner’s zingers caused me to LOL, but CBS is confident Captain Kirk and company will be able to help launch a whole new comedy block Thursday nights at 8, a timeslot occupied by Jeff Probst since 2001.
No Ordinary Family
This new superhero series from one of my favourite television producers, Greg Berlanti, follows the lives of a typical American family after their plane crashes in the Amazon River and they all gain some sort of extraordinary power making them, No Ordinary Family. Interesting? Not too sure. From what information I could peel away from the shows extended trailer, there are no obstacles for these people other then learning to cope with their new found abilities in their day to day lives. Mom has speed, Dad has strength and agility and the kids get book smarts and that thing Mel Gibson got in ‘What Women Want’. There is no mention of a super villain or a government conspiracy or any need for these characters to hide or use their special skills. I am definitely going to give the pilot of No Ordinary Family my full attention when it premieres on September 28 and hope that there is more to this story then they’re letting on. With Glee as its major competition, No Ordinary Family is going to have to kick some major ass if they hope to keep people from drifting off to the musical hallways of McKinley High.
Hawaii Five-O
CBS is looking to the past to heat up its Monday night schedule this fall with the revival of its classic crime drama, Hawaii Five-O. The original series ran for twelve seasons back in the late sixties and seventies and starred Jack Lord as the ruggedly handsome Detective Steve McGarrett. This time around, Detective McGarrett is portrayed by one of Australia’s sexiest exports, Alex O’Loughlin who was last seen at the bottom of the box office in Jennifer Lopez’s baby blunder, 'The Back-up Plan'. Rounding out the cast of beach bums with badges are Scott Cann, Daniel Dae Kim (who I am so excited to see working again after last May’s LOST finale) and the ever lovely, Jean Smart. With a new batch of bad guys to catch every week I’m afraid that once the sunsets in Honolulu, Hawaii Five-O will follow the path of the Criminal Mind’s and NCIS’s of the world as just another CBS police procedural.
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