I thought that I’d dislike ‘The River’. I’m only a casual “found footage” genre fan, and I don’t really care for ‘Paranormal Activity‘ or its clones. So, color me surprised when I actually enjoyed the first two episodes of ABC’s new jungle horror show, which was created by ‘Paranormal Activity’ director Oren Peli.
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Earlier this year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mystified the world with news that hack director Brett Ratner had been hired to produce next year’s Oscars telecast. This seemed like a spectacularly bad idea to just about everyone except, perhaps, AMPAS President Tom Sherak. Ratner quickly announced that once-funny actor Eddie Murphy (who oh-so-coincidentally happens to be the star of the director’s new film, ‘Tower Heist’) would host the ceremony. That part, at least, didn’t sound like nearly as huge of a mistake. Well, now they’re both out, thanks to Ratner’s stunning self-destruction, and the Academy has to scramble to make alternate plans for the February broadcast.
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Because the networks are holding back for November sweeps, most of the TV shows I watch didn’t air new episodes over the past week. Let’s use this opportunity to catch up with one that did. ‘Castle’ had a pretty fun Halloween episode on Monday. That’s odd, however, since the show will air another new episode next Monday, which is actually Halloween.
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Well, ‘Modern Family’ wasn’t bad last week, but it really wasn’t that good either. A normally likeable character got a little monstrous, and though there were lessons to be learned, nobody actually learned them. It was funny enough, but it didn’t feel like ‘Modern Family’.
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That headline above isn’t a line of dialogue from the episode. No, that’s just me begging for mercy while watching the premiere of ABC’s new fairy tale… thing, whatever it is… ‘Once Upon a Time’. Needless to say, I’m not a fan.
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Two more network sitcoms have premiered, both of them on ABC. Can Tim Allen resurrect his TV career? Are we ready for yet another sitcom where a bunch of grown men act like giant man-babies? Let’s see how ‘Last Man Standing’ and ‘Man Up’ fare on the Sitcom Scorecard.
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I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop, but it never does. Season 2 of ‘Modern Family’ was really hit and miss for me, but we’re five episodes into the third and, while there have been some underwhelming episodes, there’s nothing that I’d consider even close to bad. Continue Reading
It’s been a great season for ‘Modern Family’ so far, and ‘Door to Door’ continues the trend. Folks get paired up nicely, storylines play out well and there aren’t any of those ambiguous non-morals from Season 2.
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Well, the world just doesn’t make sense. Since the last Sitcom Scorecard post, NBC has ordered up a whole slate of ‘Whitney’ and CBS has extended the run of ’2 Broke Girls’. In other words, Whitney Cummings has taken the TV world by storm this year. Whoever is watching these shows, please stop. Please.
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All right, so I’m a little behind on my ‘Modern Family’ posts. I’ve had some crazy busy weeks, and I honestly didn’t get around to watching anything until earlier this week when Hulu helped me catch up. The show is back and I’m going to do some quick hits on the episodes that have already aired.
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