‘Black Lightning’ Pilot Recap: “The Rules of th
Not to minimize its legitimacy in any way, but it’s fairly obvious that The CW’s new superhero series ‘Black Lightning’ was greenlit to compete with Marvel’s ‘Luke Cage’ and perhaps cash i...
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‘Legends of Tomorrow’ Pilot Recap: “Time Travel
Based on the first episode, ‘Legends of Tomorrow’, the new spinoff from ‘Arrow’ and ‘The Flash’, is DC Comics’ most ambitious television undertaking to date. It’s also undoubtedly go...
‘Supergirl’ Pilot Recap: “The World Needs You t
After plenty of promotion by CBS, ‘Supergirl’ finally took flight this week in a one-hour premiere that I might have enjoyed a whole lot more if the show-runners didn’t feel the need to cram so much into it. It t...
‘The Flash’ Pilot Recap: “You Need to Believe i
Flash – ah ahhhhhh, Saviour of the Universe… Oh wait, sorry, wrong Flash. The CW’s new superhero drama series ‘The Flash’ is of course based on the famous DC Comics character, and is positioned here as a spin-off...
‘The Tomorrow People’ Pilot Recap: “Don’t
As a rule, I don’t generally pay much attention to the programming on The CW network. However, I like to keep abreast of new shows, especially sci-fi or genre shows, and I’m willing to give anything at least one shot w...
‘Arrow’ Pilot Recap: “We’ll Put Out an AP
It’s been more than a year since ‘Smallville’ finally went off the air. Hoping to lure back some of that comic book geek audience, the CW network premiered its new series ‘Arrow’, based on the DC Comi...
‘Political Animals’ Pilot Recap: “They Only Lov
The so-called “Limited Series Event” (how that’s different than a miniseries, I’m not certain) ‘Political Animals’ is quite ambitious by the USA Network’s standards. The show features a fe...
‘No Ordinary Family’ Pilot Recap: Seems Pretty Ordina
Since NBC finally canceled ‘Heroes‘, ABC is now trying to fill the primetime superhero void with its new comic-themed adventure series ‘No Ordinary Family’. Even the title is utterly generic, isn’t it...