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‘Supergirl’ Pilot Recap: “The World Needs You to Fly”

Shannon Nutt — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 19:00:53 +0000

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 took ‘Smallville’ ten seasons to cover what ‘Supergirl’ gives us in one episode. The pilot begins...

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‘Alcatraz’ 1.06 Recap: Won’t You Be Mine?

Josh Zyber — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:00:17 +0000

Mad bomber plots are a staple of many crime shows. But a time-traveling serial landmine bomber… ? Well, that’s the kind of twist that ‘Alcatraz’ puts on the old formula. The escapee of the week in ‘Paxton Petty’ is a Korean War vet who specialized in ordnance disposal. When denied the Silver Star that he...

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‘Necessary Roughness’ Pilot Recap: “There’s No Playbook for This”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:00:20 +0000

The USA Network has been pretty ambitious this year. Hot on the heels of its promising new legal drama ‘Suits‘, the cable net also premiered another new series called ‘Necessary Roughness’ last week. I don’t know that this one is quite a touchdown just yet, but it has potential. The show is a starring vehicle...

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Aren’t “Reality” Shows Fake Enough Already?

Josh Zyber — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:00:41 +0000

This past weekend, I went to the movies, which is actually becoming a rarer and rarer occurrence these days. During the annoying “Pre-Show Entertainment” reel of commercials was an ad for what appeared to be a new Reality show called ‘My Generation’ that will premiere on ABC this fall. It’s about a group of former...

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