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Dark Blue premieres on TNT
I’ve been a fan of Dylan McDermott since way back. Back when I couldn’t quite keep my Dylans and Dermots straight ((I’m not the only one.)) I still knew when I saw him that I’d probably enjoy whatever he was doing. I put up with The Practice long past its DEK half-life, ((The number of…
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Burn Notice: “Signals and Codes”
My name is Michael Weston. I’m an actor. When you’re a busy actor you’ve got a lot. Cash, credits, job history. You’re stuck working in whatever city they decide to film in. Like Miami. Out from the shadow of the Paxson arc, Michael’s back to trying to find his way back into the Company’s good…
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Warehouse 13 premieres on the network with the stupid name
It was a big night for The Syphillis Network. ((Yes. That will be the only way I’ll ever refer to them henceforth, unless I somehow got a staff job on one of their shows. Pick a juvenile name; suffer juvenile taunts.)) They debuted their new name in the morning, ran their interminably long promo which…
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Virtuality Premiere, Pilot, or One and Done?
The Virtuality pilot aired on FOX last night but I didn’t get around to watching it until this morning. I’d been looking forward to it a great deal due to its pedigree – Ron Moore, Michael Taylor, Gail Berman, and Peter Berg in various creative capacities – and the promise held in its premise: a…
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Burn Notice: “Fearless Leader”
And so the saga, nay the tragedy, of Detective Paxson comes to a close. I’m surprised she didn’t literally whimper as she trudged off the screen. For a show that rarely missteps, Paxson was a rolled ankle, stubbed toe, and nail fungus wrapped in a somewhat pretty package. ((If you think that metaphor’s tough to…
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Hawthorne
Just when I think I could give up on TV and walk away forever, TNT creates a new medical drama, Hawthorne. I was skeptical. Grey’s lost its appeal once Isaiah Washington left and Izzie started sleeping with her ghost lover. ER lost me nearly a decade ago and Private Practice always has been a bit…
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Burn Notice: “Question and Answer”
Things are heating up in Miami, Eff El A. Michael’s got a new admirer in Detective Paxson, she of the sly smile and withering looks, and some C4 in storage. If Paxson finds out what Michael’s got stored, things will get downright explosive. Oh, and there’s a kid in peril and a birthday party in…
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Royal Pains: Pilot
Light. Frothy. Summertime fun. If you like your summers the way I do, with frosty drinks and evening breezes off the ocean, you might have enjoyed the premiere of Royal Pains as much as I did. Then again, if you’re in the camp who finds Mark Feuerstein bland and uninteresting, you might not have liked…
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Burn Notice: “Friends and Family”
Fiona, he did his government work, as you call it, for a reason. For what? His country? And what have they done for him lately, other than betray him, leave him for dead, ruin his life? The fact that you have to ask means you’re never gonna get it, Fi. It seems like ages since…
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Burn Notice Season Three
Michael Westen’s had a rough couple of years, even if they have been in the sunny clime of Miami. Burn Notice Season 3 premieres this Thursday, June 4, 2009 on USA Network in its new timeslot at 9p/8c. Tracked by Feds, hassled by Bly, attacked by Arye Gross, and splattered in Toby Ziegler’s blood, and…