Hmmm…. as a movie, I get it. As a TV show… I’m not so sure. As a TV show leading off Friday nights on the most-watched network… we’re back at Hmmm….
Oscar winner Jonathan Demme comes to television with this… well, watch it for yourselves and let me know what you think. I am, quite literally, at a loss for words.
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CAST
- Michael Holt: Patrick Wilson
- Anna Paul: Jennifer Ehle
- Christina Holt: Julie Benz
- Milo Cantoni: Liam Aiken
- Rita Perkins-Hall: Margo Martindale
Ashley Judd comes to TV as an ex-CIA operative whose son is kidnapped and she must find him. The show has lots of foreign locales (shades of Undercovers) and tech gizmos. Without Judd, Missing would be cancelled within the first couple of months. With Judd… it has a chance for survival.
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| starring: | |
| Ashley Judd as Becca Winstone Sean Bean as Paul Winstone Cliff Curtis as Dax |
Adriano Giannini as Giancarlo Nick Eversman as Michael Winstone Tereza Voriskova as Oksana |
Glee might have broken the curse. Musicals and TV have long gone together like peaches and chocolate milk, but with Glee’s success, networks have apparently become less apprehensive. Starting next spring, the Debra Messing-led Smash will give the New Directions crowd some competition as they undertake the task of staging a musical about Marilyn Monroe. With the producers of Hairspray and Chicago behind the scenes, they have a chance.
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Debra Messing, Julia
Christian Borle, Tom
Katharine McPhee, Karen
Jack Davenport, Derek
Megan Hilty, Ivy
Jaime Cepero, Ellis
Anjelica Huston, Eileen
Raza Jaffrey, Dev
Brian d’Arcy James, Frank
Mad Men at the Playboy Club
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Eddie Cibrian, Nick Dalton
Amber Heard, Bunny Maureen
Laura Benanti, Bunny Mother Carol-Lynne
Naturi Naughton, Bunny Brenda
Leah Renee, Bunny Alice
Jenna Dewan, Bunny Janie
David Krumholtz, Billy Rosen
Wes Ramsey, Max
Sorry, I fell asleep. Steven Spielberg was associated with this Anaconda bit of bull shit? Okay. Poor Leslie Hope: her career has gone nowhere since being the sacrificial lamb on 24′s first season.
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| starring: | |
| Bruce Greenwood as Emmet Cole Joe Anderson as Lincoln Cole Paul Blackthorne as Clark Paulina Gaitan as Jahel Leslie Hope as Tess Cole |
Eloise Mumford as Lena Shaun Parkes as Adjay Thomas Kretschmann as Captain Kurt Brynildson Daniel Zacapa as Emilio |
Courtesy: ABC
Much like ABC‘s other cleaned-up-while-pushing-through-pilot season series, Apartment 23, Good Christian Belles lost the Bitch. I hope it doesn’t translate into the show. Rather than an overview, ABC used an extended scene from the show for their upfront presentation. With Darren Star as EP and Annie Potts and Kristin Chenoweth in the cast, I’m feeling better. Here ya go:
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| starring: | |
| Leslie Bibb as Amanda Vaughn Kristin Chenoweth as Carlene Cockburn Annie Potts as Gigi Stopper Jennifer Aspen as Sharon Peacham Miriam Shor as Cricket Caruth-Reilly |
Marisol Nichols as Heather Cruz Brad Beyer as Zack Peacham Mark Deklin as Blake Reilly David James Elliott as Ripp Cockburn |
Courtesy: ABC
Formerly Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23 - a title I much prefer over the new, sanitized name, Apartment 23. How boring. In any event, the show looks intriguing. I like the sex with your boyfriend on top of your birthday cake bit. We’ll see if it lives up to expectations.
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| starring: | |
| Krysten Ritter as Chloe Dreama Walker as June Eric André as Mark |
Michael Blaiklock as Eli James Van Der Beek as James Van Der Beek |
The highest-profile show of the new season… also holds no interest for me. Sorry. But, you might like it.
Charlie’s Angels:
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| starring: | |
| Annie Ilonzeh as Kate Prince Minka Kelly as Eve |
Rachael Taylor as Abby Sampson Ramon Rodriguez as Bosley |
Courtesy: ABC
Hmmm…. ABC‘s Revenge looks a little too Lifetime Sunday afternoon for me, but… And with Emily Van Camp (Brothers and Sisters) in the lead role…………………………………. sorry… I got bored and forgot what I was saying. Anyhoo… here it is. Opinions?
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| starring: | |
| Madeleine Stowe as Victoria Grayson Emily Van Camp as Emily Thorne Gabriel Mann as Nolan Ross Henry Czerny as Conrad Grayson Ashley Madekwe as Ashley Davenport |
Nick Wechsler as Jack Porter Josh Bowman as Daniel Grayson Christa B. Allen as Charlotte Grayson Connor Paolo as Declan Porter |
Courtesy: ABC
Much like NBC’s Grimm, which transports childhood stories into today’s society (well, kinda), ABC‘s Once Upon a Time follows Emma Swan, purportedly Snow White and Prince Charming’s long-lost daughter. From the executive producers of LOST, the show clearly has a great pedigree. The clip looks… interesting. I am not 100% sold, but the LOST connection really intrigues me. I will give it a shot; we’ll see…
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| Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Sister Mary Margaret Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen/Regina Jamie Dornan as Sheriff Graham |
Jared Gilmore as Henry Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/John Doe Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket/Archie |