Thursday, February 28, 2008

And we are all better for it...

FROM TVGUIDE.com:
"According to the Hollywood Reporter, in a speech at the Harvard Business School's Entertainment & Media conference, ('Quarterlife' creator) Herskovitz told a group that the drama about a blogger and her group of twentysomething friends "never should have been a network show. It's too specific."

The show's premiere was the network's worst performance in the 10 pm time slot in at least 17 years, averaging 3.1 million viewers overall. No official cancellation has been announced, but sources believe it's likely the show's second episode — set for this Sunday — will never make it to NBC's air.

AT LEAST NBC STILL HAS LAW AND ORDER
You may have heard that Tom Collins, I mean Jesse L. Martin is hanging up his shield (I hate when people write things like that..Anthony Edwards is hanging up his scrubs, Dennis Franz is turning in his badge...) and is calling it quits after something like 9 years on Law and Order. He is to be replaced by the star of 'Kangaroo Jack' and several sexual harrassment lawsuits, Anthony Anderson. Anderson does look a little like Jesse Martin, if Martin ate Lt. VanBuren. Twice.
Anywho, that was snarky. But I chuckled inside a little. I just wanted to say to say that this show is better than ever this year. The cast is doing an excellent job - I like Jeremy Sisto and the new DA who played Bruce Wayne's dead father in the new Batman installment - Linus something-or-other. The stories are finally well written and compelling again, and I recommend if you need a tightly packaged hour - this is the one. My apologies to David Caruso, Vince D'Nofrio and their acting coaches, but I give my thumbs up to this crime drama above all others. It has now passed all the CSI shlock and Law and Order:Rape, Torture, and Sodomy.

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