ABC Studios is coming out with a slew of television DVD releases once fall approaches, and the pack of offerings run the complete gamut of reaction possibilities. From your favorite shows, to television's biggest "oh my God, that's still on" titles, to "Woops, there goes that show," it's all coming for your viewing and owning pleasure. Of course, all of these shows have their fans, and ABC has … [Read more...]
To make it as a TV series, you simply must evolve. Your characters have to develop, and eventually, a show ought to only bear a certain family resemblance to the first few episodes. Cougar Town's first season put the most rapid fire treatment to this theory in the history of television, and by the time all was said and done, the entire first season was akin to one, enormous pilot episode. Back … [Read more...]
There's a lot of good stuff this week, so much so that I'm actually putting this together when I had intended to skip this week's edition. Sadly, there aren't really enough DVDs of great interest, and the ones there are will likely be covered individually. One of the more interesting notes, or at least one that has people talking, are the recent TV adds and losses. ABC has given full season … [Read more...]
Cougar Town is set to premiere Wednesday, September 23rd at 9:30, and I'm not convinced the Courteney Cox vehicle is going to improve the Friends alumni track record. Cox stars as Jules Cobb in a show that comes across as a stand-up act translated grudgingly into a sitcom... but, the stand-up of someone who isn't particularly funny. Jules is a divorced mom of a teenage son, who is not … [Read more...]
