In the US: CBS, Tuesdays, 10pm ET/PT. Starts September 19th.
In the UK: Acquired by ITV for ITV4 for 2007; Hallmark has second-run rights
Heat: The Series. Sounds like a great idea, doesn’t it? Well, maybe not, but in the right hands it could be. Are the hands of John Wells, the man who largely messed up The West Wing post-Sorkin, the hands that could take Michael Mann’s classic and turn it into quality television drama?
Surprisingly, almost.
In the US: Second season, Wednesdays, Fox, 8/7c
In the UK: Not airing at the moment. Sky One and Five (probably) for the second season. Nothing official yet.
Characters re-cast: 0
Major characters gotten rid of: 0-1
Major new characters: 1
Format change percentage: 10%
I didn’t take to the first episode of Bones. It all seemed just a little bit too silly compared with CSI (which is saying something). I’ve watched a few episodes of the first season since, and it’s still pretty ropey.
So I went into this with low expectations. Was I justified? Pretty much. I won’t say it was awful, but it’s still not a fantastic piece of television.
Bloody ITV4. Just as I start getting into things like The Strange Report, they dump them! So no The Strange Report on ITV4 tonight, or The Persuaders!, only a repeat of Miami Vice. Still, it’s Golden Triangle Part One, which is the good episode where Castillo cracks open a can of martial arts whoop-ass on some drug dealers.
The Champions is still on Thursdays though.
Bloody ITV4. Just as I start getting into things like The Strange Report, they dump them! So no The Strange Report on ITV4 tonight, or The Persuaders!, only a repeat of Miami Vice. Still, it’s Golden Triangle Part One, which is the good episode where Castillo cracks open a can of martial arts whoop-ass on some drug dealers.
The Champions is still on Thursdays though.
You might have already heard about Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s employee training videos for Microsoft. What you might not know is that Trey Parker and Matt Stone have also done some corporate videos. You can see their effort for Universal Studios over on Google Video. It guest-stars Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Demi Moore and Sylvester Stallone among others (it’s an old video), so is worth watching for the nostalgia value alone.
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