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Second Episodes: Reaper and Chuck

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

I watched the second episodes of both Reaper (written by Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas) and Chuck (written by Chris Fedak and Josh Schwartz) last night. I thought they both suffered from the same problem. Both have solid franchises and lots of charm. Both have the funny down pat. But I […]

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Journeyman

Monday, September 24, 2007

What I like about Journeyman is the way writer creator, Kevin Falls — a veteran of Sports Night and West Wing, rolls out the premise, a little at a time. He doesn’t feel the need to spell out the story for you. He lets you come and get it. And […]

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Chuck

Monday, September 24, 2007

Chuck and Journeyman compare nicely.

Both are about men who get superpowers: Chuck gets national secrets downloaded into his brain and Journeyman’s Dan can time travel.
Both pilots take a familiar form: One storyline introduces the series premise or season arc (the A-story) and the second covers a mystery of the week (B-story).

Then again, […]

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New Site, New Look

Monday, September 24, 2007

Welcome to the new site.
Many thanks to Mr. Amazing for his hard work and endless patience in making this happen. He’s my personal superhero. Which is interesting, because superheroes seem to be the week’s theme.

There’s a lot of superpower shows coming at us right now: Chuck, Journeyman, Bionic Woman and Reaper are all […]

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Things For You To Do While I’m Previewing the New Season

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

I am getting prepped for the fall launch. That means watching as many pilots as I can get my hands on (thank you to my new best friends at CanWest Global who have supplied me with screeners) and figuring out which ones I’m prepared to watch 4 or 5 more times, so I can post […]

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