Warren mentioned this show. I’d not even heard of it.
Modern Family is an American mockumentary comedy TV series. …
The show premiered on ABC on September 23, 2009 to critical acclaim. …
… Metacritic score of 86 out of 100. Entertainment Weekly gave it an A-, calling it “…immediately recognizable as the best new sitcom of the fall…”
Click PLAY or watch the trailer on YouTube.
Looks great. Leave a comment if you have an opinion on it.
The only two TV shows I try to watch regularly are Colbert and Glee.
… But I could add 30Rock to that list.
It’s smart. And getting better each season.
Too bad 30Rock is not more of a ratings hit.
30 Rock has been a critical success, winning several major awards (including Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2007, 2008, and 2009), and achieving the top ranking on myriad critics’ year-end best of 2006 and 2007 lists.
On July 14, 2009, the series was nominated for 22 Emmy Awards, the most in a single year for a comedy series.Despite these accolades, the series averaged a low 5.8 million viewers in the United States during its first season, according to the Nielsen Ratings system, and ranked 102 out of 142 television series.
The 13th (2005) in the excellent Inspector Dalgliesh mystery series. The second most recent.
… Acclaimed novelist Nathan Oliver incurs the wrath of his fellow residents on Combe Island, a private property off the Cornish coast used as an exclusive retreat by movers and shakers in many fields. When Oliver is murdered, Scotland Yard dispatches Dalgliesh and two of his team to Combe, where the commander checks alibis and motives in his trademark understated manner. …
Dalgliesh is stricken with S.A.R.S. in this one.
P.D. James is one of the best writers today, quality literature in the British tradition.
The detailed and ingenious plotting reminds me of some of the great BBC TV serials.
My Dad watches a lot of BBC. My Mom never misses Coronation Street.
It’s amazing how many older, even elderly, actors get work on British television, all seemingly stage trained. Normal looking people, most with crooked teeth.
On American TV being a model with no acting experience at all – but great teeth and hair – is sufficient to get you a role.
I heard a great interview with Matthew Morrison, star of the Fox TV series Glee.
Click PLAY or watch the trailer on YouTube.
Leave a comment if you have an opinion on Glee. I’m really enjoying it.
You can watch recent episodes in Canada on Global. Watch recent episodes in the USA on Fox.
On iTunes, Season 1 (13 episodes) costs only $13.95.
It’s based on a novel by Canadian author Robert J. Sawyer published in 1999.
The new TV series is getting good buzz and looks to be a keeper.
Series Premiere: Thursday, September 24th, 2009. 8/7c on ABC.
Click PLAY or watch a promo on YouTube.
The full premiere episode can be watched online on ABC … IF you live in the USA. I can’t find it available online from Canada. (Me thinks I need to go to Hawaii to watch it.)
I’m a big fan of Robert J. Sawyer. The only way he’ll ever make much money, however, is if his books are used for TV and movies.
Sawyer is a good friend of my brother Randy who tells me that ABC expects a 5yr run of the TV show. The plan is that it will replace LOST in their lineup.
CTV.ca will stream it online free for Canadians.
Click through to (Ep. 101) “No More Good Days” Series Premiere
My brother is a big fan of American Idol. And a practiced vocalist himself.
He calls this season of the hit TV show the best ever. And says that the finalists were certainly the best ever.
Kris Allen won out over Adam Lambert in a somewhat surprising finish.
Is Adam Lambert a “world wide star”?
He might be.
Though their duet with members of Queen was praised by MTV, to my untrained ear it was obvious we have NOT discovered a new Freddy Mercury.
I don’t watch Idol. I don’t watch Dancing with the Stars … except this year as Shawn Johnson was entered. Her win was good publicity for gymnastics.
The only reality TV show of this genre I like is So You Think You Can Dance.
In case you have not yet seen this viral video of a Scottish spinster who became a worldwide overnight sensation.
47 Year old Susan Boyle wows the judges with her performance in the auditions for Britains Got Talent, singing I dreamed a dream from Les Miserables.
Click PLAY or watch her on YouTube.
Watched the final episode tonight.
I’m not a manic fan (like Dana) but I’ve always enjoyed the understated rural Canadian humour. Thanks for the memories.
… The finale was, in almost every sense, just another typically, quietly, dryly drop-deadpan hilarious episode. This has never been a show about emotional upheaval or shocking revelation or forensic medicine or tempestuous romance (unless you count Brent and Lacey’s near-kiss, or Hank’s sexy fish talk, or Emma’s occasional snuggle-up with Oscar).
So there was no reason to expect anything earthshaking, like Brent waking up next to Suzanne Pleshette, and finding Patrick Duffy in his shower, and suddenly realizing that the whole thing’s all just been a horrible dream.
Actually, that might have been kinda funny. But very, very un-Corner Gas.
The theme song says it all: “There’s not a lot goin’ on…
The Star – Corner Gas stays true to itself in finale
Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom series created by Brent Butt. It airs on CTV in Canada, WGN America in the United States, and SBS in Australia.
Deriving its name from the roadside gas station located in the fictional town of Dog River, Saskatchewan. Corner Gas is the only gas station for 60 kilometres (37 mi), in any direction. …
The show became an instant hit, averaging a million-viewers per episode …
The Colbert Report is the best comedy show on television. And my favourite TV show of all time.
Colbert is a “well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot”, a caricature of televised political pundits like right-wing idiot Bill O’Reilly.
Colbert debated Lawrence Lessig, “a founding board member of Creative Commons, a board member of the Software Freedom Law Center and a former board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He is best known as a proponent of reduced legal restrictions on copyright, trademark and radio frequency spectrum, particularly in technology applications.”
Needless to say, Colbert pretended to be outraged against anything “free” on the net, especially illegal downloading.
Here’s one clip from Colbert’s ongoing coverage of the internet.
Stephen Colbert makes a remix featuring himself on some “jaw dropping, ear popping fresh” beats so others won’t 🙂
That was the most ground breaking TV show in history. Genius.
Archie Bunker got us talking by pushing so many hot buttons.
A 10min clip from Archie Bunker Meets Sammy Davis.
TV Guide named Archie the greatest television character of all time.
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