After seeing the hilarious trailer for that new TV comedy – Modern Family, I watched every episode online.
Brilliant. See it.
Category: TV
Canada apologizes to America
To my American friends, I’m very sorry for posting this comedy clip from the brilliant Canadian TV show This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
That’s Colin Mochrie from 2003.
Good Riddance – Sarah Palin goes to FOX TV
On Sunday, January 10th, 60 Minutes did an interview with John McCain’s campaign strategist Steve Schmidt:
Sarah Palin comes off very, very badly.
Schmidt says it would be a disaster to elect her President in 2012.
Click PLAY or watch her Greatest Hits on YouTube.
Happily, Dana just let me know that Palin’s gone to work for Fox News TV, the bastion of those who actually still believe anything she says.
How appropriate.
OUCH – Canada loses to USA – Jr Hockey
I guess it was … destiny.
Click PLAY or watch a Nike commercial on YouTube.
new TV comedy – Modern Family
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.
shout out for 30Rock
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 Lighthouse – P.D. James
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.
have you seen Glee?
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.
new TV show – FlashForward
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.
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no new Freddy Mercury here
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.
Rick McCharles 