Tag Archives: Fall 2011 Prime TIme

REVIEW: Prime Suspect – (NBC – Thursday, 10:00 p.m.)

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

Regular readers of The ‘Tastic know that we have a long list of types of shows that we simply hate and ranking high on that list is the police procedural . They are all the same (which is why they’re referred to as procedurals… duh) and it’s incredibly rare that any of them really stand out from one another. And then there’s NBC’s Prime Suspect which is really one of the best procedurals we’ve seen in years. Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Pan Am – ABC (Sunday, 10:00 p.m.)

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Passion, jealousy and espionage… They do it all – and they do it at 30,000 feet. The style of the 1960s, the energy and excitement of the Jet Age and a drama full of sexy entanglements deliciously mesh in this … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: A Gifted Man (CBS – Friday, 8:00 p.m.)

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

A Gifted Man is a drama about a brilliant, charismatic surgeon whose life changes forever when his deceased ex-wife begins teaching him the meaning of life from the “hereafter.”  Michael Holt (Patrick Wilson) is an exceptional doctor who lives a materialistic … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: ‘Person of Interest’ (CBS – Thursday, 9:00 p.m.)

Posted on October 23, 2011 by

We have been enjoying Person of Interest on CBS, so far. It’s gritty, full of action, well acted… not to mention it takes place in the Big Apple. Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Last Man Standing – ABC (Tuesday, 8:00 p.m.)

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

Last Man Standing literally is a complete redo of Home Improvement and even the wife (played by nancy Travis) is the exact same character as Jill Taylor (Patricia Richardson) fromhome Improvement. And truthfully, as much as you’d think we’d have a problem with this lack of originality, we don’t. Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Suburgatory – ABC (Wednesday, 8:30 p.m.)

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

There are some shows that we know are going to be a complete piece of $#*!-My-Dad-Says before ever seeing one episode, such as Whitney, for example, and then there are some shows that we know are going to be a complete piece of $#*!-My-Dad-Says before ever seeing one episode but then they pleasantly surprise the complete $#*!-My-Dad-Says out of us by turning out to be actually very funny. Suburgatory would be the latter and so far is the best new comedy we’ve seen this year. Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Terra Nova – FOX (Monday, 8:00 p.m.)

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

Regular readers of the blog know that as much as we like the concept of Terra Nova, we have been very skeptical about whether or not it would be able to find an audience on a prime-time network (especially FOX) to justify the largest budget in television history, because quite frankly, prime-time audiences don’t watch serialized science fiction for the most part. And, yes, despite what writer/exec. producer Brannon Braga claims, Terra Nova is indeed a science fiction show. Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Free Agents – NBC (Wednesday, 8:30 p.m.)

Posted on September 24, 2011 by

“Free Agents” is a crooked workplace/romantic new comedy from creator John Enbom (“Party Down”) and Emmy Award-winning director Todd Holland (“Malcolm in the Middle”) based on the cult U.K. series of the same name that explores the trials and tribulations … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: ‘Revenge’ – ABC (Wednesday, 10:00 p.m.)

Posted on September 23, 2011 by

We were a little nervous about Revenge for a variety of reasons. One, because as good Catholics who actually did pay attention in class, the glorification of revenge itself is unseemly on its face. Second, we just weren’t sure if it were possible for the cute girl-next-door, Emily Van Camp to effectively pull off this type of character and third, the premise of the “evil wealthy people” has been overplayed since the Greek tragedies. Well, we are glad to say that we have tossed all of those fears out the window… and that was after one episode. Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Whitney – NBC (Thursday, 9:30 p.m.)

Posted on September 23, 2011 by

There was literally nothing funny that happened at all during the pilot. We wanted to stop it ten minutes but knew we had a duty to our readers to stick it out. The only reason that live studio audience was laughing was because they were just happy to see the filming of a new show and, again, like the $#*! My Dad Says audience there is no question they were held at gunpoint. Continue reading →

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