More new shows have premiered. I'm barely keeping up:
Six Degrees. Haven't watched yet, heard good things. Weighing whether or not I can handle the Erika Christensen factor.
Brothers & Sisters. This one left me a little cold. Generic, no real hook so far. I love Rachel Griffiths, though, always and forever, so I might give it another try. Better title: We Are Family.
Heroes. Liked it, almost definitely totally on board. A lot of the individual pieces of the pilot didn't work -- especially the junkie artist with the overwrought girlfriend and most of all Milo Ventimiglia's hair. Still, it seems like everything's headed somewhere, which is encouraging.
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. . . and we're out. I liked the second episode just fine, but I'm not sure that I see where we're going for the remainder of the season. Where is the suspense, now that Danny and Matt have proven they can take over the show (within a show)? Oh, and I just remembered: Saturday Night Live is completely irrelevant, so who cares?
Gilmore Girls. I read a lot of reviews of the pilot and they all seemed to hang on the same hook: Gilmore Girls is not Gilmore Girls without the Palladinos. I think I said as much, back when they quit. Now I don't buy it. Last night's episode was decent, with a few laugh-out-loud moments, good plot progression and -- very encouraging -- effective use of Liza Weil (Paris). It's still the same damned show. But. The real test will be when we have an Emily episode: those are the ones in which Amy Sherman Palladino really shone and may be the hardest ones to duplicate.
Runaway. I keep hoping that this is going to turn out to be a small-screen adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan's comic book series. Didn't hate it, though: appealing young people, some interesting work from Leslie Hope. Not getting attached, however: it lost something like half of 7th Heaven's (miniscule) audience Monday night. --Peter
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