More premieres . . .
Battlestar Galactica returns tonight. I haven't been reading spoilers. (What did Veronica call spoiler-reading? "Douchebaggy"?) I guess there's a chance that this is the season in which the show completely falls apart, but I don't think so. I can't wait. New time: 9:00 PM EDT, which is better, I think.
The Nine. I really didn't care for this and I'm trying to figure out why. I think the premise is corny and false: the survivors of a hostage situation are so drawn together by their experience that they become friends. I'm mildly interested in finding out what happened during the actual hostage situation, but based on the crappy dialogue and afore-mentioned corny premise, only mildly interested. On the plus side: Kim Raver has a lot more to do on this show. She and Tim Daly have actual, solid chemistry.
Kidnapped. I'm a week behind and, it turns out, it's already been cancelled. Are the writers going to resolve the story in the ten remaining episodes? Will NBC actually air them? I don't know. I feel a little sad, though: the pilot was actually pretty good; the second episode was a little gimmicky, but still exhibited some potential.
Ugly Betty. Still my favorite. This week I had a chance to pay attention to how fun the set design is. America Ferrera just gets better and better; Vanessa Williams is great, too. I'm worried that the show will get bogged down in self-regard like Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy. For now, though, I'm enjoying it immensely.
. . . and one finale:
Eureka ended its first season this week and promptly got picked up for a second season on Sci Fi. The finale was an unusually strong episode. I feel like most of this season has been semi-disposable fluff, albeit well-acted, -written and -shot fluff. The finale worked a nice twist on time travel and left us with a few excellent revelations.
-- Peter
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