The Big Bang Theory

Russ Wilhelm | October 3, 2007
Anybody else happen to catch this show. I accidentally caught the pilot, and found one of the few sitcoms I actually could not help laughing over. Hopefully they can keep it up to the standard of the first two shows.

Tony Peters | October 3, 2007
yeah I found it pretty funny....I hope they can keep it up. The Gamer geek reminded me of one of the guy's in my office so much...everyone actually came in and said the same thing....that dude is sooo Bill (mind you I work in an office full of Electronics geeks)

Jackie Mason | October 4, 2007
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Tony Peters | October 4, 2007
ok the idea that you can make an insurance commercial into a sitcom is aaaah adventurous but I know I won't be watching it

Scott Hardie | October 4, 2007
My 5 would be Carpoolers, Big Shots, Life, Dirty Sexy Money, and Chuck.

Jackie Mason | October 5, 2007
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Scott Hardie | October 5, 2007
When I first heard about Cavemen, that adventurousness that Tony mentioned gave me a glimmer of hope. Probably it would be unwatchably awful through-and-through like Encino Man, but maybe, just maybe, it would aspire to be unwatchably awful with an almost-indiscernible hint of intelligence like Dinosaurs. What changed between now and then is the market research that Jackie mentioned: Test audiences thought the cavemen material was unfunny, gee I wonder why, so the producers made them like normal guys with more hair. Every viewer now wonders why they even bothered making it about "cavemen" at all if it's going to be so ordinary. Way to make an untenable sitcom premise even worse.

Tony Peters | October 26, 2007
Viva Laughlin is the next majorly pushed show to get the AXE....my wife and I tried to watch it but half way through the third musical introduction (Melanie Griffith) we had to shut it off...just to hokie for us...and it seems the rest of america

Scott Hardie | October 27, 2007
Launching a new series is an extremely expensive and time-consuming project for a network, which explains certain things about the business like why networks won't do short, self-contained "miniseries" seasons like HBO does with its hit dramas, and why you couldn't look at any web page anywhere in existence in late summer and not see an ad for NBC's Chuck. But if it explains another aspect of the business, I'm baffled: How networks can abandon a struggling new show so very quickly. They must have spent tens of millions of dollars to launch Viva Laughlin, and already it's canceled after one week on the air? Even a movie that flops in its opening weekend will linger for another couple of weeks in an effort to break even. There must be a reason why makes good business sense to cancel such an expensive project so instantly besides just "Dancing with the Stars will perform better in that timeslot."

Jackie Mason | November 11, 2007
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Tony Peters | November 12, 2007
Soap Opera time....wait a week and its later that day....wait a year and it's the next week....

I have cut back on the new shows that I am following Bionic Woman got to campy (it's probably been campy from the beginning)....Big Shots attraction lasted 2 weeks...Moonlight is still interesting probably because the vampire part is only part of the total story. Women's Murder Club is my new favorite crime show.

Jackie Mason | November 14, 2007
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Tony Peters | December 14, 2007
OK I soooo didn't see Chuck being renewed

Chuck Spies Full-Season Pickup

NBC has ordered a full season of its freshman spy series Chuck, giving a green light to the final nine episodes of the first season, Variety reported.

The order was among the first for the network, which is currently seeing the effects of the ongoing writers' strike.

Chuck, starring Zachary Levi as a big-box-store computer geek who's accidentally implanted with government secrets, has posted the best numbers among all of NBC's new shows. To date, Chuck has averaged a 3.4 rating/9 share among adults 18-49. The show also stars Adam Baldwin, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez and Sarah Lancaster.

There's no word yet on orders for NBC's other freshman SF series, Bionic Woman and Journeyman. Chuck airs Mondays at 8 p.m. (NBC is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM.)

Jason Melo | February 24, 2008
i like this show alot, but my all time fave of the new season is Aliens in America over on the CW. so good.

Jason Melo | February 24, 2008
also, the second season of 30 rock is hilarious. well acted and well written, the show deserves its praise and numerous awards

Tony Peters | March 4, 2008
I'm digging Dexter...the life of a CSI serial killer in Miami...I guess the writer's strike is good for something since it brought Dexter off Showtime

Scott Hardie | March 7, 2008
I read there's a new show about a man who has been alive for 400 years and must find his true love to break the curse keeping him from aging or dying...... and he's a NYPD detective. (link) Couldn't he be incredibly wealthy from investments, or a world-traveled scholar, or a hermit living on the fringes of society to protect his identity? Something other than a NYPD detective? Didn't they do a show last season about a centuries-old vampire who was a NYPD detective? I'm sure next year they'll do a show about a galaxy-traveling alien shapeshifter who's also an NYPD detective.

Tony Peters | March 7, 2008
I watched "New Amsterdam" (the show you mention) it wasn't bad at all nothing overly supernatural,no fangs to leaping tall buildings or burning up in sunlight about the only hook is that he was once a renowned furniture maker and watching him work in his woodshop (all hand tools, I wish I had such a shop) is actually nice