June 2010 Archives

The A-Team: Was It the A-Game for the Show's Cast and Creators?

With a new movie adaptation arriving in theaters this week, more attention is being paid to the classic 1980s TV series The A-Team than ever; there's even a new DVD set coming out in the shape of the show's famous van. But while the A-Team itself was widely regarded as being the best of the best, was the show the best it could be? We took a look at the resumés of the cast and creators of the show to suss out if The A-Team represented their "A" game, or if there were bigger and better things in their work histories that made The A-Team look more like the "B" list.

Summer TV: Enjoy, But Don't Get Too Attached to It

Well, the summer TV season is starting, with a wide slated of scripted, reality and animated shows that are designed to somehow make you want to stay home on a warm, pleasant night, when the sun is still up. And some of them will succeed, but a lot of them will not. Even if they're good -- sometimes when they're very good -- summer shows have a high mortality rate, and for every Mad Men and True Blood there's a long trail of great shows that didn't make it past August, or even June. Here are some of the most disappointing cancellations, and why they don't bode well for this summer's shows.

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