http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/ en Copyright 2009 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:41:20 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:41:20 -0500 When I noticed that all 13 episodes of Kitchen Confidential had become available on Hulu, I immediately thought two things: 1) there goes the rest of my work day, and 2) I want to write about about that for Brilliant... http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/2009/07/in-this-edition-of-the-fox-mur.php http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/2009/07/in-this-edition-of-the-fox-mur.php Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:52:14 -0500 Our current TV-crazed society seems to be obsessed with reality series about plus-sized families, from Jon & Kate Plus 8 to Raising Sextuplets to 18 Kids & Counting. However, shows about the complexities of coping with large families are nothing... http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/2009/07/classic-scripted-shows-that-sp.php http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/2009/07/classic-scripted-shows-that-sp.php Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:49:33 -0500 Everyone's been all a-twitter (not a-Twitter, but probably that, too) about the possibility that there will be a feature film version of MacGyver, the TV series starring Richard Dean Anderson as a master of mechanical improv. While that sounds... http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/2009/06/screw-macgyver-why-not-make-a.php http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/2009/06/screw-macgyver-why-not-make-a.php Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:34:40 -0500 What do today's kids really know about David Hasselhoff? They know him as a leather-jacket-wearing judge on America's Got Talent, as the German dodgeball coach in Dodgeball and as a hamburger-eating drunk on the Internet. But do they know what... http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/2009/06/knight-rider-an-american-car-w.php http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/2009/06/knight-rider-an-american-car-w.php Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:47:04 -0500 This Sunday, the British series Merlin, a re-imagining of the Arthurian legend, premieres on NBC, with a cast of actors mostly unknown on this side of the pond. (The notable exception being Anthony Head from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.) But... http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/2009/06/merlin-is-america-ready-for-an.php http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/2009/06/merlin-is-america-ready-for-an.php Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:44:29 -0500 Since The A-Team premiered in 1983, the show has become a classic, with its iconic black van and its four distinctive characters. Now, with a feature film in the works for release next summer, director Joe Carnahan (Smokin' Aces) is... http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/2009/06/the-a-team-the-six-greatest-ho.php http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/2009/06/the-a-team-the-six-greatest-ho.php Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:32:42 -0500 A few months ago we lamented some shows that weren't on DVD, but now it's summer and we're lacking substantive shows to watch this time of year. We'd love to retreat into a box set of an old favorite. Sadly... http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/2009/06/more-shows-wed-like-to-see-on.php http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/2009/06/more-shows-wed-like-to-see-on.php Wed, 27 May 2009 14:22:22 -0500 There was a Land of the Lost marathon running this weekend on Sci Fi, and since I remembered watching this show as a kid and really liking it, I figured I'd watch some more before the new movie came out.... http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/2009/05/land-of-the-lost-a-different-t.php http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/2009/05/land-of-the-lost-a-different-t.php Fri, 22 May 2009 14:59:33 -0500 Happy Memorial Day Weekend, everybody! Summer is semi-officially here, and we thought we'd celebrate the start of beach season by looking at one of our favorite shows, Howard Stern's Baywatch parody Son of the Beach. Following a team of... http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/2009/05/in-memoriam-son-of-the-beach.php http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/2009/05/in-memoriam-son-of-the-beach.php Mon, 18 May 2009 16:24:33 -0500 In late 2006, still suffering from Angel withdrawal, I started seeing commercials on the Sci Fi channel for The Dresden Files, starring Paul Blackthorne (Lipstick Jungle) as freelance wizard Harry Dresden. It looked like it had a real Angel vibe... http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/2009/05/the-dresden-files-great-now-i.php http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/2009/05/the-dresden-files-great-now-i.php