Save Me: Lightning Strikes NBC

by Rachel Stein May 23, 2013 8:33 pm
<I>Save Me</i>: Lightning Strikes NBC

NBC's new sitcom Save Me is better than it has any right to be. The leads -- Anne Heche, Michael Landes and Alexandra Breckenridge -- have no chemistry and can barely act their way through the pilot. The premise -- which has Heche as Beth Harper, a woman who starts receiving messages from God after nearly choking to death on a sandwich -- is at best pretty stupid. The first half of "The Book of Beth" was just terrible. However, by the end of the episode, I actually had the desire to watch more... an entire 12 episodes more, maybe. (Note: At the time of writing, I'd only watched the first of this week's two-episode premiere.)

Ready for Love: Zero Dollar Matchmaker

by Rachel Stein April 10, 2013 10:01 am
<i>Ready for Love</i>: Zero Dollar Matchmaker

It's obvious what Eva Longoria and NBC were trying to do with Ready for Love: Cash in quite belatedly on the fame of The Bachelor using the "science" and snark of Millionaire Matchmaker. Unfortunately, this show is so poorly edited, egregiously sexist and clearly low-budget, it's much closer to The Choice meets Fashion Star and has all of the authenticity of Burning Love. Rather than validate Ready for Love by giving it a straight-up review, I'll instead list the very worst things about the show.

Lessons Other Shows Can Learn From the 30 Rock Finale

by Rachel Stein February 1, 2013 10:26 am
Lessons Other Shows Can Learn From the <i>30 Rock</i> Finale

Rather than write a second long piece in praise of 30 Rock, add yet another blog post to the world about how Tina Fey changed television (though, she did) or try to convince you how much the series transformed TV while glazing over the fact that the show was almost unwatchable for two seasons, let's just focus on the finale... the very satisfying and heartfelt finale.

Today's TWoP News: Tuesday, January 15, 2013

by Ethan Alter January 15, 2013 2:29 pm
Today's TWoP News: Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Maggie Smith holds court again.

Today's TWoP News: Monday, January 7, 2013

by Ethan Alter January 7, 2013 4:34 pm
Today's TWoP News: Monday, January 7, 2013

You can't keep a good slayer down.

Today's TWoP News: Monday, November 19, 2012

by Samantha Rullo November 19, 2012 3:30 pm
Today's TWoP News: Monday, November 19, 2012

An SNL cast member is getting their own show and it's probably not who you'd expect.

Today's TWoP News: Wednesday, November 07, 2012

by Samantha Rullo November 7, 2012 3:39 pm
Today's TWoP News: Wednesday, November 07, 2012

Anyone fancy a spot of tea?

Mockingbird Lane: Smell Ya Later, Munsters

by Ethan Alter October 26, 2012 9:05 pm
<i>Mockingbird Lane</i>: Smell Ya Later, Munsters

What do you when you've got a lavishly-produced pilot for a reboot of The Munsters that you've decided against taking to series? Well, if you're NBC, you burn it off on the Friday before Halloween, billing it as a one-night-only special event. And while Mockingbird Lane's mastermind Bryan Fuller still seems to think it could still earn a place on the primetime line-up, we're pretty sure this is the last we'll ever see of the new Munster clan, populated by Eddie Izaard as the vampish Grandpa, Jerry O'Connell as man-made monster Herman, Portia de Rossi as his wife and bloodsucker Lily, Mason Cook as the wolfish Eddie Munster and Charity Wakefield as the sole normal family member, Marilyn. Having now seen what Fuller's take on this unlikely project was, here are three reasons why we'd like to see Mockingbird Lane become an ongoing series... and three reasons why we wouldn't.

Today's TWoP News: Thursday, October 18, 2012

by Ethan Alter October 18, 2012 4:28 pm
Today's TWoP News: Thursday, October 18, 2012

Just two guys in need of a new job.

Today's TWoP News: Friday, October 12, 2012

by Samantha Rullo October 12, 2012 4:20 pm
Today's TWoP News: Friday, October 12, 2012

Either J.J. Abrams really like making TV shows, or just really enjoys getting huge paychecks.

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