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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #412 on: March 17, 2011, 04:10:03 PM »
But what about Outsourced??!!
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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #413 on: March 17, 2011, 05:51:58 PM »
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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #414 on: March 17, 2011, 10:27:56 PM »
Hope it's a full season of Parks. Still. Dank.

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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #415 on: March 18, 2011, 03:04:15 PM »
So, as boring as network TV often ends up being, anyone have an hopes for pilot season? These are the ones I'd like to see get picked up...

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17th Precinct (NBC)
Creator- Ron Moore
Starring- Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Eamonn Walker, Stockard Channing
Plot- A supernatural police drama set in the fictional town of Excelsior.

Alcatraz (FOX)- ALREADY PICKED UP!
Creator- Liz Sarnoff
Producer- J.J. Abrams
Starring- Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia, Sam Neill, Parminder Nara, Santiago Cabrera, Robert Forster
Plot- A cop (Jones) and a team of FBI agents track down a group of missing Alcatraz prisoners and guards who reappear in the present day after disappearing 30 years earlier.

Exit Strategy (FOX)
Creator- Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci
Starring- Ethan Hawke, Megan Dodds, Tom Sizemore
Plot- Follows the leader of a CIA extraction team (Hawkes).

Persons of Interest (CBS)
Created by Jonathan Nolan
Produced by J.J. Abrams
Starring- Jim Caviezel, Michael Emerson, Taraji P. Henson
Plot- A presumed dead CIA agent (Caviezel) is recruited by a billionaire (Emerson) to catch violent criminals in New York City.

Prime Suspect (NBC)
Producer- Peter Berg
Starring- Maria Bello, Aidan Quinn, Kirk Acevedo, Brian F. O'Byrne
Plot- An adaptation of the British series centers on a tough female detective (Bello) who has to make her bones in a tough New York precinct dominated by men.

Reconstruction (NBC)
Creator- Josh Brand
Starring- Martin Henderson, Robert Knepper, Emma Bell, Rachelle Lefevre
Plot- In the aftermath of the Cilv War, a soldier (Henderson) crosses the country and settles in a complicated town where he is welcomed as its savior, whether he likes it or not.

REM (NBC)
Creator- Kyle Killen
Producer- Howard Gordon
Starring- Jason Isaacs, Wilmer Valderrama, B.D. Wong
Plot- A police detective (Isaacs) who's involved in a traumatic car accident wakes up in two fractured realities.

Special Investigations LA (NBC)
Creator- Stephen Gaghan
Starring- Jimmy Smits, Madchen Amick, Noah Emmerich, Danny Pino, Matthew Levy
Plot- A look at Los Angeles through multiple perspectives including law enforcement, the justice system, city hall, and the criminal underworld.

Terra Nova (FOX)- ALREADY PICKED UP! (technically it just keeps getting pushed back)
Creator- Peter Cherin
Producer- Steven Spielberg
Starring- Jason O'Mara, Stephen Lang, Allison Miller, Mido Hamada
Plot- An action-adventure that follows a family back to prehistoric Earth as they try to save humanity.

Wonder Woman (NBC)
Producer- David E. Kelley
Starring- Adrianne Palicki, Elizabeth Hurley, Cary Elwes
Plot- In this remake of the 1970s series, vigilante superhero Wonder Woman (Palicki) juggles two other identities, Diana Themyscira, a shrewd corporate executive and Diana Prince, an assistant at Themyscira Industries.
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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #416 on: March 18, 2011, 03:42:17 PM »
Oooo . . .cop shows!
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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #417 on: March 18, 2011, 06:38:08 PM »
Oooo . . .cop shows!

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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #418 on: March 18, 2011, 07:50:50 PM »
I'm starting to question the point of adapting British shows to American audiences. The Office I get....it was short lived in Britain, and the characters display a very different (ie. less edgy) dynamic. But shameless and Skins are still going somewhat strong as British shows. Surely there could be more of a backing by channels in the US  instead of adapting them? I mean, should we start adapting your shows? Imagine friends in Birminghamshire, or Mad Men in Cork.

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Re: General/Random Discussion and Thoughts (TV & Sports)
« Reply #419 on: March 20, 2011, 10:37:02 PM »
Archer is fantastic!!!

 

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