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Bionic Woman

Friday, November 9th, 2007

Bionic Woman – NBCThe Backstory: A bartender suffers a horrendous car crash butâ€”with cutting-edge technologyâ€”gets a superimproved lease on life and impressively feathered hair. The Elevator Pitch:The Bionic Woman meets the twenty-first centuryâ€”and crushes it. The Good: Action; humor; a hot-as-Hades villain (Katee Sackhoff, below) The Bad: Bionic or not, the hero should be just a tad more [...]

Cane

Friday, November 9th, 2007

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Cane – CBS The Backstory: Jimmy Smits returns to prime time for this soapy family saga. The Elevator Pitch: Dallas goes Latin, trading Ewing oil for the Vega familyâ€™s rum and sugar concern (get it? Cane?). The Good: Great cast brings needed diversity to broadcast TV The Bad: Could be too lathered up for its own good The Verdict: Was the [...]

Reaper

Friday, November 9th, 2007

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Reaper – CW The Backstory: Dudeâ€™s folks sold his soul; now that heâ€™s 21, heâ€™s Satanâ€™s bounty hunter, vastly improving his rÃ©sumÃ©. The Elevator Pitch: American Pieâ€™s Sherminator cops a plea with The Devilâ€™s Advocate. The Good: Smart writing; likable leads; did we mention the soul-sucking hand vac? The Bad: Could be too kitschy for its own good The Verdict: [...]

Putting the O in HBO

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

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Sex on TV has the same problem as sports in the movies: It hardly ever looks like the real thing. Itâ€™s all hard bodies in soft focus and glorifying slow motion. HBOâ€™s new drama, Tell Me You Love Me, does not have this problem. In fact, we guarantee that at some point during the first few [...]

Viva Laughlin

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

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Viva Laughlin – CBSThe Backstory: A drama/thriller/musical about a casino owner in the titular gambling town The Elevator Pitch: Cop Rock does Las Vegas. The Good: Exec producer Hugh Jackman, who has a recurring role, can actually sing and dance. The Bad: See above The Verdict: Holding out for Hairspray: The TV Show

The Good Fight

Friday, July 13th, 2007

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In this corner: the IFL, the first team-based mixed-martial-arts leagueâ€”and theyâ€™re trying to show the UFC how itâ€™s done. Whoâ€™s the toughest guy on the planet? The year-old International Fight League is waging a battle to find out. We asked Bas Rutten, an award-winning fighter and IFL Battleground cohost, what makes mixed-martial arts so sick. Whatâ€™s the [...]

High Octane Television

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

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Extreme sports are finally ready to push the big three off their lucrative pedestal. And thanks to Fuel TV, the revolution will be televised. Several years ago, C. J. Olivares, a lifelong surfer and actionsports- industry vet, got tired of seeing great moments in surfing, skateboarding, and wake boarding ignored by sports outlets. Luckily, the TV [...]