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You've got something to say? Well, so do the nearly 2500 users on the Hitched! forums. From dragging skeletons out of the closet to pushing through the PhD, from dealing with ailing family to wondering whether Katie Holmes's new bob really does work for everyone, we've got a little bit of everything.A Fall TV Primer: Wednesday
by SHANNON MCKARNEY
Is Bionic Woman retro charm or rehashed crap? Is Kid Nation ordinary reality drivel, or does it deserve a special place in hell? Read on, darlings, to see what you'll be doing on Wednesdays. Check all times against your local listings, kiddies: I was wrong about something at least once, back in fourth grade.
Wednesday Drama
Wednesday appears to be the night when the networks have thrown it all against the wall, with a total of five new dramas, one new comedy, and three new reality shows. ABC in particular has stuffed tonight's lineup with three new (okay, two new and one rehashed) and intriguing new dramas.
New This Fall: Pushing Daisies premiered Tuesday, October 2 on CTV and appears Wednesday on its home network. See Tuesday's Primer for more information.
Wednesday, October 3 at 8pm on ABC..
Private Practice: New life, with not a McDork to be found.New This Fall: The much anticipated Grey's Anatomy spinoff, Private Practice, has a lot of hype to live up to. McDreamy's ex-wife, McSteamy's ex-girlfriend, and Meredith's ex-nemesis leaves for Santa Monica to start her life over. With Kate Walsh, Amy Brenneman, Tim Daly, Taye Diggs, and ex-Prison Break magnificent bastard Paul Adelstein, the show has enough talent to make it a success. But big questions need to be answered: Can Addison transcend her past? Her divorce, her failed relationships, the overall vortex of suck that enveloped the last season of Grey's? And, crucially, will Private Practice be the second promising show to fall victim to the enormous ego of Shonda Rhimes?
Wednesday, September 26 at 9pm on ABC (8pm on CTV).
Criminal Minds, a whodunnit show from the perspective of the FBI's Behavioural Analysis Unit - the guys who profile serial killers - was thrown into a tizzy on what was supposed to be the first day of production this summer, when star Mandy Patinkin chose to abruptly leave the show due to "creative differences". Furious rewrites ensued, and apparently Patinkin's Agent Gideon will get a graceful - if explosive - exit. Veteran of both small screen and large, Joe Mantegna is signed to fill in the gap Patinkin leaves behind - and is apparently slated to play the Anti-Gideon. Who knows what this development will do to the late season addition of Jayne Atkinson (24's Karen Hayes) as Erin Strauss, who apparently has it out for Hodge and the BAU? As long as Reid, Morgan, Garcia, and co. continue to bring the hot and the funny in an otherwise very dark show, I'll still be hooked.
Wednesday, September 26 at 9pm on CBS and CTV.
Bionic Woman: Zoe Slater this is not.New This Fall: From the "Hollywood is out of Ideas" files, the Bionic Woman (the next generation) brings Michelle Ryan across the pond from her many successful years on EastEnders to act in the role of Jaime Sommers. Cast your mind back and you'll remember the premise: A horribly injured woman has her damaged limbs and organs replaced with electronic ones that give her extraordinary power, which she then uses for good. The plot has been updated, modernized, and darkened, featuring new characters and angles from all sides. But rest assured, purists: word is, the familiar bionic noise will be incorporated into the special effects. Ah, the warm fuzzies. Tune in for nostalgia's sake, but don't be disappointed if no sasquatches show up this time.
Wednesday, September 26 at 9pm on NBC
New This Fall: Dirty Sexy Money stars Peter Krause (Six Feet Under) as an idealistic young lawyer who inherited a client from his lately departed father. The client in question is a very rich, very diabolical, very dysfunctional family, with Donald Sutherland as its patriarch. Reviews have been strong, and who can't love a show with a name like that.
Wednesday, September 26 at 10pm on ABC, and Sundays at 10pm on CTV. (I don't get it either.)
The second of only two returning dramas on Wednesday is CSI: New York. A cliche's cliche - the third in the line of CSIs, and yet another New York Cop Show. Even the presence of cutie Gary Sinise does little to distinguish it.
Wednesday, September 26 at 10pm on CBS and CTV.
New This Fall: LIFE is a new comedy/drama about a cop who served twelve years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. Doesn't sound terribly appealing so far. But add in an exoneration, a reinstatement to the police force, promotion to Detective, and a little zen-inspired rebirth, and you might have some entertainment - if you can motivate yourself to care.
Wednesday, September 26 at 10 pm on NBC and Global.
2009 Holiday TV Guide
If you were to name all the things you like about the December holidays, campy TV specials would probably make it somewhere on the list.
The Lady Television Problem
With the writers' strike in what feels like permanent effect, we are all no doubt feeling the pains of having to fill our precious, precious time in other ways.
Flight of the Conchords
Picture it: Two young, handsome, and talented New Zealanders come to New York City to make it big. Only, wait. Well, they're sort of young. And handsome? Maybe not the classic definition, but they're certainly their own brand of adorable. And talented?
Chuck
When I saw the commercials for this show, I was drawn to it. I couldn't help myself. Something about the absurdity of the whole concept - which they kept as mysterious as possible in the ads - made me giggle.
How to Waste a Perfectly Good Weekend: Your Guide to TV on DVDs
Whee! It’s Friday night! You’re young! You’re bendy! You’ve got cash to burn! It’s time to hit the clubs and rock out with your cock out! Or... not.