Same here - it does appear that scripted television has come back with a vengeance. Not that surprised - I sort of predicted it about five years ago. A friend was bemoaning over dinner the fate of scripted television - stating that all we would see were procedurals and reality shows. (ie. Law & Order clones). I remember laughing and saying no, sooner or later the market will get saturated, people will get bored, and the networks will scramble to find something to get their fickle viewers attention. Which is exactly what happened over the past three years - the networks went overboard, people stopped watching, it cost them valuable advertising dollars and ratings, they re-grouped and bingo! (The irony of all this is the friend who was bemoaning this situation three or four years back, now watches mainly reality and procedural television shows because his wife prefers them. LOL!)
Anywho...I agree. Didn't see the original pilot for revised Bionic Woman, so don't know how it compares - but I have to agree that the one I saw lacked an emotional connection. I did not feel the love between the two sisters. It move too fast, I think. Tried to do too much in the space of one episode. Chuck - actually handled it better...as did Reaper, but they admittedly had easier foundations to build on.
Also agree on Moonlight - while the writing could be a great deal better, I like the characters, which for me is half the battle right there. Will it make it? I really don't know. All depends on how well it does against Friday Night Light's and Women's Murder Club. Friday Night Light's was the best show no one was watching last year - literally. Amazing acting, production, score, direction - a bit like watching a tele-novel for film not television or something on one of the premium cable channels. But it does require a bit of concentration and committment, more than any of the other shows on tv, which isn't something most viewers want to give. Women's Murder Club is an all female procedural based on James Patterson novels - depending on the writing and direction? This could take the night. It seems to have the most universial appeal. But - Ghost Whisperer owns the 8pm slot on Friday's - and Moonlight is similar enough to it in both style and mood that I think it may pull in that audience. It's not really directed towards the Buffy/Angel/Reaper crowd - it's more directed towards the Ghost Whisperer crowd.
Didn't know Adam Busch got a role in Back to You...too bad. I don't see it lasting. There is no chemistry between Heaton and Kramer. It reminds me more of Good Morning, BeanTown (which barely made it five or six episodes) than Murphy Brown.
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Date: 2007-09-30 06:01 pm (UTC)Which is exactly what happened over the past three years - the networks went overboard, people stopped watching, it cost them valuable advertising dollars and ratings, they re-grouped and bingo! (The irony of all this is the friend who was bemoaning this situation three or four years back, now watches mainly reality and procedural television shows because his wife prefers them. LOL!)
Anywho...I agree. Didn't see the original pilot for revised Bionic Woman, so don't know how it compares - but I have to agree that the one I saw lacked an emotional connection. I did not feel the love between the two sisters. It move too fast, I think. Tried to do too much in the space of one episode. Chuck - actually handled it better...as did Reaper, but they admittedly had easier foundations to build on.
Also agree on Moonlight - while the writing could be a great deal better, I like the characters, which for me is half the battle right there. Will it make it? I really don't know. All depends on how well it does against Friday Night Light's and Women's Murder Club. Friday Night Light's was the best show no one was watching last year - literally. Amazing acting, production, score, direction - a bit like watching a tele-novel for film not television or something on one of the premium cable channels. But it does require a bit of concentration and committment, more than any of the other shows on tv, which isn't something most viewers want to give. Women's Murder Club is an all female procedural based on James Patterson novels - depending on the writing and direction? This could take the night. It seems to have the most universial appeal. But - Ghost Whisperer owns the 8pm slot on Friday's - and Moonlight is similar enough to it in both style and mood that I think it may pull in that audience. It's not really directed towards the Buffy/Angel/Reaper crowd - it's more directed towards the Ghost Whisperer crowd.
Didn't know Adam Busch got a role in Back to You...too bad. I don't see it lasting. There is no chemistry between Heaton and Kramer. It reminds me more of Good Morning, BeanTown (which barely made it five or six episodes) than Murphy Brown.