"Tim Hall" <whocares@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:21:19 GMT, Todd <twrexxnospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
>>On 1 Apr 2007 15:01:46 -0700, "ElBob-O" <robertjarmstrong@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Mar 25, 9:06 pm, Todd <twrexxnos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:53:37 -0700, Tim Hall <whoca...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >This is rapidly becoming my favorite crime drama since H:LotS. The
>>>> >only downside is that I have to hit rewind on my Tivo occasionally
>>>> >because Goldblum likes to mumble.
>>>>
>>>> I went back and watched the first two episodes of Raines and found it
>>>> most enjoyable. It makes me sad that NBC is already moving it into
>>>> the kiss of death slot--Friday nights.
>>>>
>>>> Goldblum's sardonic wit works well in this role. I particularly
liked
>>>> his disdain for the idiot beat cop.
>>>>
>>>> I like this show. It takes itself less seriously than Medium. Go
>>>> back and watch it on nbc.com if you get the chance.
>>>>
>>>> Todd
>>>
>>>It was alright. Sardonic thing a fairly transparent imitation of
>>>House. Jokes need work: that mistaking "therapist" for "the rapist"
>>>was funny over twenty years ago. Turning "Close the door" into a
>>>***ual inuendo was brainless, even for prime time.
>>>
>>>And why did he make fun of the sketch artist's drawing after he'd
>>>insisted that the sketch artist do it, when the sketch artist had
>>>already warned it would be too speculative? The beginning of the
>>>episode had Raines say that the sketch artist was like himself because
>>>he seemed to be projecting his own limited experience into the unknown
>>>subject. That one part of the episode seemed to be at the kernel of
>>>truth of the series.
>>>
>>>I question how the Martinez guy was drawing time for manslaughter in a
>>>self-defense case, but I guess they ran it by LA legal advisors when
>>>they wrote it. Obstruction of justice, maybe, but not manslaughter.
>>>
>>>We'll see. After I'd watched the first episode of The Mary Tyler Moore
>>>Show I concluded it was one of the worst shows I'd ever seen! Three
>>>weeks later I was a hopeless addict.
>>
>>
>>I agree that it needs work, but it's certainly better than a lot of
>>the dreck we've seen from new shows this season. At least there's
>>something to watch on Friday nights now--at least until the Friday
>>night curse kicks in and it gets canceled.
>>
>>Todd
>>
>>P.S. Andy Barker, P.I., is not bad either.
>
> I love Andy Barker too.
>
> I'm hoping that the Friday curse is not what it used to be, now that
> we're in the Tivo time-****fting age.
>
The suits still have to come to the realization that people watch their
shows, just not in the time slot they do the polling in.
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