On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 22:52:36 -0600, "UncleDave"
<dhyndman(at)sasktel.net> wrote:
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>"Tim Hall" <whocares@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:21:19 GMT, Todd <twrexxnospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> wrote:
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>>>On 1 Apr 2007 15:01:46 -0700, "ElBob-O" <robertjarmstrong@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>wrote:
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>>>>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]
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>>>>> 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.
>>
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>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.
>
Andy Barker's been cancelled and Raines is in limbo. Now I remember
why I hate NBC.
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