In today's column, I review "Easy Money" and "Valentine," the first of the new shows to be produced by MRC, the company the CW hired to program their Sunday night lineup. "Valentine" is forgettable fluff, but I was surprisingly interested in the concept of -- if not always the execution of -- "Easy Money."
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Sepinwall on TV: 'Easy Money' & 'Valentine' reviews
In today's column, I review "Easy Money" and "Valentine," the first of the new shows to be produced by MRC, the company the CW hired to program their Sunday night lineup. "Valentine" is forgettable fluff, but I was surprisingly interested in the concept of -- if not always the execution of -- "Easy Money."
How exactly does this deal with MRC work? Does the CW have the ability to cancel these shows? Or is it solely up to MRC? In the unlikely event one becomes a success, can it be moved to another night? And who was in charge of promotion? Because there's been almost none.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how the Valentine Bollywood sequence will compare to the last Bollywood homage Jaime Murray was in, which was the fourth episode of the third series of Hustle. (As I recall, that might be hard to top.)
ReplyDeleteBetter yet, here's the clip from Hustle.
ReplyDeleteHustle one is definitely better. For one thing, it features singing, where the Valentine one is just Bollywood-style dancing to an Indian beat.
ReplyDeleteDoes the CW have the ability to cancel these shows? Or is it solely up to MRC?
ReplyDeleteDawn Ostroff says any cancellation decisions will be made jointly between CW and MRC.
No idea what would happen if one of the MRC shows becomes so successful they want to move it to another night. More likely, I think they'd be happy to be getting any traction whatsoever on a night where they've never gotten any viewership.
Do you like to call it "Homeboys in Outer Space," or was it called "Homeboys in Outer Space"?
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ReplyDeleteThe preview of Valentine make it look like Cupid but with a family of Cupids. I don't think it will last for long so hopefully Kris Polaha can reprise his role on Mad Men.
ReplyDeleteEww.... did you have to remind me of Homeboys in Outer Space? I watched the first episode of that out of respect for James "Scotty" Doohan, who had a small part in it ... and then I did everything I could to purge the rotted thing from my memory out of respect for James Doohan. Yikes, that was a low point in the undistinguished history of UPN.
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