tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post114961462511051460..comments2024-03-25T19:18:14.047-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: Gedrick: Portrait of a Show KillerAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1149830686143221932006-06-09T01:24:00.000-04:002006-06-09T01:24:00.000-04:00Don't forget Gary Cole who is like some sort of cu...Don't forget Gary Cole who is like some sort of curse...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1149766128167535302006-06-08T07:28:00.000-04:002006-06-08T07:28:00.000-04:00I loved Class of '96. I knew it wasn't very good,...I loved Class of '96. I knew it wasn't very good, but I loved it.Sarah D. Buntinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886679277960866788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1149734110106605322006-06-07T22:35:00.000-04:002006-06-07T22:35:00.000-04:00...sigh...EZ Streets...yeah Alan, I have the same ......sigh...EZ Streets...yeah Alan, I have the same lack of objectivity as you. It was an 'HBO drama' before HBO was doing original series, and it was on a network that never supported it. That cancellation broke my heart a little.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1149701827632056462006-06-07T13:37:00.000-04:002006-06-07T13:37:00.000-04:00Unsold pilots don't usually count against a show k...Unsold pilots don't usually count against a show killer's totals. If they did, George Clooney's pre-ER total would be significantly higher, since he did a bunch of Warner Bros. pilots for Les Moonves that never aired. One of the champs of pilot killing is Craig Bierko, who does an unsuccessful pilot almost every year. (Fienberg says he's hearing rumors that Bierko will be replacing Bruno Campos in Fox's "The Wedding Album," so maybe the trick for him is to sign on to a show after the pilot's been shot.)Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1149698654673155892006-06-07T12:44:00.000-04:002006-06-07T12:44:00.000-04:00First off, to larrymcg, I've got to hope that when...First off, to larrymcg, I've got to hope that when you said Paula's "been on a lot of bad stuff" you weren't counting "Cupid". That show suffered a horrible, undeserved fate, and if Cusack had bothered to do his bud a proper with a guest spot, maybe it would have gotten a ratings spike and caught some fire. <BR/><BR/>As for "Boomtown", I loved it for the performances, of both the subtle and scenery-chewing varieties. My favorite episode would probably be the standoff at the sporting goods store, for <A HREF="http://imdb.com/name/nm0059630/" REL="nofollow">Gary Basaraba's</A> great, nuanced job and for Joe Penny's unexpectedly human portrayal of an alternate-earth Joe Penny.R.A. Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851961356321735388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1149683839840367182006-06-07T08:37:00.000-04:002006-06-07T08:37:00.000-04:00Chyler Leigh has started off on the right foot to ...Chyler Leigh has started off on the right foot to inherit Paula Marshell's title.<BR/><BR/>- That 80s Show<BR/>- Girls' Club<BR/>- Reunion<BR/>- Safe Harbor<BR/>- Wilder Days<BR/>- Saving Graces<BR/><BR/>(I assume those last three were just pilots that weren't picked up.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1149652051471397912006-06-06T23:47:00.000-04:002006-06-06T23:47:00.000-04:00A yes, "The Beast" was most certainly not the faul...A yes, "The Beast" was most certainly not the fault of any of the actors. That was a steller cast.SeriouslyNoWayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263033561146047991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1149642547069965262006-06-06T21:09:00.000-04:002006-06-06T21:09:00.000-04:00Yeah, she has been on alot of bad stuff. I just th...Yeah, she has been on alot of bad stuff. I just thought it was interesting of all the shows she wasn't able to kill, it was Veronica Mars (some people include Sports Night on her list). <BR/><BR/>BTW, I thought Out of Practice was a decent traditional-style sitcom and horribly mismanaged by CBS. On almost any other network it would have been renewed.Larry McGillicuddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03907320963547114422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1149641618539243652006-06-06T20:53:00.000-04:002006-06-06T20:53:00.000-04:00Larry, Paula's only appeared three or four times t...Larry, Paula's only appeared three or four times total over two seasons on VM -- not nearly enough for her to be considered any factor in the show's success or failure. Meanwhile, shows she has been a regular castmember include: <BR/><BR/>-Wild Oats<BR/>-Chicago Sons<BR/>-Cupid<BR/>-Snoops<BR/>-Cursed/The Weber Show<BR/>-Hidden Hills<BR/>-Out of PracticeAlan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1149636866105298982006-06-06T19:34:00.000-04:002006-06-06T19:34:00.000-04:00Eric, "Murder One" debuted on Tuesdays at 10, wher...Eric, "Murder One" debuted on Tuesdays at 10, where it was to air for three weeks before the fourth episode would air in its regular Thursday timeslot two nights after episode three. The Tuesday ratings were pretty good the first two weeks, but on the third Tuesday, some development in the OJ trial led ABC to schedule a news special that night at 10, and with no warning they aired episode three at 9 o'clock, when exactly no one knew it would be on. So any momentum they might have had for the move to Thursday was completely destroyed. <BR/><BR/>The show did air on Thursdays for at least the first half of the season, and after it became obvious that "ER" was destroying it, they moved it to Mondays -- by which point it was too late to get people to hop on board of the season-long story.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1149636284410522382006-06-06T19:24:00.000-04:002006-06-06T19:24:00.000-04:00I saw a "special preview" of this on a plane comin...I saw a "special preview" of this on a plane coming back from Chicago and found it laughably bad. It was more entertaining when I turned off the sound. That being said, I agree with Jaynee that Gedrick is not the showkiller here--it's definitely Luke Perry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1149634488017462932006-06-06T18:54:00.000-04:002006-06-06T18:54:00.000-04:00If Gedrick and Carla Gugino ever had a child, it c...If Gedrick and Carla Gugino ever had a child, it could probably take down a network.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03092217234287469255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1149632977342279162006-06-06T18:29:00.000-04:002006-06-06T18:29:00.000-04:00Murder One may have aired a few times on Thursday,...Murder One may have aired a few times on Thursday, but I believe most of its episodes aired on Monday nights after Monday Night Football ended. It started to pick up momentum in the ratings by the end of the year, but then when they brought it back the next year without Benzali and on Thursday nights against Seinfeld, it was doomed.<BR/><BR/>And the show "Class of '96" was another one of those great high school/college dramas in the tradition of My So-Called Life and Freaks and Geeks that failed for reasons that anyone with an appreciation of good television has never been able to understand.Eric Fingerhuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01883491483953496028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1149628538777203042006-06-06T17:15:00.000-04:002006-06-06T17:15:00.000-04:00The only thing I remember about The Beast was the ...The only thing I remember about The Beast was the very first scene of the pilot, featuring a nude, strategically arranged Elizabeth Mitchell lolling around in a bed with... some dude.<BR/><BR/>Boomtown had one great episode, the one with Patricia Wettig as, basically, Sara Jane Olson. Then it was, yeah, Mykelti Williamson jumping off the roof of a motel firing a machine gun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1149626364285208342006-06-06T16:39:00.000-04:002006-06-06T16:39:00.000-04:00Fellow Class of '96er, I salute you! (Didn't go to...Fellow Class of '96er, I salute you! (Didn't go to Rutgers, did you?)Tosy And Coshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11466315384515717261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1149622546281897042006-06-06T15:35:00.000-04:002006-06-06T15:35:00.000-04:00Oh, I loved Boomtown when it was on. That was a d...Oh, I loved Boomtown when it was on. That was a decent show. Mainly because of McDonough, whom I followed to that Medical Investigation show for the one season that was on.<BR/><BR/>As for Gedrick, I don't count him as the showkiller for Windfall. I see that more as Luke "I can't act my way out of a wet paper bag" Perry's mission this time around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com