Sep 22, 2010
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Abrams and Josh Reims continue their respective and collective winning streaks on television with Undercovers. Think Mr. and Mrs. Smith for TV, Boris Kodjoe (Soul Food) and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Doctor Who) are Mr. and Mrs. Bloom.
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Sep 22, 2010
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Better With You comes with lofty pedigree. Produced by Friends producer Shana Goldberg-Meehan and executive producer Greg Malins (How I Met Your Mother, Friends, Will & Grace), the half-hour romantic comedy looks good on paper.
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Sep 22, 2010
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Super-producer Jerry Bruckheimer is at the helm of this non-procedural courtroom drama. The Whole Truth’s hook is showing both the prosecution’s and the defense’s side of the story.
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Sep 21, 2010
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Don’t let the fact that Running Wilde is created by Arrested Development’s creator or the fact that is stars Keri Russell (Felicity) and Will Arnett (Arrested Development, 30 Rock) lure you into watching this disposable show.
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Sep 21, 2010
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In Raising Hope, Martha Plimpton and Garret Dillahunt play Virginia and Burt Chance, former teenage parents to Jimmy (Lucas Neff). Lucas works for his father’s pool cleaning business where Burt is the most immature member of the team, pushing his employees into the bushes when they are attempting to relieve themselves and blowing leaves into the pool while it is being cleaned.
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Sep 21, 2010
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Are we ever going to tire of episodic procedural cop shows? Apparently not. ABC’s Detroit 1-8-7 has nothing that makes it stand out from the many police dramas that have come before it, or are playing alongside it.
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Sep 21, 2010
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Wasn’t Mitchell Hurwitz supposed to be a genius? As the creator of Arrested Development, one of the most beloved, lamented, and acclaimed shows in recent memory, expectations were high. Yet since Arrested’s cancellation, Hurwitz has only been able to get one show off the ground, the awful, animated Sit Down, Shut Up. His latest effort re-teams him with Arrested’s Will Arnett, but even this reunion fails to find a spark.
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Sep 20, 2010
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You may want to create your own timeline when watching the pilot for NBC’s The Event. The suspenseful conspiracy thriller uses the dramatic back-and-forth in time trick to keep the viewer on its toes and, hopefully, tuned in the following week(s).
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Sep 20, 2010
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Recycling is good—especially if it’s ’60s/’70s cheese staple, Hawaii Five-0. CBS’s fresh take on this signature cop show eschews the corniness and exaggerated eyebrow-waggling of the original for young, confident, and downright hot.
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Sep 20, 2010
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Polygamy and conning drive this drama. James Wolk plays Robert/Bob Allen, born into a conman’s life and kept in it by his father (David Keith). Alarmingly young, disturbingly twinkly, and utterly slick, Robert routinely sells fictitious investments.
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