Showing posts with label Mandy Moore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mandy Moore. Show all posts

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Assessing the Fall 2012 Network Pilots


TV Guide recently rounded up a list of 86 network pilots vying to make it onto our television screens next fall and just like I did last year I thought I would give my extremely premature predictions of the best and worst of what we could see on television. Just keep in mind while reading this, last year was topped by the not picked up Wonder Woman. I still mourn that we did not get to see Tyra Collette in that costume every week. Le sigh. You can check out the full list of pilots for NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox and The CW and here are my favorites.


Most Wanted Pilots

Bad Girls (NBC): I was actually just talking with someone why no one has ever done a female Oz and we just might complete with Jess Merriweather as one of the women behind bars and the dude who brought Shameless to the US as executive producer. Let me be the first person to ask why this is not on pay cable? (This of course was part of every discussion every guy had about The Playboy Club so I am not too positive about the show’s potential.)

Last Resort (ABC): It may not be the best sign when I read the plot outline (A renegade crew of a nuclear submarine go on the run after defying an order to fire nuclear missiles. They find sanctuary at a NATO base where they declare themselves the world's smallest nuclear nation) and I originally thought it was going to be a Gilligan's Island type sitcom, but it is apparently a drama from Terriers’ Shawn Ryan and staring Andre Braugher and Autumn Reecer.

Untitled Mandy Moore Project (ABC): Mandy Moore on my television screen every week? Yes please. And written by the co-writer of Wedding Crashers? Double yes please.

County (NBC): I am not the biggest fan of medical dramas, but they had me at “created by Jason Katims”, you know the guy behind Friday Night Lights and Parenthood, two of the best family dramas ever in the history of television. Throw in Michael B. Jordan who appeared on both shows and you have an instantly solid cast, well assuming someone can convince Jason Ritter to shave whatever that is on his face before filming.

Untitled Louie C.K. / Spike Feresten Project (CBS): I could have swore I recently heard an interview with Louie C.K. about he prefers the less money / complete control he has over his FX series, it was a bit surprising to see him have a pilot with the most homogeneous network. Even more surprising, it stars Disney refugee Ashley Tisdale. Really this show is on my list mostly because I cannot what for the Louie episode about the making of this sitcom.


Least Wanted Pilots

Beauty and the Beast (ABC and The CW): Seriously, not one, but two Beauty and the Beast shows are in the works. Surprisingly The CW version is shaping up not to be the worst of the two because they cast the absurdly attractive Kristin Kreuk as the beauty while ABC boast the guy behind the painfully bad Jericho as executive producer.

Revolution (NBC): A show about the world without any energy from the king of high concept / low reward J.J. Abrams. Subtract even more points for being written by the guy behind Supernatural who wrote the single worse season finale ever in the history of television up until The Killing took over the top spot.

The New Normal (NBC): A complete rip off of Mitchell and Cameron on Modern Family but without the funny extended family made worse by being created by the guy behind Glee.

The Frontier (NBC): Remember the boring Invasion, you know the ”mom, you smell different?” show. It is created by the same guy.

The Selection (The CW): Seriously, the show is described as “The Hunger Games meets The Bachelor.” And I am back to believing The CW does not exist.


Before I go, let’s take a look at how the shows I had on my list last year faired:

Most Wanted Pilots
Wonder Woman: The show that made the internet’s head explode did not get picked up.
Once Upon a Time: The highest rated new show of the fall may also be the most disappointed bit still a lock for a second season.
Work It: Canceled after two episodes. Dare I say it didn’t work?
Two Broke Girls: The highest rated new sitcom of the fall and even though all the vagina jokes are getting stale it is a lock for at least five more seasons.
Playboy (renamed The Playboy Club): First casualty of the fall season lasted three episodes.

Least Wanted Pilots
Charlie’s Angels: Managed to air all the episodes filmed but effectively canceled after four episodes.
Touch: Not officially premiered yet but got good numbers in a sneak peak after American Karaoke. Of course even Mobbed can get good numbers after the National Karaoke Contest.
Ringer: The show switched networks and manages to have the worst ratings on a network with laughably bad ratings across the board.
Are You There Vodka, It’s Me Chelsea (renamed Are You There Chelsea): Probably the second worse reviewed show of the season is now the worst rated scripted show on NBC that does not currently air on Saturdays.
Home Base, Grace, and Partners were not picked up.

Saturday, December 26, 2009

The 50 Best Music Videos of 2009


I have embedded the first couple videos, the rest you can click the link to follow to YouTube and if you are interested in buying the videos, click the iTunes badge.

1. Nothing to Worry About - Peter Bjorn and John Nothing to Worry About



2. True Player for Real - MC Lars featuring "Weird Al" Yankovic True Player for Real (feat. "Weird Al" Yankovic & Wheatus)



3. (If You're Wondering if I Want You To) I Want You To - Weezer Weezer - The Weezer Raditude Club: iTunes Pass - (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To



4. Low Rising - The Swell Season Low Rising



5. Daniel - Bat for Lashes Daniel



6. Run This Town - Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Kanye West Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (Deluxe Version) - Run This Town (feat. Rihanna & Kanye West)

7. CNR - "Weird Al" Yankovic CNR

8. Chasing Pirates - Norah Jones Chasing Pirates

9. I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of the Week - Mandy Moore I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of the Week

10. People C'mon - Delta Spirit People C'mon

11. WTF - OK Go OK Go - WTF? - Single - WTF?

12. Wrong - Depeche Mode Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe - Wrong

13. Cousins - Vampire Weekend Cousins

14. Falling Down - Oasis Oasis - Falling Down - Single - Falling Down

15. Uprising - Muse Uprising

16. Heartless - The Fray The Fray - The Fray Live: iTunes Pass - Heartless

17. Goodnight, Travel Well - The Killers The Killers - Day & Age (Deluxe Version) - Goodnight, Travel Well

18. Lessons Learned - Matt and Kim Lessons Learned

19. Who'd Have Known - Lily Allen Who'd Have Known

20. Grapevine Fires - Death Cab for Cutie Death Cab for Cutie - The Open Door - EP - Grapevine Fires

21. Stay Up! (Viagra) - 88-Keys featuring Kanye West Stay Up! (Viagra) [feat. Kanye West]

22. Treat Me Like Your Mother - The Dead Weather Treat Me Like Your Mother

23. Cowboy Casanova - Carrie Underwood Cowboy Casanova

24. Sleep Alone - Bat for Lashes Sleep Alone

25. Nothing but a Miracle - Diane Birch Nothing But a Miracle

26. Death to All But Metal - Steel Panther Death to All But Metal

27. Sweet About Me - Gabriella Cilmi Sweet About Me

28. 21 Guns - Green Day Green Day - The Green Day Collection - 21 Guns

29. A Dustland Fairytale - The Killers A Dustland Fairytale

30. You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift Taylor Swift - Fearless (Platinum Edition) - You Belong With Me

31. I Love College - Asher Roth I Love College

32. He's Frank - The B.P.A. featuring Iggy Pop He's Frank (feat. Iggy Pop)

33. (Expletive Deleted) You - Lily Allen Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You - Fuck You

34. We Made You - Eminem Eminem - Relapse (Deluxe Version) - We Made You

35. Carol Brown - Flight of the Concords Flight of the Conchords - Carol Brown - Single - Carol Brown

36. Brick by Boring Brick - Paramore Paramore - Paramore's Videos. All of Them. Ever. - Brick By Boring Brick

37. Money - N.A.S.A., David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge and Z-Trip N.A.S.A. - Money - Single - Money (feat. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, & Z-Trip)

38. Life In Technicolor ii - Coldplay Life In Technicolor ii

39. Life Is Better - Q-Tip and Norah Jones Life Is Better

40. Mykonos - Fleet Foxes Mykonos

41. You And Me - Dave Matthews Band You & Me

42. Don't Forget - Demi Lovato Don't Forget

43. Give Me the Meltdown - Rob Thomas Give Me the Meltdown

44. Best I Ever Had - Drake Drake - So Far Gone - Best I Ever Had

45. She's a Genius - Jet She's a Genius

46. The Fear - Lily Allen The Fear

47. Melody - Kate Earl Melody

48. Magnificant - U2 Magnificent

49. New in Town - Little Boots Little Boots - Illuminations - EP - New In Town

50. Make Her Say - Kid Cudi, Kanye West, and Common Kid Cudi - Man On the Moon - The End of Day (Expanded Version) - Make Her Say