Hypnotoad: One stupid phrase: LOL. If the trailer can make me laugh this hard, then it’s gold. Imported from Australia, like the yummy and violent Russell Crowe. Sadly, though, I see this show going the way of Freaks & Geeks and Arrested Development – loved by critics and hardcore fans, but not enough of a ratings-winner. One season, and that makes me want to cry. Thank god for DVDs.
Treadingonme: I refuse to believe that Molly Shannon can carry a show. This looks like it could be funny at times, but I've never been to Australia and don't believe they can come up with something funny. On the upside, I hate My Name is Earl and it's still going fairly strong, so this should make a full season because America is full of retards.
J-Mo: Reminds me too much of those abysmal 3 weeks I spent living with my mom after MY first divorce. Then again, my mom and I weren’t nearly as funny as Molly Shannon and Selma Blair (there was a lot more crying and heavy drinking going on in OUR little broken home). Hopefully this foreign import (from Australia, not Britain) fares as well as The Office.
TVgasm predicts: One rocky season, then cancellation.
America's Toughest Jobs, NBC, August 25
The story: People compete to see who can handle the most difficult jobs in America.
Flipit: This one's already premiered and I didn't watch it. On purpose. Unless they are going to make thirtysomethings stoop to my level and sling cous cous and ask their dad's for loans to pay their cable bills, I don't wanna hear it. And in the pic above, is that a hat on the fish? I hope he gets his revenge.
J-Mo: Well, the backlash was inevitable… with so many popular gay shows (Ugly Betty, Project Runway, So You Think You Can Dance) it was only a matter of time before the hetero fellas holla’ed for the networks to butch up TVland. I hope all those super-manly male contestants don’t think they’re gonna hook up with the females on this show, cuz I think they’re both native lesbanians. If I’m going to watch big muscle men perform feats of brute strength, I prefer there to be spandex involved… Pass.
Treadingonme: Kind of like a game-show mixing Dirty Jobs with The Apprentice or something. Maybe? Discovery has an audience for this, but NBC doesn't. 4 episodes?
Hypnotoad: Meh. It’s nothing you can’t see every hour on the Discovery or History channels. It’ll be on NBC for 6 episodes, then on Bravo for the remaining 7. If it goes to a second season, it’ll be on cable, not network.
LoLo: It’s like Ice Road Truckers, but instead of a documentary about gruff, interesting men you’ve got your typical grouping of self-entitled reality show contestants risking their lives for the big prize. Still, this is the best shot I’ve got at seeing a reality TV whore finally get maimed, so I may have to tune in for that. One season.
DearCrabby: Clearly the contestants aren’t working, otherwise how would they have the time for this? Any job is going to be tough for them. Too similar to Deadliest Catch.
TVgasm Predicts (Bbitz): The show is cheap and so is NBC, so it will finish the first season. But then it will go away.
Crusoe, NBC, October 17
The story: Robinson Crusoe retelling.
DearCrabby: Well, I adore Sam Neill and hot men on beaches, but deplore ancient times when tampons weren’t available. However, the hotness factor of the actors will keep it going awhile.
Hypnotoad: “He’s the sole survivor of a ship wreck. In a place that’s off the map . . .” Thanks for giving us the entire plot, Trailer Man. Hey, NBC – Pirates of the Caribbean is SO last year. It’s vampires now, idiots! 7 episodes aired, the full 13 on the DVD when it’s released a month after it’s cancelled.
Bbitz: This would be much better if it was "Caruso" and it was about stranding David Caruso on an island... with no sunglasses. 2 episodes tops.
J-Mo: I wonder what OTHER “devices for his comfort” Robinson came up with. And if there’s only one woman for him, does he ever have a little down-low slap & tickle with his right-hand man? Maybe.
Treadingonme: How do you make an entire show out of a book? I feel like I could read the book in a much shorter time than it would take to watch the entire season. Or maybe watch any of the 14,000,000 movies. History is boring. 6 episodes.
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Only two looked possibly interesting. Both are apparently taken from the BBC.
I enjoyed watching both, if only out of curiosity for British vocabulary and culture.
Worst Week - although stupidly funny - didn't seem to last long. Not expecting the American version to be as funny or last as long.
I can't see the time-traveling cop thing holding my interest without the Brit aspect.
Looks like a good season to watch less TV.
1 of 1 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on September 2, 2008 10:55 AM