Resurrection Review

Okay, it comes as no surprise to me that nobody has replied to my asking for help in the previous blog post. In fact, people haven't read a blog post in this blog since around the time before the summer started. I have a bunch of recent blog posts in a row that nobody has read. This makes me feel sad inside. But, I continue posting this blog anyways. I decided that I will post another review of a show, this show being Resurrection.

Resurrection: Status- This ABC show airs on Sundays at 9/8 Central. Well, it doesn’t air at the time at the moment, but it will when the fall season starts. Noteworthiness- It is based off of a book called the Returned. Description- Basically, for some unknown reason, dead people somehow return as they originally were before they died many years later. Mystery of how and why this happened seems to be the central plot of the show. Notable People- Kurtwood Smith, from That 70’s Show, among other works, is a character on the show. Pros- It can keep you interested due to the overall mystery of the show. Cons- It is a pretty strange show. I’m not really sure where they are going with this or what it has going for it since the mystery of the show is unexplained. Recommendation- It is worth watching if you aren’t already into something else. Prediction- It could last a while and I think that it will. It just becomes a problem based on how much they use the book and how much they keep true to the book. Reception: mostly mixed. Grade: B.

I Need Your Help

Okay, I'm not certain that anyone reads this blog anymore, but I decided that if I need help with random blog posts relating to TV in general, I'll leave it up to you to decide what would be good random things to do. If I don't get any help from you, I'll decide what to do on my own. So, leave any comments that you think would be good for this blog post. Just keep it to TV in general. I look forward to possible comments from anyone who reads this blog.

The 100 Review

I thought that I would post a full review of the TV show the 100 since I haven't been able to do that before. I have given a small review earlier, but now I give you a full review. I do want to post reviews of both cancelled shows from the previous season (which could take until September to update since I don't think that all cancellations will be official until then, if some of the cancelled show ever even get officially cancelled) and I want to post reviews of summer shows, which may not happen as soon as I like. My list of cancelled shows comes from the list at www.tvseriesfinale.com even though I make some changes at time. Just because they don't list a show as cancelled, doesn't mean that it isn't cancelled. I'll think of ways to update this blog in the meantime. Anyways, here's my review:

The 100: Status- This CW show currently airs on Wednesdays at 9 Eastern, 8 Central. Why I’ve seen it- I thought that it might be good and I promised to watch a midseason replacement from the CW. Noteworthiness- It is based off of a book by the same name. Description- This show has a bunch of teenagers in a supernatural/science-fiction setting like many CW shows do. In the future, the earth has been labeled as uninhabitable to live in so one hundred people are sent down to see if living there would work. They are called the hundred, the name of the show. While they are living down there, interesting stuff happens both on earth an in the space station that they came from. Pros- This show is quite interesting. Cons- It seems similar to lots of other shows from this network. At best, it is more average than good. Recommendation- It is interesting and good in the end and I say that you should probably watch it if you want to. Prediction- I’m not sure what to predict, but I think that it might last a while, although it just as easily might not. Reception: mixed to positive. Grade: B-.

Examining the CBS Curse

Okay, I’ve mentioned before how there’s something called the CBS curse which involves the network being too popular for its own good. But, it looks like the curse may soon be broken, changed, or in some way redefined. You see, the curse has always affected midseason shows by insuring that they are dead on arrival when they finally do air. But, it seems that summer shows might be immune to this status. So, might a show that was supposed to air sooner but then get moved to the summer break the curse? We have yet to see, but Reckless could prove to break it. There are two other types of shows that might break it soon as well. If a show has aired previous seasons and then returns as a midseason replacement like the Mentalist is doing, then you might see a curse end there. While comedies and reality shows typically can survivor returning as midseason replacements, we have yet to see if a drama can do that. When it airs is going to be a part of whether or not it survives. Then we get to a show like CSI: Cyber. If a spin-off of a popular show airs at midseason for the first time, might it survive the CBS curse? It might, although we have yet to see and know for sure. You see, if CBS fades in popularity, which I think it has at the moment, that might affect the curse and get rid of it in the end. So the upcoming season may prove to have an end to the CBS curse. We have yet to know for sure if that will happen, but it would be nice if it did. It would also be nice to have actually good shows at midseason, so here’s hoping for the best.

A Look Back at My 2013-2014 Cancellation Predictions

I remember when I grossly overestimated what shows from the 2013-2014 season would be cancelled. A lot of shows on that list were probably not going to be cancelled, but I decided to list a bunch anyways. Now I could mention all the shows that I predicted and whether or not they were cancelled, but I decided that, instead, I would just list all the cancelled shows and I would say whether or not I was right about them getting cancelled this season or not. If I said they would be cancelled, I’ll let you know. If they were cancelled and I said nothing about it being cancelled, then I’ll let you know. And, for the record, you can look back at my old blog post to know for sure that I’m telling you the truth on whether or not the show would be cancelled. I might skip some shows that don’t really apply to the predictions that I made.

American Dad (I knew nothing about this so even though it will live on another network, I was clueless that it was going to be cancelled), How I Met Your Mother (we all knew that it was ending this season so my prediction that it would end was correct), Nikita (the network announced that it was ending so I knew that it would be one of them), Lucky 7 (I had thought that this would be cancelled and I was right, although I wish I had known that it would get cancelled so soon), Murder Police (the bad title had nothing to do with people not watching the show as FOX cancelled it before it ever aired and possibly before they finished making it, although it was still a prediction of mine to be cancelled), We Are Men (this was the most obvious going to be cancelled show for me from the very beginning of the season, so I was right when I picked it), Surviving Jack (with so many people hating it before it started, its eventual cancellation didn’t surprise me), Ironside (the idea sounded like it wouldn’t work, but I wished that I had remembered this when it came time to do the dead pool at www.tv.com), Welcome to the Family (when you think about the main plot it had, I was right in thinking that it would be cancelled), Us and Them (I had no idea that this would die, but if it actually aired, then I might have known), Back in the Game (I’m not sure how I knew it was bad, but I was right and it was cancelled), Sean Saves the World (this struck me as not very interesting and seems like it would be cancelled), The Michael J Fox Show (since the network forwent a pilot, I thought that it wasn’t a good sign, although I do hope that the rest of the episodes wind up airing at some point), The X-Factor (this show’s cancellation makes sense, but I had no idea it was going to happen), Raising Hope (since it moved to Fridays, getting cancelled seemed more likely, but I did not think that it would be), Mind Games (I thought that the science fiction of the show would end up killing it, but it didn’t even have that in the first place), Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (for random reasons, I thought that it would be cancelled), Almost Human (since it was sci-fi, I thought that it wouldn’t last long), Dads (while I knew that it probably wouldn’t be among the very first cancellations, I knew that it wouldn’t last long and I was right), Rake (the bad title is what made me think it would get cancelled, although promos for it didn’t help change my opinion), Enlisted (I thought that it sounded lame, although I’m not entirely sure that’s what the end result was, it was still cancelled in the end), The Carrie Diaries (this might have been a random choice I had as a cancellation, but it was right nonetheless), Killer Women (because of its bad title, I thought that it would be cancelled and I was right), Star-Crossed (I thought that this didn’t sound long term although the writers should have known that before their cliffhanger finale), The Tomorrow People (even on the CW, a lot of great shows get cancelled and I can never figure out which ones for sure and definitely wasn’t right about this one), Mixology (high concept show with a premise that probably wouldn’t work is why this show’s cancellation was obvious for me), Trophy Wife (bad title rule turned out right), The Neighbors (with bad reception and rating, I figured that it wouldn’t last much longer and the writers stopped caring as well since they knew they were getting cancelled), Super Fun Night (maybe if I had seen more promos for this before it aired, then I would have been able to say it would be cancelled, but I didn’t think that with my mass predictions), Suburgatory (I was never impressed by this show, but since other people were, I had not thought it would end), Community (with the network liking to mess with it a lot, I thought that this would end), Growing up Fisher (maybe this was too obscure and among a group of unannounced shows, but I didn’t think that this would be cancelled), Revolution (I figured that whatever was going on with this show wasn’t going to help it), Believe (no clue that this would end), Crisis (it didn’t sound like a long term idea in my mind and it seemed similar to Hostages which also didn’t sound like it could make it long either), Friends with Better Lives (it fell victim to the CBS curse since a midseason show on their network doesn’t get renewed, basically, if it was a new CBS show, then I had it listed as cancelled), Hostages (people didn’t like it and that typically kills a show and I predicted that a short term thing like this probably wouldn’t work), Intelligence (unless you only want to last one season, who wants to be a midseason replacement on CBS?), The Crazy Ones (the show might have been too crazy for people to work on TV long term and I knew that it would be cancelled, plus CBS doesn’t typically do single camera sitcoms so how both this and Bad Teacher wound up in the same season is beyond my understanding, although their cancellations don’t surprise me in the least), Bad Teacher (I don’t think that this show was on my list since CBS picked it up for midseason at the last minute, although this doesn’t matter since I would have called it dead anyways), Dracula (I thought that people would be over vampires and this one was right), Betrayal (typically, the more obscure a show, the more likely it is to be cancelled, although this one had slipped my mind because I didn’t list it with others).

Okay, now I will mention other notable cancelled shows and since my predictions are typically limited to prime time, then you’ll know why they weren’t on the list of stuff I predicted right. Summer shows are also in the category of shows I don’t normally predict cancellations about, making me similar to the cancellation bear of www.tvbythenumbers.com. Other notable cancelled shows that weren’t on primetime and not on my list of predictions were The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, America Now, Bethenny, Judge Alex, The Test, and Trisha. There might be more that haven’t been announced yet.

The Best and Worst Show of 2013

Okay, here’s a quick blog post for you to enjoy. I nominated shows that I thought would qualify as the best of show of the year based on one different nominee coming from each network. I did the same thing with the worst show of the 2013-2014 television season, even though it might have actually aired in the previous season. But the point is, these are the two shows that have won. The first one in the best show of 2013 and the second one is the worst show of the previous television season.

Best show on television from 2013- Law and Order: SVU

Worst show on television for 2013-2014: Arrested Development

Golden Huckleberry Awards 2013-2014 Winners

Okay. I need to put more work into writing blog posts for this blog. I seem to get distracted a lot and busy with a lot of other things. But I will post updates of cancelled shows. It's just kind of hard to do that when a lot of last summer's shows haven't actually been cancelled yet. There are a lot of them that probably aren't coming back, but there's been no official word of cancellation to my knowledge. But, I should get to today's blog post. I am posting what I think are the worst shows on television with their respective wins. Now, sometimes I nominate shows that I like and even let them win too. Depending on the category, they might deserve it. But these are the winners of what I consider to be the worst shows on television as well as the nominees for worst show on television.

Temporary award: worst reason to not do a spin-off: Mom and We are Men- tie

Worst cliffhanger resolution: Revolution

Worst title: Save Me

Worst ending to a TV series: How I Met Your Mother

Worst acting: 2 Broke Girls

Worst writing: The Arsenio Hall Show

Worst plot: Arrested Development

The good riddance award: Arrested Development

Why do people care award: Arrested Development

Worst idea for a show: Mom

Biggest waste of time: Undercover Boss

Most forgettable: Dracula

Bonehead decision of the season: We Are Men

Worst pilot: Mom

Worst drama show: Intelligence

Worst comedy show: Arrested Development

Worst new show: Mom

Why is it still on award: 2 Broke Girls

Most overrated show: Arrested Development

Weakest Characters: Mom

Worst Reason to Cancel a Good Show: The Carrie Diaries

Why was it created award: Arrested Development

What were they thinking award: We Are Men

Why do people like it award: Arrested Development

Worst retooling of a show: Two and a Half Men

Jumped the shark award: Two and a Half Men

What’s it about award: Arrested Development

Worst show on FOX: The Arsenio Hall Show

Worst show on ABC: America’s “Funniest” Home Videos

Worst show on CBS: Mom

Worst show on NBC: Save Me

Worst show on the CW: Oh, Sit

Worst show on every other network: Arrested Development

Worst syndicated show: The Jerry Springer Show

Worst show on television nominees: The Arsenio Hall Show, America’s “Funniest” Home Videos, Mom, Save Me, Oh, Sit, Arrested Development, the Jerry Springer Show