Bottom Of The Barrel

TV Premeire's online

This fall, the networks are thinking outside the box and putting some of their series premiere's online. This is a good idea especially if they want to get into the weekly rotation of a large viewing audience. Here are the ones that have popped up online.

Chuck - Part comedy, part geek meets hot girl, part action series. It probably sounded better on paper than it looked in the pilot. The 1st episode is just so/so however the show has potential. One question, did they show Yvonne Strzechowski in her underware not once, but twice for added story value or just to lure a young male demographic - not that I am complaining.

Journeyman - I wasn't sure I was going to like this show because the premise seems a bit too sci-fi [which is odd since I love sci-fi movies and shows] but it was really good. I especially like the references to times of days gone by [like Terrell Owens as a 49er, Point of no return by Expose, Less than zero Movie Billboard, Huge 80's cell phones and Y2K]. This show could be the breakout hit of the year, if they give us a reason why [and how] he hops through time.

Life - Another cop show but with a little twist, the lead character works different than everyone else - kinda like Monk - and this guy is loaded [which means he has a huge house, a fat car and lots of hot girlfriends]. With our hero investigating the crime he didn't commit, the show it set-up for the end game from the outset. I hope this is the it's undoing like others that have tried to set up the finally in the opener [Kidnapped, The Nine, ect].

Looking forward to next week!

UPDATE: NBC have partnered with Comcast and made the pilots for Chuck, Journeyman, Life and The Bionic Woman available via On Demand. Watched The Bionic Woman last night and it looks intriguing and has a very government/military back story. If they can tone down the sister vs sister arguments and give more details about the background of the genius boyfriend and what the military is going to do with the super human woman, it might just work.

posted by TheWino @ 8:08 AM