Posts Tagged ‘ABC’

“Jericho” is Better Than “Lost”

By Rodd • Jan 23rd, 2008 • Category: 3 Column RIGHT, CBS, Features, Jericho, Lost, Reviews, SciFi

There I said it.

Both are serialized, broadcast network action-dramas where an isolated likeable group of people struggle for survival following a catastrophe they don’t understand.

ABC’s “Lost” is the sexy one.

An attractive international cast that maintain perfectly white teeth after being stranded for months on an island. After three seasons, the show is beloved for its Big Twists and Sneaky Clues that jerk the narrative this way and that, like shiny fishing bait dangled in front of viewers with attention spans too short to remember that a couple ago what they’re now being told wouldn’t make any sense.

CBS’s “Jericho” is pure Midwest morality tale.

The group of scruffy small-town characters on last season’s “Jericho” debut have gradually devolved into desperate survivalists — shell-shocked and stunned at the humanity draining from their Kansas community following a nuclear terrorist attack.

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ABC and NBC Fighting Over Celebrity Circus Shows

By Rodd • Jan 19th, 2008 • Category: 2 Column LEFT, ABC, NBC, Reality

You know those scenes in apocalyptic disaster movies that show people reduced to fighting over dirty water or a bare-bones shelter or scraps of food to survive?

That’s what it’s like watching the broadcast networks struggling to program their airwaves during the writers strike.

Now NBC and ABC have stepped into the Thunderdome to fight over celebrity circus reality shows.

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Lost Season 4 Preview on TVSquad

By Dane • Jan 16th, 2008 • Category: 3 Column RIGHT, ABC, Lost, SciFi

TV Squad has a rundown of what to expect in Season 4 of Lost.

Fanboys be warned: Thar be spoilers, proceed at ye owne peryl!

With only eight episodes in the can it will be interesting to see what Lost can pull of this season…

GeekToob’s predictions after the jump.

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