At 07:53 PM Thursday 5/17/2007, William T Goodall wrote: >The networks have announced the new shows (most of which will be >cancelled of course) for 2007/8. Those of scifi-ish interest: > >"NBC >The Bionic Woman >Jamie Sommers is a young woman working as a bartender and raising her >teenage sister, Becca.
So she doesn't play tennis? >When she is seriously injured in a car >accident, her only hope for recovery lies in a top-secret >experimental procedure involving bionic body parts! Exclamation points in reviews/previews make me nervous. >Chuck >This new "dramedy" tells the strange tale of Chuck, a 20-something >computer geek whose life changes forever when the US government >downloads a secret database into his brain and recruits him for >undercover missions of espionage! They still make me nervous. >Journeyman >A San Francisco reporter suddenly finds himself traveling through >time, Maybe he could go back in time a few seasons and get a job writing articles for the newspaper in _Early Edition_. > wreaking havoc on the future and making his present life >incredibly complicated. > >ABC >Cavemen >Based on the famous Geico commercials, this new comedy follows three >cavemen trying to find success, acceptance, and love in the modern >world. Oy. >Eli Stone (not yet scheduled) >Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim bring us the tale of a San >Francisco lawyer who finds out he has prophetic powers and decide to >use them for good. That's nice of him. >Pushing Daisies >This romantic drama shows us the strange world of a man who can bring >dead people back to life through the power of his touch. > >CBS >Moonlight >This new drama tells the story of a private investigator who is also >a vampire. Watch as Mick deals with the curse of immortality and his >doomed love for a mortal woman. Presumably not starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepard . . . >FOX >New Amsterdam >A New York City homicide detective is blessed and cursed with an >immortality that will not cease until he finds his one true love. . . . or tanks in the ratings, whichever comes first . . . >The Sarah Connor Chronicles >The Terminator franchise arrives on TV with this serial drama. Set a >year after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the series >follows Sarah and John Connor as they hide from the authorities and >Skynet's army of Terminators. > >The CW >Reaper >A twenty-something slacker finally scores a job as the devil's bounty >hunter, collecting the souls of those who haven't fulfilled their >part in a deal with Satan." > >It's hard to judge how good these shows will actually be from these >descriptions. The Bionic Woman is a 'reimagining' from the producers >of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica so it could be very good. > >Pushing Daisies is from the guy who did _Wonderfalls_ Suppose it will last any longer? >and _Dead Like >Me_ (Bryan Fuller) and "The people he touches, however, can only stay >alive for one minute, and if they don't die again, someone else >nearby will die. Ned decides to use his ability to solve crime. He >and a local investigator, Emerson, bring murder victims back to life >and find out who killed them, to cash in on case-solving rewards. >But, when Ned brings an old crush back to life, and decides to let >her live, things start to get complicated..." > >A vampire called Mick? As opposed to one named Nick who is a police detective rather than a P.I.? Been Done Maru -- Ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
