So it's a one-hour "dramedy", not a 1/2 hour sitcom? From the descriptions I had seen, I had always just assumed it was a sitcom. Sounds more appealing to me as a one-hour; hope it doesn't have that lame, non-quite-in-the-background, music that dominates so much of Brothers & Sisters.
-- David Risner On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 7:49 AM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > As part of an online television survey, I watched the pilot (I think the > whole thing, though there's a plot hole that makes me wonder) of "No > Ordinary Family." This is the new project for Michael Chiklis (The Shield) > and Julie Benz (Dexter) involving a family who discovers they have > superpowers. Think "The Incredibles" if all four Parrs discovered their > superpowers in the first half of the movie. It's an ABC show and Greg > Berlanti (Everwood, Brothers and Sisters) co-wrote the script. > > I think it's a good show, if you can make generalizations from a pilot. It > has the typical pilot expositional slowness, and the two teenage kids > weren't as well developed, character-wise, as their parents. It has a kind > of soapy feel that many ABC family dramas do, at least where the family > dynamic is concerned. If later episodes manage to figure out the show's > balance between humor and drama, it could work. > > That said, it's an interesting show on ABC, so I suspect it will have as > successful of a run as "Better Off Ted." > > On a slightly related note, reports are coming out that "Incredibles" > director Brad Bird will helm the next Mission Impossible flick. > > David > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
