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March 12!!
Crikey! “Wonderfalls” is getting the old Friday “Dark Angel”-“John Doe” timeslot that “Boston Public” is filling at the moment!! Which means we need to make a real effort to watch until Fox can move it Tuesdays at 8 p.m. (or some other less miserable timeslot)!!
Based on the pilot I saw and the scriptage I’ve read, “Wonderfalls” is easily the best new series being aired on television this season.
It’s a comedy-fantasy hourlong about an angry, overeducated souvenir-shop employee who begins receiving uncanny (and unsolicited) instructions from the souvenirs. It’s overseen by no fewer than two bona fide genius writer-producers: Bryan Fuller (the “Deep Space Nine” vet who went on to mastermind Showtime’s “Dead Like Me”) and Tim Minear (the “Firefly” co-showrunner who made his name authoring the best “Angel” episodes ever – including last season’s incredible Wolfram & Hart finale).
Another piece of good Fox-type news:
“Cracking Up,” the new sitcom starring Jason Schwartzman (“Rushmore”) from writer-producer-directors Chris & Paul Weitz (“About a Boy”) and writer-producer Mike White (“Pasadena,” “Chuck and Buck,” “The Good Girl,” “School of Rock”), has an airdate too now! It premieres March 8!
In other Fox news:
Certified comedy genius Norm Macdonald is unemployed again. Fox has pulled the plug on “A Minute With Stan Hooper.” And there’s still no word when we’ll be seeing Marti Noxon’s new Fox afterlife drama, “Still Life.”
Looking for bumper stickers, plush toys and girls’ underwear covered with cute cartoon double-amputees? Visit The Herc Store!
Based on the pilot I saw and the scriptage I’ve read, “Wonderfalls” is easily the best new series being aired on television this season.
It’s a comedy-fantasy hourlong about an angry, overeducated souvenir-shop employee who begins receiving uncanny (and unsolicited) instructions from the souvenirs. It’s overseen by no fewer than two bona fide genius writer-producers: Bryan Fuller (the “Deep Space Nine” vet who went on to mastermind Showtime’s “Dead Like Me”) and Tim Minear (the “Firefly” co-showrunner who made his name authoring the best “Angel” episodes ever – including last season’s incredible Wolfram & Hart finale).
Another piece of good Fox-type news:
“Cracking Up,” the new sitcom starring Jason Schwartzman (“Rushmore”) from writer-producer-directors Chris & Paul Weitz (“About a Boy”) and writer-producer Mike White (“Pasadena,” “Chuck and Buck,” “The Good Girl,” “School of Rock”), has an airdate too now! It premieres March 8!
In other Fox news:
Certified comedy genius Norm Macdonald is unemployed again. Fox has pulled the plug on “A Minute With Stan Hooper.” And there’s still no word when we’ll be seeing Marti Noxon’s new Fox afterlife drama, “Still Life.”
Looking for bumper stickers, plush toys and girls’ underwear covered with cute cartoon double-amputees? Visit The Herc Store!
Another piece of good Fox-type news:
“Cracking Up,” the new sitcom starring Jason Schwartzman (“Rushmore”) from writer-producer-directors Chris & Paul Weitz (“About a Boy”) and writer-producer Mike White (“Pasadena,” “Chuck and Buck,” “The Good Girl,” “School of Rock”), has an airdate too now! It premieres March 8!
In other Fox news:
Certified comedy genius Norm Macdonald is unemployed again. Fox has pulled the plug on “A Minute With Stan Hooper.” And there’s still no word when we’ll be seeing Marti Noxon’s new Fox afterlife drama, “Still Life.”
Looking for bumper stickers, plush toys and girls’ underwear covered with cute cartoon double-amputees? Visit The Herc Store!
In other Fox news:
Certified comedy genius Norm Macdonald is unemployed again. Fox has pulled the plug on “A Minute With Stan Hooper.” And there’s still no word when we’ll be seeing Marti Noxon’s new Fox afterlife drama, “Still Life.”
Looking for bumper stickers, plush toys and girls’ underwear covered with cute cartoon double-amputees? Visit The Herc Store!
Looking for bumper stickers, plush toys and girls’ underwear covered with cute cartoon double-amputees? Visit The Herc Store!
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Would that be the US version of VanderMaxx?
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Caroline Dhavernas is unbelievably yummy and talented. She's the next big thing, trust me.
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Jan 17, 2004 3:03:33 AM CST
Do I dare to watch when I know Fox will probably cancel it just
by serious black
Damn you, Fox. I hope others (that is, Nielsen households) watch this show and make it successful. For my part, I can't stand to watch new shows on Fox anymore when I know they'll just get cancelled if they're at all enjoyable.
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Is there any indication that Fox has pulled its head out of its ass since Firefly? Can we count on them to not promote the show correctly and air the episodes in random order without any consistency to timeslot or schedule?
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I guess if he was a Buffy regular you'd have gotten his name right. It's understandable.
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LOS ANGELES Jan. 16
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A quote from the article above: "I think it's very difficult for viewers to know what is going on in television right now," she said, "and at Fox we'll do a better job of letting them know what our schedule is." ******* Jesus, the fact that Fox considers it a revolutionary idea to let viewers know their schedule speaks volumes.
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What FOX is planning to do is interesting, however, why America has been turned off by the current TV season has more to do with the shows, and less to do when they are scheduled. It still amazes me that reality TV is such a hit, and while they are cheap to produce abnd make millions for the network, it doesn't replace interesting, creative and scripted TV drama's and comedies. What is missing frommost of these shows is creativeness. With the for knowledge that you have to be a hit out of the gate, why do shows like Still Standing, Three and Half Men, Good Morning Miami and Coupling get on? The concepts are lame, the jokes are paint-by-number, and the over all creep factor of the casting is driving people away. While the anti heroes of say the Sapranos is excepted, the stupid sexual innuendoes of guys on Coupling went out of style with Three's Company. I reminded often of a line in Jurassic Park: Just because you can make dinosaurs doesn't mean you should. And in the same token, just because you can get away with a more sexual jokes, doesn't mean you should. TV can be good when it tries, but these days I don't think the networks care to be good. Reality TV has allowed them to put slop on the TV screen, and then wonder where everyone has gone. For every Miracles, there's 47 differnt versions of Full House waiting. The networks need to covet shows that don't insult it's audiences intelligence. It needs understand that we are tired of seeing the same old show week end and week out, year after year. The Sheild, Monk, The Sapranos, The L Word, Queer as Folk, Carnavale, 24, The OC, Angel, The West Wing and many more (like the cancelled Miracles, Twin Peaks and American Gothic) are shows that challenge people's concepts of what is expected. While people find the CSI shows brilliant -which, from the scienctific aspect, are -they are still predictable (in the end, Grissom always gets his killer). But that's fine, if the show is well done. Like the Law and Order franchise, the CSI shows are well put together shows. Why can't they do the same with their comedies? Stan Hopper was Newhart -but it wasn't as funny. Wanda at Large had potential, but she was handicapped with predictable stories and an unpleasant cast straight out casting. Bernie Mac and Arrested Development are brilliant shows, but feature low ratings because it understands satire is much more funny than an obvious joke. But, Americans in general don't undersatnd the concept of satire, so they turn on shows like Fear Factor, Survivor, Average Joe, The Good Life and American Idol. If network TV is to survive cable it needs to understand that while reality TV is a necessary evil, its dramas and comeides need to shine just as brightly. It needs to develop its shows, let the writers come up with creative stories, let the scripts become less predictable and by God, realize that Still Standing is perhaps the worst show on network TV today (closely followed by Three and Half Men). I challenge CBS to move both of those shows from their cushy Monday slot, and you'll discover how quickly these shows will die. Bring on Wonderfalls.
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How can you be considering a certified comedic genius when every television show you partake in is canceled and every movie you make flops?
Maybe he should make a CD and write a book so that he can say that he's failed at every entertainment medium.
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I watched the pilot of this show and LOVED it... but then it disappeared. I could never find it. Did Fox move it to another night or pre-emt it for sports or something? I kinda always assumed that it had been canceled already. Too bad.
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ironic that Wonderfalls will meet the same fate as Firefly. Bury it on Friday nights and let it rot... Fox Sucks soooo bad.
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And was well liked. Don't know why it was cancelled.
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hey jeffmcm, do spend every saturday night hanging out at some nighclub you hate too?
you talkbackers never cease to amaze me. nothing but criticism for the site and its content.
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Malcolm stays on the air and Fututrama gets taken off? WHY? Becuase secret agent cody banks is in movies and shit, big fucking deal, let me be a spy, my first mission can be finding out why the fucking companys are run by dumb bastards who must HATE money seeing how they waste it.
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Anything halfway interesting gets killed in the crib. Hell, I got soured when they killed the show 'Profit' (yeesh, was that the name of it?) about 6 years ago.
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To the jackass right above me, why are you picking on Malcolm? Futurama was GARBAGE. The unfunniest thing on television, hands down. Malcolm survives the airwaves because it's fucking hysterical and Bryan Cranston is one of the funniest actors on television. And Dewey? That kid is the real talent on there, much more so then Malcolm. Don't bag on one of the few good sitcoms left on TV. Futurama was garbage. You must be a Babylon 5 fan or something. As for FOX, I saw "Firefly" for one episode last year and I found it thoroughly unwatchable. Now, I am a total "whedon-phile" but Firefly sucked. So while everyone is crying in their beer about Firefly, it was lame. However, The X Files lasted a long time and Tru Calling has been given a full season commitment because Fox actually KEEPS the good sci fi/fantasy shows (X Files & Tru Calling) and gets rid of the crappy ones (Firefly). Occasionally they make a mistake but Firefly was BOR-ing. Now, I will try Wonderfalls out because it has both an Angel and a Deep Soace Nine pedigree (two of the greatest sci fi/fantasy shows of all time). But until I watch it, I can't tell any of you guys whether its worth it or not.
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Period. End of story. alexr, dude, excuse me for contradicting you but you are so wrong. Since you admitted that you only watched one episode before condemning Firefly as "unwatchable," do yourself a huge favor and watch another one. It's on DVD now so you could rent it. I challenge anyone to watch Disc 1 of the four disc set and not be hooked on the show. Just try it. If you still don't like it, THEN by all means feel free to bitch about it. It can seem a little slower-paced at times, especially in the first few episodes, but it's worth it. Trust me.
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And MINE is that Wonderfalls sounds like the lamest series to be greenlighted in years. God, I'd rather be a faitful viewer of both Tru Calling and Joan of Arcadia, if I wanted something similar but more plausible, even if both are fantasies. Talking objects in a souvenir shop? Hmmm, yes, a suitable case for treatment!
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Molly Shannon is in this show. Horay!
Wonderfalls sounds good but how long will it survive in a timeslot like that?
FOX needs to start treating their shows better.
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