I am – Hercules!! The seventh and final season of “The Shield,”
the second season of “Reaper”
The Norman Lear TV Collection 1) “All in the Family”
as well as the first 25 episodes of “Mary Hartman Mary Hartman” and what are billed as more than six hours of new bonus features. Those extras include two never-aired “All in the Family” pilots tiled “Those Were The Days” and “Justice For All” (the latter co-starring Candice Azzara and Chip Oliver as daughter Gloria and her husband Dickie) as well as new interviews with Lear, Rob Reiner, Mackenzie Phillips, Bonnie Franklin, Jimmy “Kid Dyn-O-Mite” Walker, Adrienne Barbeau, Rue McClanahan, Louise Lasser, Mary Kay Place and the late Bea Arthur.
Amazon has it for $111.99
A drama about an ex-junkie who becomes an “extreme interventionist” to help strangers overcome their addictions, “The Cleaner”
None of the critics seemed very excited about it.
USA Today gives it one and a half stars (out of four) and says:
… "precious" is only one of the problems with The Cleaner, a hacky drama … Inevitably, the bad monologues give way to bad dialogue …
The New York Times says:
… The writing doesn’t dissuade Mr. Bratt from his inclination toward overstatement. He is forced to sound like a report from the Centers for Disease Control while administering CPR. …
The Los Angeles Times says:
… slightly exasperating … It's a mix of the professionally done, the professionally overdone, the reasonably convincing, the surprisingly hackneyed and the occasionally absurd. …
The Chicago Tribune says:
… The most interesting part of "Intervention" is seeing the painful and dysfunctional personal relationships that can contribute to an addict's downward spiral. So far, "The Cleaner" has little of that drama and none of that pathos. …
The Washington Post says:
… might be exciting if there were a soupcon of substance to the show. If not a soupcon, maybe a tidbit. A dollop. A morsel? …
The San Francisco Chronicle says:
… Though "The Cleaner" in no way approaches the top-notch fare of AMC or FX, it competes well in the arena of TNT and USA series. That is, "The Cleaner" is a solid drama with true grit but several more obviously telegraphed moments or twists than you'll find in the upper tier of cable. …
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says:
… all these elements don't add up to much more than a predictable franchise drama featuring an intervention of the week with a little bit of character development thrown in for good measure.…
The Boston Globe says:
… a concept that begs for - but doesn't altogether get - sophisticated treatment. … good intentions do not a successful drama make. …
Variety says:
… feels painfully slight in the premiere, despite Benjamin Bratt's stoic performance …
The Hollywood Reporter says:
… a visit to the Cleaner is only slightly more cheerful than a meeting with an undertaker. … Without more skillful dialogue and lively stories, this won't help A&E kick the reality habit. …
Herc’s Popular Pricing Pantry
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extra-crammed! ) season of “Seinfeld” ran $32.49; this week seasons three through nine are just $13.99 each!!
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$11.99!! People were paying $49 for this set last year.
$18.99!! The Blu-ray version is $24.49!!
$15.99 or less each!!
$16.99 each as part of the same big CBS sale …
$19.99 Shield!!
$18.99 Complete Animated Trek!!
Blu-ray Lost Sale!!
This Week
The Cleaner 1.x
Danny Phantom 3.x
Father Knows Best 3.x
Get Smart 3.x
Last of the Summer Wine 1979
Making Fiends 1.x
Mistresses Vol. 1
My Family 3.x
My Family 4.x My Family 3.x/4.x
The Norman Lear TV Collection
Open All Hours: The Complete Series
Perry Mason 4.x Vol. 1
Reaper 2.x
Shaun The Sheep Vol. 3
The Shield 7.x
South of Nowhere 3.x
Survivorman 3.x
Time Warp: The Complete Series
Time Warp: The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
Waiting For God 4.x
Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Best Of
Zane Grey Theater 1.x
Zoey 101 3.x
Zoey 101 4.x
Z Rock 1.x Next Week Burn Notice 2.x Burn Notice 2.x (Blu-ray) Everwood 2.x Family Guy Vol. 7 FBI Files 3.x Generation Kill (Blu-ray) House of Payne Vol. 4 I Can't Believe I'm Still Single 1.x John Adams: The Complete Miniseries (Blu-ray) Lost 1.x (Blu-ray) Lost 2.x (Blu-ray) Murdoch Mysteries 1.x Nature's Most Amazing Events Nature's Most Amazing Events (Blu-ray) Saving Grace 2.x The Secret Life Of An American Teenager 2.x Sergeant Preston of the Yukon 2.x Snoop Dogg's Father Hood: Best Of Vol. 1 Spaceballs: The Animated Series Tom & Jerry's Greatest Chases Vol. 2 Transformers 1.x World's Toughest Fixes
June 23 Bizarre Foods Vol. 3 Blood Ties 1.x The FBI Files: Best of 1998-2000 Ghost Hunters: Fans' Favorite Investigations The Girls Next Door 5.x Monster Squad: The Complete Collection Reba 6.x Reba 1.x-6.x Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection
June 30 Blue Murder Vol. 4 Dog The Bounty Hunter: Best Of 5.x Eastbound & Down 1.x Entourage 5.x Eureka 3.x Hi-5 2.x The IT Crowd 2.x Kong: Collector's Box Set Number 10: The Complete Miniseries Parker Lewis Can't Lose 1.x Prison Break 4.x Route 66 3.x Vol. 1 Secret Diary of a Call Girl 2.x Stargate Atlantis 5.x Swiss Family Robinson (1976): The Complete Series
July 7 Callan Vol. 1 Chris Ryan's Elite Police Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen Doctor Who: The Rescue/The Romans Kath & Kim 1.x Matlock 3.x Matlock 1.x-3.x Moon Machines Murder She Wrote 10.x
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Vol. 15 Peanuts 1960s Collection Petticoat Junction 2.x Poirot Vol. 4 Power Rangers RPM Vol. 1 Reno 911! 6.x Ruby: A Journey to Lose the First 100 Lbs. Third Watch 2.x Torchwood 2.x (Blu-ray) The Universe 3.x (Blu-ray)
July 14 American Gladiators Vol. 1 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Vol. 4 Arab Labor 1.x Bewitched 8.x The Color of Magic Crime Scene University ER 11.x Faerie Tale Theatre: Princess Tales Faerie Tale Theatre: Tales from Hans Christian Andersen
Guns of Will Sonnett 1.x/2.x <--- NEW!! Ironside: 6 Episodes
Joe Schmo 2.x Leverage 1.x Mad Men 2.x
Mad Men 2.x (Blu-ray) McHale's Navy: 8 Episodes Men Behaving Badly: 8 Episodes Peyton Place Vol. 2 Punky Brewster: 8 Episodes Red Skelton: 30 Episodes <--- NEW!!
The State: The Complete Series Swamp Thing: 8 Episodes Tales of Wells Fargo: Best Of <--- NEW!! Tracey Takes On 3.x/4.x
Wild Pacific <--- NEW!! Wild Pacific (Blu-ray) <--- NEW!! Wire in the Blood 6.x Zorro: Generation Z Vol. 1 July 21 Charlie's Angels 4.x The Donna Reed Show 2.x G.I. Joe (1983) 1.1 Hotel 1.x Jon and Kate Plus Ei8ht 4.x Vol. 2 The Lucy Show 1.x The Mighty Boosh 1.x The Mighty Boosh 2.x The Mighty Boosh 3.x Monk 7.x Prison Break: Final Break Prison Break: Final Break (Blu-ray) Psych 3.x Pushing Daisies 2.x Pushing Daisies 2.x (Blu-ray)
Robot Chicken: Star Wars II The Secret Saturdays Vol. 1 SpongeBob SquarePants: To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants Stargate SG-1: Children of The Gods (Final Cut) This American Life 2.x Voltron Vol. 8
Wolverine and the X-Men Vol. 2
July 28 Armchair Thriller Vol. 1
Battlestar Galactica 4.11-4.20 Battlestar Galactica 4.11-4.20 (Blu-ray)
Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
Charles in Charge 5.x <--- NEW!! Criss Angel Mindfreak: The Most Dangerous Escapes Doc Martin 2.x
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead <--- NEW!! Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (Blu-ray) <--- NEW!!
Dollhouse 1.x Dollhouse 1.x (Blu-ray) Early Edition 2.x Knight Rider (2008): The Complete Series Life On Mars (UK): Season One
The Middleman: The Complete Series Spectacular Spider-Man 1.x Torchwood: Children of Earth <--- NEW!! Torchwood: Children of Earth (Blu-ray) <--- NEW!! Voltron: Fleet of Doom August 4 Adventures of Black Beauty 2.x Brian Sewell's Grand Tour of Italy Days That Shook The World 2.x Edge of Existence: The Complete Series Flight of the Conchords 2.x Love Boat 2.x Vol. 2 Love Boat: The First Two Seasons Marple 4.x Project Runway 5.x <--- NEW!! The Shape of the World: The Complete Series Stargate Atlantis: Fan's Choice Tim & Eric, Awesome Show, Great Job!
August 11 Adam 12 3.x Californication 2.x Designing Women 2.x Life & Times of Vivienne Vyle Life With Derek 2.x Mistral's Daughter: The Complete Miniseries New Detectives 4.x
90210 1.x Pulling 2.x Scooby Doo: Batman/Globetrotters
Super Friends: The Lost Episodes Zorro Generation Z Vol. 2 August 18 Astro-Boy Vol. 1 <--- NEW!! Astro-Boy Vol. 2 <--- NEW!! Astro-Boy Vol. 3 <--- NEW!! Astro-Boy Vol. 4 <--- NEW!! Astro-Boy Vol. 5 <--- NEW!! Dexter 3.x Dexter 3.x (Blu-ray) Dexter 1.x-3.x Dexter 1.x-3.x (Blu-ray) Dirty Sexy Money 2.x Eli Stone 1.x Everybody Hates Chris 4.x Everybody Hates Chris 1.x-4.x Foursome 2.x Ghost Adventures 1.x
Gossip Girl 2.x Greek 3.x iCarly 2.x Vol. 1 Just For Laughs: Over The Edge Simon & Simon 3.x
The Simpsons 12.x Smurfs Vol. 2 Sons of Anarchy 1.x Sons of Anarchy 1.x (Blu-ray) Total Drama Island: The Complete Series August 25 Batman: Brave and the Bold Vol. 1 Battles B.C. 1.x Crash 1.x Crash 1.x (Blu-ray) <--- NEW!! Dog The Bounty Hunter: Best Of 5.x A Haunting: Twilight of Evil (Blu-ray) Here's Lucy 1.x
House 5.x How The Earth Was Made: The Complete Series Lie To Me 1.x Lie To Me 1.x (Blu-ray) Life 2.x Man Stroke Woman 2.x MonsterQuest 3.x Vol. 1 NCIS 6.x <--- NEW!! New Tricks 1.x One Tree Hill 6.x Samantha Who? 2.x Scrubs 8.x
Sonny With A Chance Vol. 1 <--- NEW!!
Suite Life on Deck: Anchors Away <--- NEW!! thirtysomething 1.x TV Sets: Beyond the Ordinary <--- NEW!! TV Sets: Crime & Punishment <--- NEW!! The Universe 3.x (Blu-ray)
September 1 Ben 10 Alien Force Vol. 4 Brothers And Sisters 3.x Clatterford 2.x Desperate Housewives 5.x Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl
Heroes 3.x Heroes 3.x (Blu-ray) People Like Us: The Complete Series Plastic Man: The Complete Collection Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares 2.x Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Vol. 1 Scooby Doo Where Are You Vol. 3 Stephen Fry in America
Supernatural 4.x <--- NEW!! Supernatural 4.x (Blu-ray) <--- NEW!!
Two and a Half Men 6.x <--- NEW!! Werewolf: The Complete Series <--- NEW!!
September 8
Fringe 1.x
Fringe 1.x (Blu-ray)
Get Smart 4.x <--- NEW!! Goosebumps: Attack of the Jack-O-Lanterns <--- NEW!! Goosebumps: The Headless Ghost <--- NEW!!
Kings: The Complete Series <--- NEW!!
The Office 5.x The Office 5.x (Blu-ray) The Office 1.x-5.x One Foot in the Grave: 1996 & 1997 Christmas Specials <--- NEW!! One Foot in the Grave: The Complete Series <--- NEW!!
Smallville 8.x <--- NEW!! Smallville 8.x (Blu-ray) <--- NEW!! Smallville 1.x-8.x <--- NEW!!
Worst Week: The Complete Series <--- NEW!! Zorro Generation Z Vol. 3 <--- NEW!!
September 15 Affairs Of The Heart 2.x The Big Bang Theory 2.x Fame 1.x/2.x <--- NEW!! FBI Files 4.x <--- NEW!! Grey's Anatomy 5.x Grey's Anatomy 5.x (Blu-ray)
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack Vol. 1 <--- NEW!! Private Practice 2.x Star Wars: The Clone Wars -- Clone Commandos Taggart Vol. 2 Top Chef 5.x Two and a Half Men 1.x-6.x <--- NEW!!
September 22 Castle 1.x
The Mentalist 1.x <--- NEW!! Ugly Betty 3.x September 29 Ax Men 2.x Foyle's War: From Dunkirk to VE-Day 1-5 Life On Mars: The Complete Series Midsomer Murders Vol. 13 MonsterQuest: Movie Monsters <--- NEW!! Paranormal State 3.x Traffik: The Complete Miniseries Warriors 1.x
October 6 Ghost Hunters: Absolute Best (Blu-ray)
October 13 The Mighty Boosh: The Complete Series <--- NEW!!
October 27 Life After People: The Series
November 3 Pie In The Sky 2.x Zorro 1.x Zorro 2.x
November 17 Patton 360 1.x Scrubs 8.x (Blu-ray)
November 24 Life On Mars (UK) 2.x
December 8
Lost 5.x Lost 5.x (Blu-ray) Lost: The Complete Fifth Season Dharma Initiation Kit Lost: The Complete Fifth Season Dharma Initiation Kit (Blu-ray) Lost 1.x-5.x Lost 1.x-5.x (Blu-ray)
December 15 Ice Road Truckers 3.x
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The New Book From The Guy Behind WRATH OF KHAN, THE VOGAGE HOME And THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY!!
hitting shelves today, was the only season of the series to make one of my year-end top-ten hourlongs list. Even casual viewers could not deny the series’ final handful of episodes trafficked in superior suspense.
