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Hercules Takes The Pulse Of
TNT's New Jada Pinkett Smith
Nursing Series HAWTHORNE!!

Jada by NudeandAroused	Jun 16th, 2009 04:31:45 AM
I love Jada, but this does look predictable.
Fuck Jada by HercsShowerRadio	Jun 16th, 2009 04:43:55 AM
Talentless pushy bitch. The only reason she's still on the radar is she married ball-less wonder Will Smith. Guess who wears the pants in that family!
This show lost me... by Literarywanderer	Jun 16th, 2009 05:18:51 AM
When they broadcast a preview with a dumbass being arrested screaming, "You can't take me. I'm a nurse." WTF?
Julia by Hercules	Jun 16th, 2009 06:07:51 AM
was a sitcom.
They are trying to fill the gap left by ER by estacado1	Jun 16th, 2009 06:12:35 AM
And at the same time, trying to copy House's success.
tnt misses again by palewook	Jun 16th, 2009 06:32:21 AM
tnt misses often.
STILL hate St. Elsewhere's IDIOTIC ending episode... by Ninja Nerd	Jun 16th, 2009 07:12:41 AM
I loved SE, watched every episode. Then, the series ender that still sucks so high on tit, it's up on the collarbone. As for Hawthorne...not very good. The medication/dosage error was ignorant. When I was a medic during VietNam, we had a doctor's order for a cardioactive drug transcribed incorrectly as 5cc instead of the max human dosage of POINT 5 cc's. Had I given the drug, the patient would have died in about 30 seconds. I refused, was reamed out by the medical officer in charge, and stood my ground until the senior officer called the attending (a Lt. Colonel...at 2:00 a.m.) to verify the order. The sleepy doc's response "WHAT?!?...that dose would kill that fucker!!" The ashen face of the dickhead that was about to have me court-martialed was priceless. I actually got a commendation for essentially refusing the direct order of a superior officer. Only one of 8 zillion reasons I generally hate medical shows...stupid plotlines, performed by the clueless.
Jada's award shopping for awards by Shut the Fuck up Donny	Jun 16th, 2009 07:37:33 AM
by producing and starring in a show that's only driving purpose is to re-use hackneyed and played-out plots and archetypes that have earned critical praise in the past.
award shopping for awards? by Shut the Fuck up Donny	Jun 16th, 2009 07:38:15 AM
WTF? I'm going back to bed.
I thought the worst thing when I saw this commercial by CherryValance	Jun 16th, 2009 08:50:57 AM
my brain: "Gee, someone probably needed that job." Meaning Jada should just stay home and play with Will's money while someone else collects a paycheck. Isn't that terrible? I'm such a lousy person. But yeah, I'm not going to watch this.
Why???? by rfid	Jun 16th, 2009 09:10:25 AM
Why is this site even bothering to mention TV shows about nursing, or the 90210 spinoff? How are either of these even remotely relevant to the focus of a geek site called Ain't It Cool News? Focus, guys--focus. You're becoming a poor man's Entertainment Weekly. I keep expecting to find news about Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Aniston, Paris Hilton and Britney Spears.
FROM EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JADA PINKETT SMITH by digital8	Jun 16th, 2009 09:11:10 AM
That line means about as much as staring at the shit in my toilet.
Screw TV Doctors, Screw TV Nurses...... by 300Zartans	Jun 16th, 2009 09:55:58 AM
Give me THE ORDERLIES. Then I will watch.
When Homeless People Attack by Rocco Curioso	Jun 16th, 2009 09:57:56 AM
Boy howdy... there's your next hit reality show(I'll settle for 20% of both the merchandising and syndication rights). Actually, when homeless peoples DO attack, the trick is to distract them by taunting them with food in Ziploc freezer bags, then toss said vittles in the opposite direction. Works every time.
A DIFFERENT WORLD continues to annoy by Darkartist	Jun 16th, 2009 10:16:15 AM
That show is responsible for some of the worse atrocities inflicted upon Hollywood and the collective pop culture consciousness. I will always hate Jada Pinkett, Bill Cosby, Sinbad & Marisa Tomei because of that terrible, sweaty-ass-sucking show (Kadeem Hardison redeemed himself in the awesome, DRIVE). Every motherfucking episode was a thinly veiled excuse to vomit simple, empty rhetoric on race politics to the point of exhaustion. If it weren't one of the 3 shows my bible-thumping mother allowed me to watch as a child, I wouldn't have bothered with that humorless mess. It was either that or Davey & Goliath and there's only so much bad puppetry a young child can stomach. In retrospect, I think Flying House & Veggie Tales would've been better for my self-esteem because every time Jada Pinkett or Kadeem Hardison stepped on their respective soapboxes it made me embarassed to be black. Every dude was a prissy, arrogant cunt that would rather discuss Martin Luther King than have a beer or tell a joke. I still remember being offended by the basketbll episode with Dean Cain where they spray nigger on Dwayne's car. I have experienced racism in my own life and it was never that stupid and blantant. In real life bigots rarely see the error in their ways and the PSA before the credits was even more annoying. There is no book on the planet that can prepare you or comfort you from the pains of racial tension.
uncleveRNess by geekofsellyoulloyd	Jun 16th, 2009 10:24:20 AM
Seems like they based a show on finding the letters RN in a name. I can review it using RN letters then: IndisceRNible HoRNswoggled MouRNful PooRNess ScoRNful SpuRNed TaRNished
Single, widowed, war veteran, tough as nails, heart of gold by Falafalguy	Jun 16th, 2009 10:25:33 AM
Can't miss!!!
Dig up Fat Boys for DisOrderlies the Series by Darkartist	Jun 16th, 2009 10:35:48 AM
Or stop making all these shitty hospital series. Enough is enough. There's a billion of em. How many variations on that theme do we need for fuck's sake?!
I liked Saved by xsi kal	Jun 16th, 2009 10:56:41 AM
A truly fucked up series with some truly fucked up characters and a couple of really good episodes. On the other hand, you could not pay me to watch Hawthorne. Every commercial I've seen just makes me think 'sanctimonious bitch.' Vanity pieces are just not my cup of tea, sorry.
Remember " A Different World?" When Jada was pretty? by theycallmemrtibbs	Jun 16th, 2009 11:31:23 AM
Geez!---WTF? If she was a Dick Tracy villain she would be PRUNE-FACE!
Uh... Missed one.... by Kid Z	Jun 16th, 2009 11:43:30 AM
...Julia back in the late 60's-early 70's starring Diahann Carroll, also a nurse show.
Kid Z by DennisMM	Jun 16th, 2009 11:50:10 AM
Look above. While "Julia" had some dramatic elements, it was a sitcom. Carroll, was, however, the first black female lead on TV, period.
Darkartist... by Kid Z	Jun 16th, 2009 11:51:08 AM
... know what you mean dude, that show embarrassed me and I'm not even black. One thing though, Jasmine Guy. She was awful in it too, but went on to be awesome in Dead Like Me. So, one diamond out of all that horseshit, anyway.
DennisMM... by Kid Z	Jun 16th, 2009 11:52:53 AM
...Heack I don't even think I've ever actually SEEN that show, just heard about it. Oh well, at least I was half right.
Kid Z by Darkartist	Jun 16th, 2009 12:05:55 PM
I always wondered if that show annoyed white people as much as it aggravated me. My sister and I would joke that if we were white and saw an episode it would instantly turn us into skinheads. I grew up in a cultural diverse city and none of my friends acted like the ass-clowns on that lousy show. I do agree that Jasmine Guy deserves a pass too. I haven't seen Before The Devil Knows You're Dead but I hear Marisa Tomei is good in it. She'd have to be Glenn Fucking Close to warrant a pass because she might've been worse on that show than Jada Pinkett.
"That line means about as much as staring at the shit in my toil by theycallmemrtibbs	Jun 16th, 2009 12:16:11 PM
BWAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HA!
Actually rfid is right by CherryValance	Jun 16th, 2009 12:19:27 PM
I've read a lot of complaints from people wanting talkbacks for more geek friendly shows during the season and they don't get it. But then this show is promoted here. I dunno. It doesn't make a lot of sense. I mean I barely watch series TV so I don't really care but, I'm beginning to see their point.
Supernatural can't get a TB but this can by Darkartist	Jun 16th, 2009 12:28:48 PM
Jada Pinkett is the ebola virus manifested flesh. Like Rosario Dawson all she does is shitty vanity projects yet Herc plugs her shit. Then an awesome show like Supernatural couldn't even get a TB for its season finale. Lame.
Speaking of "A Different World"... by Mr Spork	Jun 16th, 2009 01:18:49 PM
what the hell happened to Sinbad? Is he still alive?
Hop aboard the Will Smith Gravy Train! by Samuel Fulmer	Jun 16th, 2009 01:23:02 PM

Mr Spork by Darkartist	Jun 16th, 2009 01:56:20 PM
Sinbad was in an episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia from last season. Funniest thing he's ever done. He played an aggressive mental patient that bullied Rob Thomas around
Blech by Cobbio	Jun 16th, 2009 02:39:39 PM
From the show's ads overwhelming every single channel, I was already throwing up in my mouth. I like Jada Pinkett-Smith, but the too-serious, holier-than-thou contriteness of "Hawthorne" is just BORING! For fuck's sake, give me a drug-addicted cross-dresser doctor. Or a clown-obsessed religious freak doctor. Or even a war-scarred Sudanese immigrant doctor. ANYTHING but the well-adjusted, two and a half kids, I'm-totally-awesome mom doctor. BLECH! PUKE! What made "St. Elsewhere" so memorable and moving back in the day was its cast of flawed, fucked-up doctors and equally quirky, fucked up attendants and patients. There was no perfect mom fakeness going on. And if there was, it was skewered and given unexpected turns and heart by the episode's end. Hawthorne looks like a cloyingly self-important perfect person show. Fuck that. I'm not watching one episode of it.
Another Hospital/ doctor show! by I_am_the_ultimate_product	Jun 16th, 2009 02:50:18 PM
Yay!!!!
Haven't we learned our lesson yet? by I_am_the_ultimate_product	Jun 16th, 2009 02:53:37 PM
Nothing will ever top MASH. Ever.
The Problem with this series by HideousSecretion	Jun 16th, 2009 03:08:51 PM
1) Jada. She's a subpar actress whose only emotion is PMS bitchy. I don't want to watch a cranky midget play a holier-than-thou nurse. 2) Writing. Clearly from what people have said this show doesn't set the bar for great story lines and logic. 3) Hospital. This setting and its story lines are played out. Bring something original to it, like House did, or go the fuck away.
LA TIMES IS WRONG!!! Ethel Waters, Beulah. 1950 -53 by JuanSanchez	Jun 16th, 2009 10:14:08 PM

Only good thing Pinkett was in... by Pissed Off And Bitter	Jun 17th, 2009 03:37:55 AM
Was the Inkwell. Funny ass movie with Larenz Tate. Whatever happened to him? But then again she was playing a bitch in that. And she even fucks another guy. But yeah, I love that movie. Fuck you if you say otherwise.
the finale of the series will be... by The Amazing G	Jun 17th, 2009 07:05:23 AM
the camera panning out to show the whole thing has simply been the imaginings of a retarded guy with a snow globe
She has some nice eyes, that's about it by terry1978	Jun 17th, 2009 09:45:07 AM
Honestly, Jada's only real redeeming asset are the semi-haunting eyes she has and that constant piercy stare. Other than that, meh.
So this isn't about Nathaniel Hawthorne? by rbatty024	Jun 17th, 2009 04:37:16 PM
I'll pass.
Beulah by Hercules	Jun 17th, 2009 08:20:43 PM
sitcom
Black Lead Actresses by Hipshot	Jun 18th, 2009 05:23:42 PM
"Beulah" was a comedy (the character had been a maid on "Fibber McGee and Molly" and "Julia" was called a half-hour "dramady."
Nurses? Really? by Serious Black	Jun 18th, 2009 10:23:44 PM
Sounds thrilling. Buncha sad sacks whining about how they're really so much smarter than the doctors, and they care so much more about the patients. Tune in next week when Hawthorne deals with a shortage of bedpans AND has to deal with a surly underling who refuses to administer a sponge bath.
Saved was really good. by Serious Black	Jun 18th, 2009 10:26:38 PM
It always felt like it was on the verge of real tragedy. Poor Tom Everett Scott. Seems like he is always just tickling the cunthairs of superstardom, but has yet to really sink the pink. Oh, well. He's pretty good in all the random stuff he turns up in.

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