The New Shows’ Week 2 in Review
October 5th, 2009 | Jonathan Gray
Now that I have another week of Nielsen ratings to work with, let’s reevaluate how the new shows are doing. After the fold …
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New Shows, 7: Brothers, The Cleveland Show, Trauma
October 2nd, 2009 | Jonathan Gray
Continuing with the reviews, with a bit more speed and brevity, after the fold …
Why Was Beautiful Life Cancelled, and is Brothers Next?
September 30th, 2009 | Jonathan Gray
A brief pause from reviews to discuss the passing of Beautiful Life, and the low ratings of Brothers. Both cases illustrate how much the extratextuals matter. After the fold …
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New Shows, 6: Modern Family, Cougar Town
September 28th, 2009 | Jonathan Gray
More reviews, after the fold …
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Who Will Stay and Who Will Go? A Look at the Numbers
September 26th, 2009 | Jonathan Gray
A pause from the reviews now to look at the new show’s numbers, and to discuss what those numbers tell us about the past five days, the “first official week” of the Fall season. After the fold …
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New Shows, 5: Mercy, Eastwick, The Forgotten
September 26th, 2009 | Jonathan Gray
More reviews after the fold, with comments on gender in Mercy and Eastwick. I’m running out of ways to say things are mediocre to piddling, though …
New Shows, 4: Accidentally on Purpose, The Good Wife, NCIS: LA
September 25th, 2009 | Jonathan Gray
How to Sell a Guilty Pleasure: The CW and Its Posters
September 20th, 2009 | Jonathan Gray
As I wait for more new shows this week to review, and as I find myself with little to say about the Emmy winners, largely because I agree with or can accept almost all victories (especially Michael Emerson. yay! About bloody time), let’s take a time out to look at some of the extratextuals surrounding the new shows:
I’ve been intrigued by the degree to which, in the wake of Gossip Girl’s past success, The CW has pounced upon the guilty pleasure label as being a great one with which to sell (and, of course, design) a show. Consider the following posters, for GG, Melrose Place, and The Beautiful Life, starting with GG. Analysis after the fold…
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New Shows, 3: Community, The Beautiful Life, Flash Forward
September 19th, 2009 | Jonathan Gray
New Shows, 2: The Jay Leno Show, or NBC is Tyler Durden
September 16th, 2009 | Jonathan Gray
Yes, Jay gets his own post, because NBC thinks it’s worth five other shows. Below the fold …
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