While living in New York City, I enjoyed attending the Paley Center’s new show sneak peaks each September. That’s not so possible now, in Madison, but instead I’ll be reviewing the new shows as I get around to watching them off my DVR.
Let’s start with The CW’s Melrose Place and The Vampire Diaries, and FOX’s Glee, after the fold…
I found clips of some of the new shows, and I’m embedding them after the fold
FOX went first, and James Poniewozik says it was an odd presentation, in that it wasn’t so much about the brilliance of FOX, but of TV. As he writes:
it spent most of its time, before screening clips of its new shows, defending the medium of television itself. Despite what pundits in the media are telling you, they told advertisers, the vast majority of TV watchers still watch on a television set, and not online. And they do so watch the ads! […]
But when you’re working this hard to persuade a room of advertisers of the basic efficacy of your medium—you are nervous about something. And mind you, this is the network that has American Idol. What the hell is ABC going to say tomorrow?
Anyways, down to business, after the fold:
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The Paley Center for Television and Radio in New York is once more doing its Fall Previews, showing pilots for new shows, and, because some networks don’t have many new shows, showing the premiere of some returning new-ish shows. I’m skipping The CW’s tonight, since all they had on offer were 90210, which I saw (and will comment upon below) and Privileged, which is on next week. But last night was FOX’s night, showing the premiere of this season’s Sarah Connor Chronicles, along with pilots for Do Not Disturb and the much-anticipated J. J. Abrams show, Fringe. I’ll discuss the new shows below the fold …
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As explained in my previous post, last week I attended the Paley Center for Media’s Fall TV Previews screenings. First up was FOX, who showed the pilots for Nashville, K-Ville, Back to You, and Kitchen Nightmares. See my reviews below the fold, though you may want to take my reviews with a grain of salt, given the medium-out-of-context issues I discuss in the previous post.I’ll post ABC, NBC, CBS, and CW later (in that order) Read more…
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