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UnsubNow here's a show that was before its time.

UNSUB was a show that ran for a few months (eight episodes) on NBC in 1989. It was about an FBI forensics team that investigated murders and other serious crimes. Sound familiar? This was CSI and Criminal Minds before there was a CSI or a Criminal Minds.

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]]>andrea manndavid soulforensicskent mccordm. emmet walshnbcrichard kindshort-lived showsunsubBob SassoneThu, 20 Aug 2009 20:02:00 ESTJane After Dark: Fireflyhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/24/jane-after-dark-firefly/http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/24/jane-after-dark-firefly/http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/24/jane-after-dark-firefly/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

FireflyI'm almost to the end of Firefly, my Jane After Dark readers' choice for this week. I really love this series, from the quirky characters to the general theme of a band of renegades burgling their way through the universe.

But even though it's set 500 years in the future, Firefly isn't your typical sci-fi space series that includes all manner of aliens and weird creatures. They're on a spaceship, and yet they rob trains. How cool is that?! It's like Alias Smith and Jones meets Babylon 5.

As with the other Whedon shows I've watched - Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel - the stories are fun and deep and fanciful (yes, I said fanciful), but it's the characters and their interactions that make the shows.

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]]>adam baldwinAdamBaldwinalan tudykAlanTudykchristina hendricksChristinaHendricksdvdfireflygina torresGinaTorresjewel staiteJewelStaitejoss whedonJossWhedonmorena baccarinMorenaBaccarinnathan fillionNathanFillionron glassRonGlasssean maherSeanMaherserenitysummer glauSummerGlauwesternJane BoursawSun, 24 May 2009 19:10:00 ESTReprise the theme song, roll the credits, and for the love of God, revive Roundhouse! - VIDEOhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/15/reprise-the-theme-song-roll-the-credits-and-for-the-love-of-go/http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/15/reprise-the-theme-song-roll-the-credits-and-for-the-love-of-go/http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/15/reprise-the-theme-song-roll-the-credits-and-for-the-love-of-go/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

roundhouse nickelodeon snick crystal lewisAs a kid, my parents were totally cool with my television viewing habits, as long as it never became excessive or kept my face from being kissed by the light of day every once in a while. Not that they had anything to be worried about, of course, considering that all I was watching was Nickelodeon.

While my fellow prepubescents were slowly but surely migrating to more grown-up programming on MTV (and Playboy, if you had a cable box), I spent the bulk of my time between 1992 and 1996 fully devoted to Roundhouse, a 30-minute sketch show sandwiched between the more popular Clarissa Explains It All and Are You Afraid Of The Dark? on SNICK, Nickelodeon's Saturday night programming block.

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]]>are you afraid of the darkAreYouAfraidOfTheDarkbarack obamaBarackObamachildrenclarissa explains it allClarissaExplainsItAllcrystal lewisCrystalLewisearly ninetiesEarlyNinetieskill your tvKillYourTvmtvmusicalmusicalsnickelodeonninetiesobamaplayboyroundhousesaturday night liveSaturdayNightLivesketch comedySketchComedysnlsocial satireSocialSatirevariety showvariety showsVarietyShowVarietyShowsyoutubeyoutube.comEliot GlazerWed, 15 Apr 2009 18:07:00 ESTPlease restart Starting Over - VIDEOhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/12/22/please-restart-starting-over-video/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/12/22/please-restart-starting-over-video/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/12/22/please-restart-starting-over-video/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

starting overRare is the episode of reality television that ends without a character seen having shed tears, made a vigilant declaration, or used pop psychological jargon lifted straight from the self-help section (see "I'm a very sexual person," "We share an energy," and "There's more to me than people might think").

For me, that phony vernacular of new age buzzwords that culminate in testimonials of poorly-worded self-expression are simultaneously the best and worst elements of a reality show. Naturally, that's what made Starting Over one of the few reality shows I could not only tolerate, but adore.

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]]>daytimeiyanla vanzantIyanlaVanzantnew ageNewAgereality tvRealityTvstarting overStartingOverwomenEliot GlazerMon, 22 Dec 2008 11:22:00 ESTSeven sketch comedies that deserved more chances than Mad TV got - VIDEOShttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/12/03/seven-sketch-comedies-that-deserved-more-chances-than-mad-tv-got/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/12/03/seven-sketch-comedies-that-deserved-more-chances-than-mad-tv-got/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/12/03/seven-sketch-comedies-that-deserved-more-chances-than-mad-tv-got/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Mad TV came along at a time in American television history when America had an excuse to get out of the house and live healthy and productive lives on Saturday night.

But eventually, the show evolved into a 60-minute scream fest of recurring characters spouting catchphrases over and over and celebrity satire that taught lessons about the proliferation of pop culture and ignorance. Important lessons, such as "Boy is Anna Nicole Smith dumb and fat!" and "Hey, is that Paris Hilton a whore or what?" Every episode felt like a hand was reaching out of the TV and rubbing a cheese grater across my face. Now 14 years after its inception, Fox has finally decided to pull the plug on Mad TV and let it die a slow horrible death instead of taking it out Old Yeller-style, the way God intended.

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]]>comedy centralComedyCentralfeaturedhbohuman giantHumanGiantjoel hodgsonJoelHodgsonmadtvmr. showMr.Showmst3kmtvmtv canadaMtvCanadamystery science theater 3000MysteryScienceTheater3000richard pryorRichardPryorthe stateTheStateupright citizens brigadeUprightCitizensBrigadeDanny GallagherWed, 03 Dec 2008 10:34:00 ESTAlex O'Loughlin inks deal with CBS...now if they could just create a show like Moonlight...http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/08/15/alex-oloughlin-inks-deal-with-cbs-now-if-they-could-just-crea/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/08/15/alex-oloughlin-inks-deal-with-cbs-now-if-they-could-just-crea/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/08/15/alex-oloughlin-inks-deal-with-cbs-now-if-they-could-just-crea/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , , , ,

Alex O'Loughlin stays with CBSI can't decide if this is good news or bad news. Moonlight star Alex O'Loughlin is staying at CBS.

Unless you've been in another galaxy for the past year, you know that the Aussie actor cultivated an enormous fan base with his role as vampire P.I. Mick St. John on CBS' Moonlight. The uproar caused by the cancellation of the show in May can still be heard, well, in another galaxy.

At the Television Critics Association press tour in July, CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler said the popularity of Moonlight was due in large part to O'Loughlin's fan base. So I can appreciate the fact that CBS wants to keep him around. But it's what they'll do with him that has me worried.

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]]>abcalex oloughlinAlexOloughlinarmy wivesArmyWivescbscriminal mindsCriminalMindsgreys anatomyGreysAnatomylifetimemick st. johnMickSt.Johnmoonlightnina tasslerNinaTasslertcaJane BoursawFri, 15 Aug 2008 10:39:00 ESTShort-Lived Shows: Throb - VIDEOhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/08/12/short-lived-shows-throb/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/08/12/short-lived-shows-throb/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/08/12/short-lived-shows-throb/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Throb castI have a special place in my heart for syndicated comedies. I don't really know what it is, because a lot of them can be quite terrible, but I seem to like them more than the next person. Maybe it's the fact that I watched a lot of them as a kid and that has stuck with me. You don't really get syndicated comedies that much anymore, but here's one I remember fondly from the mid-80s.

It was called Throb, and it was about the goings-on at an indie record label. It focused mostly on a single mom, played by Diana Canova, who was cute and always good in everything she did. I can't remember one single plot from the show, other than the basic plot that ran throughout the whole show, Canova's attempt to juggle being a single mom and also running a business (and dealing with the cast of characters at the label, of course).

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]]>diana canovageorge clooneyjonathan princemaryedith burrellpaul walkerrecord labelsyndicated comedythrobBob SassoneTue, 12 Aug 2008 14:04:00 ESTShort-Lived Shows: The Lone Gunmen - VIDEOhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/25/short-lived-shows-the-lone-gunmen-video/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/25/short-lived-shows-the-lone-gunmen-video/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/25/short-lived-shows-the-lone-gunmen-video/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund, and Bruce Harwood - The Lone Gunmen
"We tell the stories others refuse to tell." - Richard "Ringo" Langly

Like many of you, I have a growning collection of DVD sets from shows that left the airwaves too soon. If I had to pick just one to have back, it would probably be Firefly, but The Lone Gunmen would certainly be in the conversation. It was a great example of a spin-off done right. After years of service, fighting the good fight, lending a hand to Mulder, the boys finally got their own gig. Melvin Frohike, Richard Langly, and Johy Byers weren't your typical prime-time, leading man, characters, and The Lone Gunmen wasn't your typical prime-time show.

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]]>bruce harwooddean haglundfrank spotnitzmitch pileggipilotstephen sneddenthe lone gunmenthe lying gamethree of a kindtom braidwoodunusual suspectszuleikha robinsonBrett LoveFri, 25 Jul 2008 14:03:00 ESTKevin McKidd Joining Grey's Anatomy?http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/04/kevin-mckidd-joining-greys-anatomy/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/04/kevin-mckidd-joining-greys-anatomy/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/04/kevin-mckidd-joining-greys-anatomy/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , ,

Kevin McKidd on Grey's Anatomy?Like many people, I was miffed that Journeyman wasn't picked up for another season. But maybe we'll get our fix of Kevin McKidd at Seattle Grace next year.

Entertainment Weekly is reporting that the Scottish actor, who blew (some of) us away as the time-traveling journalist Dan Vasser on Journeyman, is in talks to join the cast of Grey's Anatomy. The rumor is that McKidd would play a doctor who scrubs in at the hospital after a stint in Iraq.

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]]>greys anatomyGreysAnatomyhbojourneymankevin mckiddKevinMckiddpollsromeJane BoursawFri, 04 Jul 2008 12:23:00 ESTShort-Lived Shows: Invasion - VIDEOhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/10/short-lived-shows-invasion-video/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/10/short-lived-shows-invasion-video/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/10/short-lived-shows-invasion-video/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

InvasionInvasion aired for one season from 2005-2006. Check out Jonathan Toomey's great reviewcaps here.

Along with Surface, Invasion was one of my favorite new shows that season, with each episode getting better and better. By the series finale, I was hooked. I'm still miffed that ABC didn't give it more time to flesh out the story and characters.

Incorporating a sci-fi-alien mystery, a government conspiracy, and plenty of family drama, Invasion had a built-in audience because it aired directly after another sci-fi mystery, Lost. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to keep the series on the air.

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]]>alexis dzienaAlexisDzienaariel gadeArielGadeeddie cibrianEddieCibrianevan petersEvanPetersinvasionkari matchettKariMatchettlisa sheridanLisaSheridansurfacetyler labineTylerLabinewilliam fichtnerWilliamFichtnerJane BoursawTue, 10 Jun 2008 14:14:00 ESTShort-Lived Shows: Married to the Kellys - VIDEOShttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/14/short-lived-shows-married-to-the-kellys-videos/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/14/short-lived-shows-married-to-the-kellys-videos/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/14/short-lived-shows-married-to-the-kellys-videos/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Married to the KellysThis is one of my favorite comedies of the past ten years, and I no idea that it actually starred not one but two cast members from Lost. More on that after the jump.

Married to the Kellys was a sitcom that ran on Friday nights on ABC during the 2003-04 season, part of their TGIF comedy lineup. But I think this show stood out as something for adults more than kids. It starred Breckin Meyer as a New York City writer who publishes his first novel and decides to keep his promise to his wife and move (he thought she meant move from the Village to the Upper West Side, not "America"). Now, this is where the usual big city guy vs. Kansas jokes come into play, but that's just half of the show.

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]]>abcbreckin meyerkansaskiele sanchezlostmarried to the kellyssam andersontgifBob SassoneWed, 14 May 2008 13:05:00 ESTShort-Lived Shows: Day By Day - VIDEOhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/08/short-lived-shows-day-by-day-video/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/08/short-lived-shows-day-by-day-video/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/08/short-lived-shows-day-by-day-video/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Day By DayThis must be Short-Lived Sitcom week. Yesterday I told you about Married People, and today it's Day By Day.

This was a short-lived show on NBC (ran for 33 episodes in 1988-89). It was about Brian and Kate Harper, a professional couple (Doug Sheehan from Knot's Landing played stockbroker Brian, and Linda Kelsey from Lou Grant played lawyer Kate) who decided to open an in-home day care center. Their teen son Ross was played by C.B. Barnes, who played Greg in the Brady Bunch movies and starred in the Starman TV series and Malcolm and Eddie.

But I'd like to talk to you about the two other females in the cast. Two that went on to much bigger things later in their careers.

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]]>andy borowtizcourtney thorne-smithday by daydoug sheehangary david goldbergjulia louis-dreyfuslinda kelseynbcBob SassoneThu, 08 May 2008 12:04:00 ESTShort-Lived Shows: Married People - VIDEOhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/07/short-lived-shows-married-people-video/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/07/short-lived-shows-married-people-video/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/07/short-lived-shows-married-people-video/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Married PeopleMy roommates and I were obsessed with this show when it was on in 1990. We were all living in the same condo, all of them in college and me...not. We'd spend our time playing tennis, eating subs and Chinese, and watching Star Trek: TNG, MacGyver, reruns of Spenser: For Hire, and this show.

Married People was a short-lived sitcom on ABC. It was about the lives of several married couples who all lived in the same building in New York City. The star of the show was Jay Thomas, who was married to Bess Armstrong (they were the "middle" couple). The "older" couple (also the landlords in the building) was played by Ray Aranha and Barbara Montgomery, and the "younger" couple was played by Chris Young (from Max Headroom) and Megan Gallivan. Several episodes were directed by veteran director Asaad Kelada.

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]]>abcbess armstrongchris youngjay thomasmarried peopleolivia williamsray aranhashort-lived sitcomBob SassoneWed, 07 May 2008 15:02:00 ESTShort-Lived Shows: Coronet Blue - VIDEOhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/22/short-lived-shows-coronet-blue-video/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/22/short-lived-shows-coronet-blue-video/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/22/short-lived-shows-coronet-blue-video/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Coronet Blue logo

This is a post about a TV show I've never even seen.

Coronet Blue was a short-lived TV show that ran on CBS in 1967. It was actually filmed in 1965 and CBS canceled it, deciding to burn off the episodes during the summer. The show actually did better than expected, but by that time the people involved in the show had moved on to other things. The show's star, Frank Converse, went on to N.Y.P.D. (hey, if you mix that show title with this one you get...NYPD Blue!).

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]]>alan aldabrian bedfordcbscoronet bluedick clarkfrank conversehal holbrookjuliet millsmichael aldenBob SassoneTue, 22 Apr 2008 09:42:00 ESTShort-lived shows: Surfacehttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/11/short-lived-shows-surface/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/11/short-lived-shows-surface/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/11/short-lived-shows-surface/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

SurfaceDon't you just hate it when you get hooked on a show and it's yanked unceremoniously off the air, leaving you hanging into infinity? Yeah, me, too. Such was the case with Surface, an alien-sea-monster-inspired drama that aired on NBC during the 2005-2006 season.

The series starred the soulful Lake Bell as Laura Daughtery, a marine biologist who encounters a strange creature on the ocean floor. She writes up her report, only to have it confiscated by the government in the name of national security.

Meanwhile, nerdy teen Miles (Carter Jenkins, whom I predict has a huge career ahead of him, though not if he keeps signing on for shows like the short-lived Viva Laughlin) stumbles across a strange egg on the beach and takes it home. Imagine his surprise when out hatches a weird amphibious creature that emits an even weirder electrical current.

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]]>Carter JenkinsCarterJenkinsJay R. FergusonJayR.FergusonLake BellLakeBellsci-fisea creaturesSeaCreaturesSurfaceJane BoursawFri, 11 Apr 2008 14:01:00 ESTTwo short-lived ABC shows coming to DVDhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2007/10/22/two-short-lived-abc-shows-coming-to-dvd/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/10/22/two-short-lived-abc-shows-coming-to-dvd/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/10/22/two-short-lived-abc-shows-coming-to-dvd/#commentsFiled under: ,

Salvage 1When the Billy Bob Thornton movie The Astronaut Farmer came out, a lot of us were amazed how the plot sounded similar to Salvage 1, a TV movie and later short-lived series on ABC that starred Andy Griffith as the owner of a scrap and salvage company who builds a spaceship and goes to the moon. I don't think this show has been seen that much since the late 70s, but TVShowsOnDVD is hearing from a source that Sony is going to release the show (the pilot movie and all the episodes, including 4 never shown on ABC) some time in 2008.

But that's not the only DVD news that TV fans are going to be interested in...

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]]>abcandy griffithjeff mackayjoel higginsroddy mcdowallsalvage 1Salvage1sonystephen collinstale of the gold monkeytrish stewartuniversalBob SassoneMon, 22 Oct 2007 15:28:00 ESTThe Nine is resurrected for six episodeshttp://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/06/the-nine-is-resurrected-for-six-episodes/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/06/the-nine-is-resurrected-for-six-episodes/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/06/the-nine-is-resurrected-for-six-episodes/#commentsFiled under: , ,

The NineFans of ABC's canceled-too-soon series The Nine will be happy to know that the six unaired episodes of the series will see the light of the small screen this summer.

The series, starring actors such as Tim Daly, Chi McBride, John, Billingsley, and Kim Raver, will return to ABC in its old 10 p.m. ET on Wednesdays timeslot starting August 1.

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]]>ABCChi McBrideChiMcbrideJohn BillingsleyJohnBillingsleyKim RaverKimRaverThe NineTheNineTim DalyTimDalyIsabelle CarreauFri, 06 Jul 2007 08:01:00 ESTRemember when FOX used to give shows a chance?http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/01/remember-when-fox-used-to-give-shows-a-chance/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/01/remember-when-fox-used-to-give-shows-a-chance/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/01/remember-when-fox-used-to-give-shows-a-chance/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Nathan Fillion at the precise moment he learned 'Drive' was canceled.I will never forget being in high school and hearing the news that a new network would soon be premiering. It was only going to be on a couple nights a week, but instead of airing reruns and crappy local shows, it would air all new programs; it was unprecedented.

That network was called FOX, and while many of the programs were of no interest to me, I was really impressed at how they followed through with their promises. Specifically, cutting edge programming and big budgets. I watched Al & Peg Bundy say things that my parents didn't want me to hear. I watched George C. Scott in the only sitcom he ever starred in. Most importantly, I was witness to the phenomenon that became The Simpsons.

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]]>ActionDriveFOXMarried with ChildrenMarriedWithChildrenmr. PresidentNathan FillionThe SimpsonsThe x-filesvanishedYou TubePaul GoebelTue, 01 May 2007 13:56:00 ESTShort-Lived Shows: Salvage 1http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/02/26/short-lived-shows-salvage-1/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/02/26/short-lived-shows-salvage-1/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/02/26/short-lived-shows-salvage-1/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Salvage 1I thought of this show a few weeks ago when I started to see the commercials for Billy Bob Thornton's new movie, The Astronaut Farmer, about a guy who builds his own rocket in his barn so he can blast into space.

Salvage 1 was a short-lived show that starred Andy Griffith as a salvager who sells scrap that he finds and goes on various adventures with his cohorts (rescuing people, battling fires, getting involved with crooks, that sort of thing). The series co-starred Joel Higgins (Silver Spoons), Trish Stewart (whatever happened to her?), and Richard Jaeckel (Spenser: For Hire), and it was based on a TV movie of the same name in which Griffith built a rocket on his own and blasted off into space.

I can't tell you how much I loved this movie when I was a teen. If you had asked me in the late 70s what the best movie of all time was, I probably would have said this one. Sadly, the show died after only a season and a half. It couldn't quite match the charm of the pilot, but was pretty darn entertaining.

 

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]]>andy griffithAndyGriffithbilly bob thorntonjoel higginsrichard jaeckelrocketsalvage 1salvage yardSalvage1spacetrish stewartBob SassoneMon, 26 Feb 2007 15:01:00 ESTShort-Lived Shows: Garth Marenghi's Darkplace - VIDEOShttp://www.tvsquad.com/2007/02/03/short-lived-shows-garth-marenghis-darkplace-videos/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/02/03/short-lived-shows-garth-marenghis-darkplace-videos/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/02/03/short-lived-shows-garth-marenghis-darkplace-videos/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Garth Marenghi's DarkplaceLast month, I started taking a course in basic video techniques. The first day of class, the professor gave us a large packet on all the number one no-no's of amateur filmmaking. The next evening, I happened upon a few episodes of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and suddenly, I saw everything in that twenty-four page packet spring to life before my very eyes. The hilariously cheesy effects, poor acting, and continuity so awful that it would have made even Ed Wood weep... Somehow, within six short episodes, this show had done every television "don't".

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]]>Alice LowebrticomhorrorIT CrowdItCrowdMatt BerryMatthew HolnessMatthewHolnessRichard AyoadeStephen KingStephenKingAnnie WuSat, 03 Feb 2007 18:02:00 EST