Friday, December 31, 2010

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Caprica was canceled when my feelings were found, first wanted the prequel to the best production decade to find its way, but on the other and after watching episode after episode felt that their course was becoming increasingly uncertain and gloomy and too pervasive religious frame, and the first episodes of the second half to suffer from the bad season he suffered the first half, but the last three episodes of the series have made me remember the greatness of the BSG universe.

think, and I am totally convinced that Caprica has suffered the vicissitudes of a station period redefining, science fiction never before been so strong, not even with his series mother, who suffered from the ills yet we all recognize to be a formidable product, Caprica was the evolution of the road that marked Galactica, and let me sorry, because if left running SyFy production of this caliber after viewing the entire season, is that something must be failing.


first thing I have to say is that strongly encourage every fan of the series the viewing of the series, 18 episodes that make Caprica have a knot development and consistent, and The final epilogue shows a satisfactory link to what should have derived the series if it had continued to issue four minutes to lay the foundation for many of the concepts taken for granted in the series mother and showing what could be and did not show, with the last three episodes of the series, Caprica is redeemed, which finally Caprica was what we were looking and had come the place was comfortable and could develop a compelling story, magic and able to fly over the clichés of the genre.

And is that from the zero point, this drama has proved far from the recurring topics that always used science fiction, which also drew in part BSG, using technological resources, of course, but first pure and simple drama, the relationships among the characters, and most importantly, addressing the topic of religion from an angle entirely revolutionary, and very current.


I think the clash between the two existing forms of religious experience has been the key driver, and that, it is not as exciting a desperate trip into the unknown, but it shows what became Caprica adult, and that was perhaps his Achilles heel. And no, I'm not suggesting that the hearing has not been able to understand or evaluate a production that has made me enjoy it as long ago he did not get a number, it would be foolish, but perhaps the development of such tricky concepts in a series has not yet developed its mythology is too much to loyal viewers, although it is a matter for another debate.

The saga continues hopes are now on Galactica: Blood & Chrome.

Monday, December 27, 2010

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NCIS: The secret of unexpected success.


NCIS proclaimed during the previous season as fiction seriéfila most watched American television with an average of 19.4 million fans, an astronomical figure for fractional American industry, surpassing in quantitative terms as popular fiction known as The CSI Mentalist or occupying the third and fourth place in a ranking was crowned the latter for nearly a decade.

NCIS is the clear pattern of unprecedented success that may be a fiction created to fill a specific gap in programming that is growing exponentially to become a true mass phenomenon, and although pregnancy was no accident, its history and its progression are worthy to take into account.


When it comes to NCIS few times usually referred to as a spin-off, but it is, although their number mother take off the air since five years ago. His predecessor, JAG, was a premiere of the NBC did not get the public's favor during his first season and was abruptly canceled after issuing just 21 episodes (in the air leaving 22) and left in a dubious position 79 in Table of American audiences. All seemed lost but the main competitor at that time NBC, CBS, the series was resurrected as a filler for mid-season, a filling that was much more than that, and he got to deliver nine seasons in the chain of the eye, that if provided with a rather moderate success but no less solid.

After eight seasons, officials decided to station the opportunity to expand the number of its brand with the birth of a spin-off in the same series testarían mother. NCIS was able to please the producers of the CBS and got the approval to become a regular series.


Since its first season began to make similar figures the JAG, but the upward curve in terms of data started showing up early, being one of the few examples in which a fiction has been increasing their data by increasing the number of episodes aired on TV in the open, from the 11, 84 million in its first season to 15.30 in the third, 17.89 in the sixth, or 19.33 million average unattainable in the seventh season.

JAG ended his tour two years after the premiere of NCIS, with a great erosion of audience and after ten seasons, but after seeing the success of the spin-off, the brass at CBS decided to continue to exploit the dramatic universe of the series with the creation of NCIS: Los Angeles, another spectacular success has been "taking advantage" of the lead-in of its sister series for almost two seasons and last year became the best debut of 2009, being also the second most-watched fictional television, by, this time if The Mentalist, CSI


come back to NCIS should be noted that currently averages about his eighth season with improper ratings a drama, however it is procedural, which does not affect either the fragmentation or the fatigue of the spectators or the abandonment of its most iconic stars.

most curious, perhaps, is that we have a product that has no major stars, who does media noise, which is difficult to export because of its subject and structure the new night gets strong TV American with a force worthy of study.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

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a supernatural twist: Sci-Fi Syfy.


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The station devoted to science fiction turned its programming strategy one year ago only half in July 2009 with a name change and the promise of gradually becoming a channel not only specializes in the genre of science fiction but in a much more general than capacity had reached a larger number of viewers not familiar with somewhat particular gender.

Gone are big productions such as Stargate and its spin-off Stargate: Atlantis, Farscape or the jewel in its crown Battlestar Galactica, whose end was marked with a before and after, although it is true that the renowned Sci- Fi had been opened long ago an innovative path to the development of paranormal reality shows and dramas away from the cliches of the genre, spaceships and aliens. almost two years ago, spoke of the chain as the home of the cult series and detailed its bid from its inception to date, prospects were good, and that is that the Sci-Fi beginning of their broadcasts had been characterized by high level production issue, as I have mentioned before, with other low-budget and corrosive criticism as Painkiler Jane or Flash Gordon.


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The change did not please most the fans but the good faith of the directors and the announcement of the issuance of two new productions from the likes of Caprica and Stargate: Universe to launch reminded the continuous line drawn would be confirmation of its commitment to high-profile series, but nothing is further from reality in the long term.

After the first part of his first season Caprica was a solid drama, different, slow but with the skills to successfully continue a franchise that had fallen to the fans, the ratings were quite irregular, and the Back to the issuance of the second half of the season changes were made in the script, making the structure less dense, but dealing with topics such as philosophy, politics and religion as any other series before he got it. The ratings began to be unsustainable and Syfy immediately canceled it and withdrew of a fulminant your grill in a unusual move in the cable.


Stargate Universe was confirmed from the outset as a much more adult than its predecessors, and with much more elaborate scheme got fed by a group of fans quite remarkable, allowing him to renew for a second season will be the last as recently announced in the chain, its data has fallen steadily but the half a million followers that separates Eureka or Warehouse 13 seems to be insurmountable.

What happens when two productions acclaimed by critics and fans and who continued with the path set by the previous stage of the channel disappear? First and foremost the disappointment of the fans and the bad image as a string that is creating Syfy a general rule of science fiction fans are fervent in monitoring the products that interest them and their target is ideal for advertisers and derived mass merchandising outlet, and second, the perception that it is now when the old Sci-Fi turns the contents to a wider audience with the series continued as much less risky Warehouse 13 or Haven, and new products being developed for next year, with names like Kevin Sorbo or Jenji Kohan in a bid to the supernatural sitcom for years since we saw.


What do you think to you this turn supernatural and science fiction fans?, Is there room for hope, at least on Galactica: Blood & Chrome?

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

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return of the Golden Globes and roughly what we can find to the nominations announced is that beginner's luck is unrelenting and there are some elections at least, shocking.

Best Drama:


Broadwalk Empire
Dexter
The Good Wife
Mad Men
The Walking Dead

say that surprises me the entry in the list of The Walking Dead would be foolish, but their presence totally unnecessary, it is a very good product, well kept and surprising, but not to compete in the category for best drama, and his aesthetic is far from what we find in other series. Who would have said that a number of zombies could win a Golden Globe 2 seasons ago?

Empire had Broadwalk every chance of getting into racing, but Breaking Bad and, for example, Treme should not have been left out.

Sitcom Best Musical or


30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
The Big C
Glee
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie

Here Showtime takes the cake with two nominations, The Big C has hit hard and the success of the season Nurse Jackie evidence that the latest releases of the cable network are resounding success, otherwise a nomination for NCB, CBS, ABC and FOX, the four great products but settled and unquestionable quality, so if you do not understand what the Glee at all, is a consumer product fast well built, but nothing more.

Actor, Drama:


Steve Buscemi
Bryan Cranston
Michael C. Hall
Jon Hamm
Hugh Laurie

Nothing new under the sun, Steve Buscemi can spring a surprise, but we more ballots have to repeat prize Cranston, even if one of the 3 perennial nominees can recover this year, who knows.

Actress, Drama:


Julianna Margulies
Elisabeth Moss
Piper Perabo
Katey Sagal
Kyra Sedgwick

"Piper Perabo?," Piper Perabo?, "Piper Perabo? I have lost faith.

Sitcom Actor, Musical or


Alex Baldwin
Steve Carell
Thomas Jane
Matthew Morrison
Jim Parsons

I'm surprised the nomination of Thomas Jane very much, as I think is pretty far from being a brilliant actor, not the stars of 30 Rock, The Office or The Big Bang Theory. Sure, it takes the upper hand the latter.

Sitcom Actress, Musical or


Toni Collette
Edie Falco
Tina Fey
Laura Linney
Michelle Lea

Laura
Linney is a candidate on merit this year, with three girls Showtime is difficult to escape the chain you a prize that seems at odds, Tina Fey is well burned in the circuit and I do not read Michelle has a chance this year, much less.

Where are Glenn Close or Sally Field?, what Marie-Louise Parker? There is certainly something that does not fit, bouncy tits that Paquin had its grace, but this is passed.

Monday, November 29, 2010

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HBO play to be good, depending on where you look, but risky attempt to create fiction, author , and a powerful story is always welcome for the audience loves good television. HBO has always been innovative and Showtime has continued to lag behind in a brilliant, brilliant results the vast majority of the time, and both can afford luxuries and licenses other cable networks can not.

HBO and Showtime are premium, that is, strings by which the viewer must pay extra to have them on screen, like Starz, while other cable stations better known as FX, AMC, TNT , SyFy or ABC Family cable network are base stations displayed on a package when you hire a pay per view.


Among all basic cable stations are just two they are trying to create productions unusual, innovative, mature and come with features that positions the premium cable but without many of the benefits of this. FX and AMC are on the forefront of developing new products copyright, despite its successes, the data are quite adjusted to take into account the benefit of other stations numbers are equal.

FX takes 9 years betting on the fiction itself a solid, and after hits like The Shield or Nip / Tuck is in peak times, especially over the past two seasons. recently spoke of the clear commitment of the station when reinvent genres in fiction, and are the best at it, but the stakes do not always have the approval of the audience, and its infrastructure can not afford to maintain in the air productions with great reviews and recognition with small audiences.


The clearest example we have lived with Damages, drama series hailed by critics and FX you supposed to keep in mind his name at all awards ceremonies circuit television to an audience but abysmally low both in numbers and demographics. The solution was an early termination, but it was not the only, The Riches also surprised the critics but their data did not allow to continue for a third season.

Other betting that if you keep on the grid with data are quite tame Terriers, The League, and It's Always Archer Sunny In Philadelphia. The first has all the ballots to be canceled and a virtually non-existent data more than favorable reviews. The League and Archer are comedies renovated whose general data are poor but have very Justito results in the population. Always Sunny is in a similar case, general data poor but very tight budget and decent in the demographic data, which makes it the best comedy channel but with figures far removed from his big hit, Sons Of Anarchy.


AMC experiencing a similar situation, his series are recognized in the circuit television awards and praised by critics but their data have been meager, but not loud. Mad Men has never gotten good ratings but it is the darling of the industry, like Breaking Bad has maintained a regular data but has made the ultimate accolade to the AMC brand. Rubicon if you had much to exceed half a million during its first season and fulminant chain canceled it, so all is not gold that glitters. The Walking Dead has been a complete success and an even more definitive accolade Breaking the Bad lived but Do The Walking Dead can compare with Mad Men?

course not, the first is a much more commercial, more dynamic and less adult, while the second is slow, reflective and dense.


This highlights the difficulty faced by basic cable networks to innovate, especially in these times when it does not hurt pulse when they do not cancel productions are coming out profitable. SyFy had flashes of quality but with remodeling of the emission model is increasingly betting on a much lighter schedule, but look as has been the cancellation Caprica and immediate withdrawal of the grid which network.

Is it the triumph of The Walking Dead a sign that there is no room for large series of copyright in the basic cable?, "Endorses this theory the abrupt cancellation of Rubicon and Caprica? What is clear is that recognition does not only live, and that the ground rules are changing from cable Thus, at least, accelerated.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

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... Carousel series.


unforgivable More than ten months without dissecting any TV blog has no forgiveness, but we got that done today in one of the most visited attractions blogueril English landscape, Carousel Series.

With over two and a half years of experience, Carousel Series has become one of the critical portals and information on independent television's most visited internet in their own right, specializing in the analysis TV series American, whether drama, sitcom or animation and creating a wide range of content in line with the tastes of its creator.


Moltisanti, is the conductor of this space to analyze in detail the American television landscape, characterizing their entries with a high level of detail but no tricks , leading to all sorts of fan fiction with a casual manner and a lively style and fresh. In addition there is usually devote space to large series and issued but not forgetting the most current releases.

Among the most important sections of Carousel Series reviews we find interesting (especially the Lost that had a big hit), I know what you said last week (with a collection of quotes in English but interesting) Balloting choosing the best character in different series, 10 reasons (the Ten Commandments to follow a series final) - talk + work or similar reasons and many others.


Nearly 750 entries and an enviable amount of comments support the history of this corner , is that Moltisanti is one of the most active bloggers with visitors, both within the carousel as Twitter or Facebook.

In sum, the Carrousel it seems like an interesting, detailed information on current productions of the moment and a subtle look at the great successes of contemporary television reported from a simple, entertaining and imaginative.

not choose The Carousel series, are the ones who want to get into it.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

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Candy Spelling for the mind.


For 4 decades Spelling the name was synonymous with success, money and recognition, but especially television. Aaron Spelling became the guru of the small screen, producing more than two hundred productions and taking the pulse of three generations of viewers, giving at all times what the industry needed, giving the worker total escape on foot their problems for 43 minutes a week, offering what he called, "Mind Candies".

His career is the epitome of the American Dream, Polish father and Russian mother suffered the ridicule of their peers during childhood and was orphaned very soon, but his passion for reading in 1954 was that he could sell his first script, but it was not that what life would be gained in the first place, and that until he founded his own company at 66, was devoted to play minor roles in television series of the era, as the well-known or I Love Lucy Gunsmoke . In 1968, his first success as an executive producer would screens with The Mod Squad. This production opened the doors of ABC in what would be one of the most prosperous relations industry as we know it today.


In 1974 he founded his own company, Aaron Spelling Productions , and start a solid amount of work with the ABC network on creating blockbusters that will be bound until the late 80's. His relationship with ABC was such that those skilled in the scene were quick to rename it as the Aaron Broadcasting Company, the volume of business that were taking place, and not forget that the critics were never next to the great magnate praises about concerns for decades have rocked Spelling productions calling them "Schlock Art", that comes from Yiddish (language Aaron's mother) and basically means the product of low value, poor quality. However his production revenues during the 70's some of the most notorious success as television landscape: The Rookies (1972-76), SWAT (1975-76), the ultraconocida Starsky & Hutch (1975 -79), Vega $ (1978-81), and its signature series and why it continues to recognize instantly Charlie's Angels (1976-81).


In the 80's signed an exclusive contract with ABC almost complete, producing numerous popular series as The Love Boat (1977-1986), Fantasy Island (1978-1984), Hart To Hart (1979-1984), Hotel (1983-1988 ) or the jewel in the crown Dynasty era (1981-1989) that was a stunning twist to the genre of soap operas.

But in the 89 and the cancellation of Dynasty Spelling seemed that the empire had reached its end, the exclusive contract had ended and it seemed that ABC does not charge more productions to the guru, leaving off the grill after 20 years producing television uninterrupted.


But the arrival of Fox in the early 90's marked the revival of the factory Spelling, with the reinvention of television for the teen genre and bombing which resulted Beverly Hills 90210 (1990-2000) that exalted to Shannen Doherty, Jason Priestley and Luke Perry and made Spelling TV was back on the crest of the wave, co-producing this year's acclaimed Twin Peaks (1990 - 1991). In 1992, after having put on the map to FOX was commissioned from the spin off the chain Melrose Place (1992-1999) would be the vehicle Success for 7 seasons for players of the caliber of Marcia Cross and Heather Locklear.


TheWB 's birth also provided work for the manufacturer as the network would subsequently become his new ABC until 2006, and was premiered in 1996 7th Heaven (1996 - 2007) your favorite series and longest running production, and perhaps more light. But not all were successes, Savannah (1996-1997) and Safe Harbor (1999) in TheWB, Kindred: The Embrace (1996) on FOX or Sunset Beach (1997-1999) on NBC were loud thud, recent of the factory, that if he wins with Charmed (1998-2006) which meant a return to TV of Shannen Doherty and the "discovery" of Alyssa Milano or Summerland (2004-2005) with the first work Zack Efron.

And besides series, Spelling also produced dozens of interesting TV movies, among which Death Sentence (1974) with the first leading role for Nick Nolte, The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976) one of the early work of John Travolta and the miniseries And The Band Played On (1993) laying earned his first Emmy work with HBO.


And today even though his company has been acquired by CBS, his empire is far from pale, because their ideas seem to rejuvenate old series like few others, a screen adaptation of some them as Starsky & Hutch or Charlie's Angels join the remakes of their most popular soaps by CW as 90210 or Melrose Place and remodel project Charlie's Angels to turn back into a regular series.

Aaron Spelling was able to capture, for four decades, popular sentiment in society, productions creating light that provided a total escape from reality for an hour and trained fun series that have kept us glued to the TV year after year. Candy for the mind of the factory Spelling.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

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Weeds a well-earned redemption.


Spoilers on the sixth season of Weeds.

The dramedy richer and more complex in today's television has just completed its sixth year, and as stated owner of the entry, what makes the best possible way, leaving behind the plot previous years and creating a new universe, the more insane if anything, to which we had seen. The fundamental change is, this time, redefining the character of Nancy, which for the first time we've seen doing an act of personal sacrifice, a selfless act, allowing his family to achieve an escape route.


During the course of the season we Nancy could see how commanding a flight to nowhere trying to get away from Stephen, Shane became a much more amoral than it seemed at first, and Silas was drawn as the true conscience of the family with an uncle andy that still madly in love with his sister and would do literally anything for her.

Weeds ask you to impress us every season, and it does. Nancy The wild fight with one of the hotel cleaners, the rampant sex and graphic with a Mark-Paul Gosselaar reached, taught and ran away, the discovery of the biological father of Shane or punch in the Nancy Esteban car in the season finale get, naive of me at least, surprised as any other series gets, and the ability of Weeds of fun with more black humor and sink into abject poverty in only two scenes is something trying many series, but that is only achieved.

We debated, especially Nahum and I, about the moral values \u200b\u200bthat makes or has made the series along its route, and undoubtedly the last episode of this season is the most heartbreaking thing I remember, keeping the heart into a fist and showing a completely vulnerable Nancy, no options and decided to make the sacrifice in uppercase. And is that the engine remains Series Mary-Louise Parker, great in Red , since none of his fellow actors can overshadow him, his charisma is undeniable.


The next season is expected as Finally, after the cliffhanger that we have come a Jenji Kohan with cameo included, it appears that the redemption of Nancy has not done more than start.