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ABC's V on Hiatus Until 2010

ABC’s rebooted and dolled-up sci-fi drama V debuted to an impressive audience of 14.3 million viewers on Nov. 3, and despite the criticisms about mediocre writing and humdrum story lines, it still kept 10.7 million viewers for its second week—not half bad for a show still in its infancy. Still, these numbers aren’t enough to make the network rethink the series’ preemptive hiatus, one that’s been planned from the beginning. After next week’s fourth episode, V‘s alien visitors won’t be returning to primetime until March 2010....  read more

V Review, "There is No Normal Anymore" (Episode 1.2)

I was really looking forward to the new V series. In my teens, I was a fan of the original two miniseries and even the failed regular series. While my fondness for the franchise may stem from a lack of teenage discernment (especially when it came to sci-fi) and the rosy tint of nostalgia, Battlestar Galactica showed that even the lamest and cheesiest of shows could be reimagined by brilliant minds into something spectacular. Sadly, those minds were not at work on the new V series....  read more

Fall Guide to Good TV: V

Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on ABC, beginning Nov. 3ABC’s remake of the 1983 miniseries stars Lost’s Elizabeth Mitchell as an FBI agent who sees through the aliens’ friendly posture toward Earth’s inhabitants. While scientists led the fight against the aliens in the original series, religion gets a turn this time with Father Jack Landry (Joel Gretsch) joining the resistance. ...  read more

Four New Fall 2009 TV Shows We Already Love

I'm not what you would call a casual watcher of television. I don't flip through channels, catching a random episode of a new show. If I'm going to start watching a series, I'm going to start from the beginning and either give up quickly or catch every single episode. This summer, I've been devouring The Wire and Mad Men, plus I still want to start Dexter and Breaking Bad. And I'm looking forward to Lost, The Office, Chuck and 30 Rock returning. But while we're working on our Fall TV issue coming out this October, I've watched several pilot episodes...  read more