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Post Mortem – Gracepoint

gracepointFrom the moment this project was announced, I knew it wasn’t a good idea.  Remaking Broadchurch for an American audience, with the same star, mere months after the original had aired on BBC America, seemed like a pointless exercise when it was announced last May and, based, on the results FOX saw in the fall, it certainly turned out to be just that.

David Tennant returned as the lead detective and gave basically the same performance, except for swapping in an American accent.  That’s not to say that it wasn’t a good performance, just that it was the same.  Which is my main complaint about Gracepoint: it was the same.  Why bother remaking anything (a show, movie, or even song) if you are only going to replicate what came before.  From my recollection, there was a minor difference in the ending, which seems to be tacked on not for any creative reasons, but simply to fulfill the promise that the ending would be different for those that had already seen Broadchurch.

Series 2 of Broadchurch aired on BBC America earlier this year, but FOX has decided to not move forward with replicating it for a second seaon of Gracepoint.  But before you start to think that the network has learned anything from this experience, they have ordered an American remake of the BBC show Luther, which starred Idris Elba.

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2014 Emmy Awards – Reality and Movies

Emmy_statueWith the Emmy Awards scheduled for Monday night, here’s day two of my predictions for the awards, today focusing on reality shows and made for TV movies.  I likely have seen not seen most (any?) of these, so I will probably not have an informed decision, but when has that ever stopped me.

Outstanding Reality Show Host

Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night

Betty White, Betty White’s Off Their Rockers

Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars

Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway

Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance

Anthony Bourdain, The Taste

Tom Bergeron has won this in the past, and that seems like as good a reason as any for him to win it again.

Outstanding Reality Show Competition

The Amazing Race

Dancing With the Stars

Project Runway

So You Think You Can Dance

Top Chef

The Voice

The Voice broke The Amazing Race‘s winning streak last year, but I’m thinking the CBS adventure show takes back the crown this year.

Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series

The Colbert Report

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

Jimmy Kimmel Live

The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon

Real Time With Bill Maher

Saturday Night Live

The Colbert Report broke through last year and wrestled the award away from his pals at TDS.  Given that the show will be wrapping up soon so that Colbert can move over to CBS to take over for Letterman, I would think he will win another award as a going away gift.

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