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Post Mortem – Ringer

8 years after the end of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Sarah Michelle Gellar returned to TV with Ringer, and expectations were that she would help bring ratings respectability to the network that was formed by the merging of her previous two television homes.  Sadly for all involved, that was not the case.

Ringer was originally slated for CBS, but the network pushed it off on its corporate sibling when it became clear that the tone of the show was not a good fit for the Tiffany network.  The show had Gellar playing two roles, twins who, outside of the pilot, never appeared on screen together.

Unfortunately, the show was never able to settle on a direction.  Plots meandered and were dropped and picked up on a whim.  One was even stolen straight out of Wild Things, with much less success.  At the end of the day (or season), it was all a jumbled mess, and the good folks at the CW decided to pull the plug.  Likely helping the decision was Gellar’s announcement that she is expecting her second child, since the pregnancy plot was one of the many stories used up in season one.

Hopefully Gellar takes another stab at television in the future and that the creative process works out much better for her, and for the viewer.

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Midseason Review – Tuesdays

Once again, we continue our look back at my expectations for the fall television season, and today we are focusing on Tuesdays.

CBS

Unforgettable – This may end up being utterly forgettable, but I’m going to give it a shot.  The main hook, that Poppy Montgomery’s character has total recall of her memories, was played off in the pilot where she was witness to a crime.  As she re-joins the police force, it may be interesting to see how they use this ability without her being personally involved in every case.

This is by no means a good show.  I really should stop watching it.

NBC

Parenthood – Nothing really new to say here.  It is what it is.  Never great, but usually good enough.

I think this show works better in bunches than in week to week doses.  I caught up on the latest 6 episodes during the December vacation and enjoyed it.  But, I hadn’t enjoyed it enough previously to not let the 6 episodes pile up.

FOX

New Girl – The one pilot I saw early, thanks to the magic of OnDemand.  I find Zooey Deschanel to be very charming, and would likely watch her reading the phone book for a hour.  Thankfully, this seems to be much more impressive than that.

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2011 New Fall Season – Tuesdays

CBS

Unforgettable – This may end up being utterly forgettable, but I’m going to give it a shot.  The main hook, that Poppy Montgomery’s character has total recall of her memories, was played off in the pilot where she was witness to a crime.  As she re-joins the police force, it may be interesting to see how they use this ability without her being personally involved in every case.

NBC

Parenthood – Nothing really new to say here.  It is what it is.  Never great, but usually good enough.

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