Jack’s Back and Grissom’s Gone
Almost seven months ago, in my third post, I wrote about my disillusionment with American TV due to the current predilection for long running stories that were never allowed to reach fruition. I stopped watching US TV shows completely, going cold turkey (at the time I had a fifteen shows per week habit). But, like Michael Corleone, “Just when I thought I was out they pulled me back in”.
It’s no surprise that the series that drew me back in was NBC’s superhero show Heroes – as a long time comic book junkie, it was impossible to resist. I also tried a few of the other new series, notably Jericho, Shark and Justice. Sadly Jericho failed to make the most of its interesting premise and Shark relied too much on the star power of James Woods at the expense of original stories and interesting characters. Only Justice grabbed my attention, with its did-they-or-didn’t-they stories that kept you guessing until the very end and Victor Garber as a lawyer who made Shark look like a goldfish. Of the three, Justice was the one that got canned, go figure.
On top of the new shows I returned to some old favourites, though not quite to the level of my previous addiction. I’m currently watching seven ongoing series and trying some others when they pique my interest. So here’s what I’ve been watching in January.
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“Day 6: 6am-12am”
