Posts Tagged ‘the cw’

just my luck

During last spring’s Upfronts, the CW touted a new show called Surviving the Filthy Rich, based on the book by the same name. At the time, I thought just its title made it sound an awful lot like Gossip Girl, and so I didn’t give it another thought. I didn’t need another GG in the [...]

Continue reading »

upfronts: the cw

So the official CW Upfront presentation isn’t until tomorrow, but their fall schedule has already been confirmed, so I’m just going to post it now.
There was a point where I thought (with some horror) that I was going to be watching five shows on The Network That Thought Who Wants to Be A Pussycat Doll [...]

Continue reading »

farewell to stars hollow

I wasn’t surprised at all to learn that the plug has finally been pulled on Gilmore Girls. All of this recent talk of a shortened eighth season was, I suspect, a publicity ploy on the part of The CW, because from what I’ve heard, Alexis Bledel wanted nothing to do with another season, and Lauren [...]

Continue reading »

veronica mars was smarter than all of us

For the last few weeks, ever since the rather disappointing conclusion to Veronica Mars‘ Who killed Dean O’Dell mystery arc, I’ve been anticipating the news of its cancellation with a sort of sinking acceptance and resignation.
I really don’t think that network of Crack Whores (an old joke, but come on, the CW programming department can’t not be [...]

Continue reading »

i do the gadgets. you do the actual espionage.

I’ve had a couple people in recent days ask me about Veronica Mars — what it is, why they should watch it, etc.
Ordinarily I would dash off a few quick paragraphs, raving about its intelligence and wit and humor, proclaiming how brilliant Kristen Bell and Jason Dohring are, and how, without Bell, the show would’ve [...]

Continue reading »