Small Screen Stakeout: Jan 29, 2010 (Episode 3)
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Veronica and Linda team up to fight the power on Better Off Ted, Bones calls Booth out on his relationship with his brother on Bones, and the American Idol auditions include an awkward scene in which Ryan Seacrest gets pissed off at a guy hitting on him.
Lori and I discuss all this and more — including our thoughts on the iPad — in this week’s episode of Small Screen Stakeout.
We also review The Dirty Bomb Diaries, a low-key but effective 16-episode series chronicling the experiences of a young woman (played by Misty Van Cleve) in the aftermath of disaster: If you were trapped in a city after a radioactive Dirty Bomb detonated, what would you be willing to do? Who would you become? Witness the conflict through the eyes of a single woman struggling at Ground Zero with no supplies, sporadic phone service, a lack of police support and a city ready to tear itself apart. We discuss the making of the series and tell the story of how we survived the great Seattle earthquake of 2001.
You can watch the first two episodes below, and the rest on Clicker.com.
Thanks again for this podcast–it’s so enjoyable to here you discuss television. Unusually brief comments this week…
According to Alan Sepinwall, this week’s episode of “Better Off Ted” was the last episode scheduled to air, so this might have been the show’s last hoorah. I’m hoping that with “Ugly Betty” off the canvas and with “Scrubs” unlikely to grow its audience, there’d be some room for this gem but that’s probably wishful thinking.
If you’re looking for a quick way to find good web series, check out the nominees for the Indie Web Soap Awards (http://indiesoapawards.com).
Thank you for the great podcast, I always love your comments about Better off Ted, Fringe and Bones. I thought they renewed Bones last year for season 5 & season 6.
Looking forward to the next podcast
Agree about the first season of L&O, it’s not very good. SVU is a much more interesting show overall.
I like the first two eps of The Dirty Bomb Diaries, def going to watch more. Thanks for the tip!
Totally agree about the iPad name - lame! Shouldve gone with iTablet.
I’ve never watched Ugly Betty - just not my taste. I like Vanessa Williams, tho, I hope she gets cast on something else.
Thank you for the podcast. I’ve missed you since “She made me watch this”. Something to look forward to again each week.