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OK so we like the casting on this show.  Always good to see a familiar face back on CBS in Poppy Montgomery who was an FBI agent in Without A Trace. And of course her co-star Dylan Walsh who finished up a great run on Nip/Tuck on FX.

But there was something that just didn’t catch me here.  And I’m not sure what it is but that’s what I’m finding hard to see if this show has promise or if Unforgettable gets a arrow pointing to the canceled bin.

Poppy Montgomery in the CBS Drama 'Unforgettable'

Poppy Montgomery plays Carrie Wells, an ex-cop who got out of the game in Syracuse, New York to move to the big city.  She works part-time in a home for the elderly and moonlights as a card reading poker player using her unique memory skills as an asset.  And an assist to fighting crime which is the basis for the show.  Her ex-husband is Detective Al Burns played by Walsh who brings her on as a consultant for the NYPD.  And of course she uses those memory skills to solve crimes.

Gotta admit it’s a good concept on paper but the show moved to slow, much to slow for the active cop show viewer.  It was typical detective content but something throughout did not engage me enough to give credibility to the the pilot of Unforgettable.

At least for now.

And the ending was as stupid as ever with Montgomery’s character going after the criminal on her own without the support of anyone with a badge.  Makes for an exciting close but her journey to solve the crime on her own reminded me of a woman to makes the mistake of taking a trip to Aruba with a criminal holding two orders of stay away from a sitting judge.  But most of these shows have something stupid to chat about.

Still there will have to be a second and maybe a third go round with Unforgettable to really see if this show has legs.  But at least there is some standing with Unforgettable.  A little more energy and a bit more reality might be in order for this show to survive.  But no question a C+ effort.

Rick Thomas

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FOX has done it, better than a few new comedies on NBC or CBS.  They’ve grabbed a winner in the new Tuesday night series New Girl which just happens to be the best new comedy on television.  At least for the first two real days of the new TV season.

Zooey Deschanel as 'Jess' in FOX's 'New Girl'

This show is so quirky, so unusually funny that you can’t do anything but laugh at every minute of New Girl starring Zooey Deschanel.  Produced so well with a ton of comedic effort at the start of the pilot episode and then taking you to a great emotional level at minute 24 of the half hour premiere.

This show is so solid that you just can’t beat the connection between Zooey’s character Jess Day and the rest of this awesome cast.  Damon Wayans Jr. (Coach), Jake Johnson (Nick) and Max Greenfield (Schmidt) combine to make an easy, comfortable, almost like these four have been working together for a long while rather than just the first episode.

This crew seem so comfortable together after Jess catches her boyfriend and moves in to an apartment with these three guys that have so many issues that pretty much connect with Zooey’s character.

This show is very special.  Unlike the other new comedies I’ve trashed because they try so hard to be funny and engaging that they get no where near the point of New Girl on FOX.

So far television’s best new comedy entry for the new season.  And very unexpected yet so needed because every comedy I’ve seen so far on TV in the last week have pretty much fallen off the cliff.

Whatever you do you must watch New Girl. It is a must watch comedy on FOX!  A pleasant surprise!

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OK so I get my deodorant from the 99 Cents store on Fairfax and Wilshire in Los Angeles.  I look at it like this.  I never have had anyone ask to smell under my arms or have even popped my nose under there to check out my body odor.  Those days are over even if I still have a few weeks left on my monthly subscription to Match.com.

But while looking for some content to upload on the Charlie Sheen Comedy Central Roast last night on the network’s web-site, I got a chance to watch a commercial for Axe, the deodorant spray that targets a male demographic well under my current 60 Minutes age group.  And in 15 seconds I just laughed so loud that the office next to me kinda banged on the wall to shut me up.

This is the one that ran on Comedy Central’s web-site.  But I’ve uploaded a couple more including the French version.  Thought you might need a laugh and you’re gonna get one from these commercials.  Once again short, cheaply produced yet funny as heck.

Enjoy.

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So we’ve been talking a lot about some of the new daytime talk shows that are just taking over ever hour, every minute of the day on so many local TV stations following the departure of Oprah.  You have to say after the mainstays like Ellen, Regis & Kelly or Dr. Oz, the list of new daytime talk content is relatively weak.  But still this story is worth their effort and at least got me to throw up some content on Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers.

James, Bunny and Randy DeBarge on Dr. Drew's 'Lifechangers'

Wednesday’s show features one of my favorite groups from the 1980′s, DeBarge.  They were a R & B singing group hailed from the motor city of Detroit and on the Berry Gordy record label dropping some great hits that are on my Ipod today.  And the story they will tell to Dr. Drew Pinsky kinda blew me away.

But this is the music business so why am I surprised.  Along with being the drug induced years from the late 70′s through most of the 80′s, well again this should be no eye opener.

But c’mon this is DeBarge!

James DeBarge, Bunny DeBarge and Randy DeBarge open up big time about their past that most of us listening to their music could not imagine.  The internet was not around so there were no Amy Winehouse meltdowns viewed by millions on YouTube.  Yet the DeBarge story about drugs and self destruction leading toward suicide are discussed in this two part Lifechangers event with Dr. Drew.  James DeBarge opens up about his personal demons including thoughts on committing suicide and being talk down from that act by a famous music artist in Michael Jackson.

Substance abuse problems ran rampant throughout this family and you can watch it all unfold starting tomorrow on Dr. Drew Pinsky’s Lifechangers.

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My God am I really going to say this.  Do I really miss Charlie Harper?  Or Charlie Sheen?  Or whomever is responsible for whatever Two and a Half Men tried to sell us last night?  Or is it a bit too early to tell if Ashton Kutcher can pull it off.  But if last night’s episode of the remake of the show is any indication, and I really hate to say this, Two and a Half Men is simply dead on its new arrival.

Still the show drew in a voyeuristic 28 million viewers to the premiere episode featuring Ashton Kutcher.  Will that audience holdover?  More than likely not but although the show wasn’t really that funny there was enough to get me to at least go a second round next Monday night.

Jon C?ryer and Ashton Kutcher in 'Two and a Half Men'

Not funny.  Let me say this again, not funny at all.  In fact pretty terrible.  Two and a Half Men already was in part on the decline as the writing and comedic efforts even with Charlie Sheen seemed pretty forced.  But the premiere episode titled Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt, missed the mark from Ashton Kutcher’s insertion in to the show.

The opening of the show was done extremely well as was the ending.  Everything in between was pretty awful.  So the ratings will be fantastic but can Ashton Kutcher carry the day to week number two?

Wow, this was truly disappointing to watch, almost like taking your nails and scratching them on a chalkboard.

Not done very well and scary.  Do we want Charlie Sheen back?  Oh man, say it’s not so.  Can this show survive?  Only time will tell but John Stamos, who had a quick hit in this episode, is probably thinking “thanks but no thanks” for not being named Sheen’s replacement.

This could be a real mess for CBS.  This has got to get better.  Quickly.  I mean real quickly.  Charlie Sheen, all clean and sober on his roast on Comedy Central, is about to settle his case with Warner Bros. for a boatload of money.

And he won’t be the first jerk not to play well with the other kids on the block as in what happened with CBS personality Julie Chen and The Talk, the daytime gabfest for everyone without a penis.  She apparently didn’t play nice with the other girls on the set, got a couple fired but is waking up next to CBS big boss Leslie Moonves.  He may have to re-think his move to work with Warner and drop Charlie Sheen.

Oh I just can’t believe I’m saying this.  Did I miss Charlie Sheen, the drunk, womanizing typical Hollywood a-hole on Two and a Half Men?

Yes.  I did.

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Yes Comcast is clearly in control of NBC.  You can bet that 51% control of this network has changed the philosophy of who gets what major on-air news roles at NBC News.

Clearly the diversity program is in full force at NBC.  And to be pretty much as straightforward as I can be but it’s about damn time.  Especially with a pro like Lester Holt who now gets another prime position taking over as anchor for Dateline: NBC.

Lester Holt from NBC News

With Chris Hansen, host of To Catch a Predator out of the picture (because he’s another…well he thinks he’s another high profile personality who can’t keep his zipper zipped), Lester Holt has been named the new anchor of the plum position replacing Ann Curry who of course is full time at The Today Show on NBC.

NBC has increased its minority on-air presence recently after Comcast took over control of the network which has had a terrible record in diversity prior to the takeover.  Using the same talking heads on all programs related to NBC News including their cable networks was standard prior to the Comcast takeover but these boys at the cable megatron in Philly have a simple line that James Brown used as in “Papa don’t take no mess.”

Holt is the host of Weekend Today along NBC Nightly News on Saturday and Sunday as well.  And he’s the consummate pro as a news person at NBC News.

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So this show probably won’t get any ratings because it’s gonna get lost among the plethora of daytime talk shows but you gotta like the in your face approach of Jeremy Kyle.  At least he doesn’t seem like just another talk host.

Jeremy Kyle and Friend

I can clearly do without the relatively thick British accent but that something that you just get used to the more you watch the Jeremy Kyle show.  When he calls a woman “mum” instead of Mom you kind of get the feeling that it may be a bit too much for American viewers.  Who knows.  But the guy is clearly likeable because he’s what we call “for real” in the hood.

In other words he doesn’t hold back.

Jeremy Kyle and Guest on the 'Jeremy Kyle' show

Although most of the guests on day one were simply losers, Jeremy Kyle chases after his guests with no holds barred.  He rips them a new one which the viewers in the United States like to see.  And we all like to watch losers get ripped a new one and Jeremy Kyle does it pretty well.

But can he be successful?

I say “probably won’t get ratings” because he’s on some pretty crappy television stations here in the United States.  The second you end up on any local station above the number 10 you’re in trouble.  Though Jeremy Kyle is pretty popular overseas in Great Britain, his show that is taped in New York is produced pretty well.

What he hopes is the show launches pretty well so that he can move to an NBC, ABC or CBS affiliate in all of his markets.  But this writer says check out Jeremy Kyle.  After watching some of the new crap on daytime television, this one might be worth an hour of your time.

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OK so everyone knows I love me some Maury Povich.  I’ve upgraded.  Used to watch Jerry Springer for my trailer park trash and ghetto rat television but moved up from transvestites revealing that they are men to their boyfriends on Jerry Springer to “you are the father” on Maury.

How anyone can subject themselves to not having a clue who their kid’s father is, well that’s beyond my comprehension.  People are having a lot of sex out there which means the following:

• I’m not having enough sex
• I don’t live in a trailer park or the ghetto
• If I do have sex, I’d better get to CVS and buy condoms because…
• There are probably a lot of STD’s going around that I don’t want any part of

With that in mind, I’d like to introduce you to The Bill Cunningham Show, one of daytime television’s new entries in to a very active syndication market.

Watching today’s episode made me actually want to go back to being one of the five people watching Anderson Cooper’s daytime program.  Today’s program featured a woman and her sister, the latter who smoke marijuana in front of her children.  She needed an intervention from Bill Cunningham, ready to save the day.  Then there was the couple with a small child who pretty much let little Ernie run around with zero supervision.

That was the order by the way, unlike how I started this story.  Ghetto rats first, trailer trash second.

Bill Cunningham, Host of 'The Bill Cunningham Show'

And I love me some KTLA in Los Angeles but to put this crap on and take off the second showing of Maury, well damn I was pissed.

This show as awful.  Even more awful than Anderson Coopers daytime effort which last week focused a full hour on a drunk and a drug addict named Amy Winehouse.  Oh yeah, that’s what I want to watch, a full hour on a dope fiend.

There will be more beyond Bill Cunningham and Anderson Cooper.  Thank you Oprah Winfrey.  You really needed to start your own network and open up opportunities for every Bill Cunningham, Anderson Cooper and Jeremy Kyle to want a daytime show.

Reruns of COPS would be better and cheaper.

More to come on daytime’s new talk programs but for what I’ve seen so far, does the phrase “headed to the RealTVCritics.com canceled bin” fit in here?

Rick Thomas

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Kate Winslet and Guy Pearce - 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

So here we go, the full list of last night’s winners of the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards handed out with ABC’s Modern Family taking a huge chunk of the statues for the work on that fantastic series.  Enjoy the photos!

Actress, Drama Series: Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife,” CBS

Actor, Drama Series: Kyle Chandler, “Friday Night Lights,” DirecTV/NBC

Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones,” HBO

Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Margo Martindale, “Justified,” FX

Writing, Drama Series: Jason Katims, “Friday Night Lights,” NBC

Directing, Drama Series: Martin Scorsese, “Boardwalk Empire,” HBO

Comedy Series: “Modern Family,” ABC

Actor, Comedy Series: Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS

Actress, Comedy Series: Melissa McCarthy, “Mike & Molly,” CBS

Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Julie Bowen, “Modern Family,” ABC

Ariel Winter, Sarah Hyland and Julie Bowen from ABC's 'Modern Family' - 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Ty Burrell, “Modern Family,” ABC

Writing, Comedy Series: Steven Levitan and Jeffrey Richman, “Modern Family,” ABC

Directing, Comedy Series: Michael Spiller, “Modern Family,” ABC

Miniseries or Movie: “Downton Abbey” (“Masterpiece”), PBS

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Kate Winslet, “Mildred Pierce,” HBO

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Barry Pepper, “The Kennedys,” ReelzChannel

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Maggie Smith, “Downton Abbey” (“Masterpiece”), PBS

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Guy Pearce, “Mildred Pierce,” HBO

Directing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: Brian Percival, “Downton Abbey” (“Masterpiece”), PBS

Writing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: Julian Fellowes, “Downton Abbey” (“Masterpiece”), PBS

Reality-Competition Program: “The Amazing Race,” CBS

Variety, Music or Comedy Series: “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central

Jon Stewart - 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

Directing, Variety, Music or Comedy Series: Don Roy King, “Saturday Night Live,” NBC

Writing, Variety, Music or Comedy Series: “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central

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