Despite more dancing with ex-stars and celebrity duets, the comeback of the dramatic TV series continues. Thank you very much Lost and Grey's Anatomy. The debut of Jericho on CBS reminded me of a fertile period in the early 1980s when a rash of movies The Day After (1983), Testament (1983) and the particularly terrifying British TV movie Threads (1984), dealt with the subject of a post-nuke world.
So who do you think is nuking us? Iran? North Korea? China? A nut from one of the former Iron Curtain nations? Of course it doesn't matter to the residents of Jericho. Their immediate plans are to survive.
I also liked Heroes on NBC and Kidnapped, the latter in particular for a chance to see Dana Delaney weekly. Six Degrees wasn't bad either. I like the fact that so many shows are using the "24" template and creating shows that build layers of character and story week to week, not self-contained episodic TV.
So what new TV series do you like so far?
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