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Monday, July 2, 2007
7/2: ABC fall show screenings 7/9
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thie “ABC Red Carpet Screening” promo event isn’t bringing in stars along the levels of Matthew Fox or Katherine Heigl. It’s not even bringing in stars along the levels of Jim Belushi. But ABC is holding a free screening of two of its more promising shows Monday July 9 at 6:30 p.m. at Atlantic Station in the “Central Park” area, which is about 1/1000th the size of the real Central Park in New York City.
WSB-TV’s “Hot Topics” host Kimberley Kennedy will host and a couple of “Dancing With the Stars” dancers will stop by. They’ll be plenty of ABC promo giveways, a chance to apply to be on “Supernanny” and screenings of “Pushing Daisies” and “Carpoolers.”
“Pushing Daisies” is a whimsical drama in which a man can revive a dead person’s life with a single touch, but the arbitrary twist: if he touches the person again, they die forever. I watched the pilot and though this is not necessarily the finished product you’ll see in the fall, I have to say I was mostly enchanted with its Alice in Wonderland motif. It reminded me quite a bit of the film “Big Fish.” Whether it can maintain this tone without viewers quickly tiring of the schtick week in and week out is the big question.
The other show you’ll get to see is a 30-minute sitcom called “Carpoolers” starring Jerry O’Connell as a recent divorcee, Jerry Minor as a henpecked hubby, Fred Goss as a neurotic husband and Dougie as the bright-eyed bushy-tailed newlywed. And they carpool. The pilot is a bit broad but there are plenty of laughs, especially from Minor and O’Connell. It’s not the next “Seinfeld” but it sure beats “According to Jim.”
