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7/24: TV updates
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Can you picture Drew Carey as the host of “The Price is Right”? It’s not a bad selection but he’s definitely going to bring a different vibe to the show, a smart alecky tone that isn’t terribly offensive but distinct from Bob Barker’s warm persona. Clearly, he’s a more acceptable choice than Rosie O’Donnell.
And [here’s an interesting story]http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i78ed7fdd05f8f5f53c3edbd23e2717ac) about that popular reality show on Discovery “Man v. Wild” in which host Bear Grylis is supposedly airlifted into a tough terrain (say, the Everglades or Iceland) with just a few survival items and a camera man. But there’s evidence he has occasionally bunked out overnight in motels and staged some of the survival tactics (like wrangling “wild” horses). Will this cause Discovery to abandon him? I doubt it. I always wondered how the camera guy managed to get around on some of that terrain, like crossing a freezing river, and such.
FX’s latest hard-edged drama “Damages” debuts tonight and it opens with Ellen Parsons, bloodied and battered, exiting an elevator and wandering the streets of New York City. What happened to her? Flashback six months and we start to find out. Unfortunately, the actress Rose Byrne, who plays the naive lawyer hired by powerhouse litigator Patty Hewes (Glenn Close), conveys no depth, no feeling that she’s all that brilliant or all that interesting. While she’s the weakest link, Close is the bulwark in this affair. She’s amoral, she’s tough, she’s well aware she’s a bad mom. It’ll be interesting to see if viewers will find her an acceptable weekly presence like FX fans have embraced Tommy Gavin on “Rescue Me” or Vic Macky in “The Shield.”
And that BET show “Hot Ghetto Mess” that nobody has seen yet but are raising a fuss about? The network just changed its name to “We Gotta Do Better.” The web site mocks “ghetto” stereotypes but some feel glorifies them. The show debuts tomorrow night at 10:30 p.m.
Shows that have been renewed: a fourth season of both Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” and “Hell’s Kitchen.” Plus, “Don’t Forget the Lyrics” was given 13 more episodes.
HBO has renewed “Big Love” for a third season, too.
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By jh
July 25, 2007 8:08 AM | Link to this
at least Drew isn’t a freakin’ animal rights idiot like old Bob.
By Roger
July 25, 2007 8:39 AM | Link to this
Man VS wild is just a rip off of Survivorman
By Bud
July 25, 2007 9:01 AM | Link to this
I figured that this dude had to be faking it…the camera can be turned off, so the temptation to sneak off and go to a motel to sleep on a decent bed and get a hot shower would be strong.