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Women's Murder Club (2007)
Excellent Show - Best in Class
Women's Murder Club was the good surprise of the season.
it's well-written, well-acted, has beautiful cinematography and engages the viewer intelligently.
In other words, it's a far cry from the umpteen bad shows that the networks introduced this year.
Sadly, it was never promoted heavily by ABC and thus still hasn't reached its full commercial potential. Regardless, it's been doing extremely well in the ratings and won its night regularly. What more can a network want? The characters are all very real and engaging and while the personal stories have a danger to fall into soapy, they've so far remained engaging and have been balanced very well with the "crime of the week".
The creators have all been fired by the network, and I hope the new people ABC will bring in won't turn this into another unwatchable soap opera.
Chuck (2007)
Another Bad Show from Josh Schwartz
I was shocked upon watching the first promos for Chuck. They were so sophomoric (sorry for the insult to intelligent sophomores!) and unfunny, I could not believe how awful this show looked.
Well, on further examination of the show, it's just as bad as the previews let us believe.
Chuck is over-the-top, yet completely unfunny and without the slightest trace of dramatic interest.
It's not all that surprising given that it comes from Josh Schwartz whose dubious claim to fame is the vacuous The O.C. and who has also created the equally vacuous Gossip Girl.
Given that none of those shows have ever been hits, it makes you wonder what is wrong with Hollywood to keep ordering shows from the same bad creator.