by jaybushman November 20, 2009
Bronwen *hearts* the Ood.

Bronwen *hearts* the Ood.


Pilot Watch: We Do Not Want to See David Tennant Not Being Our Lawyer

by bronwen November 9, 2009

David Tennant has, of course, left his role as the fucking awesome Tenth Doctor on Doctor Who to move onto brighter pastures, avoid typecasting, and to “bow out when it’s still fun.” Ok, sure. He won’t actually find a better part, but whatevs, I’ll go with his logic.

No matter what, an NBC pilot is not a brighter pasture. It was announced last week that Tennant will play the titular role in Rex Is Not Your Lawyer. Per the Hollywood Reporter, the pilot focuses on “a top Chicago litigator who begins suffering panic attacks and takes up coaching clients to represent themselves in court.” Words fail me, because mostly what comes to mind is “Gag.” And yet, somehow David E. Kelley is not to blame.

The rant:

  1. NBC has basically abandoned drama: see giving away 10:00pm, see just not airing Southland, see limply promoting and second-windowing Friday Night Lights, the only good show on this network. I mean, really, you can see how much television I get through in a week and the only NBC show on this list currently airs on Direct TV.
  2. The premise of Rex Is Not Your Lawyer blows, as does this freaking long title.
  3. Avoiding typecasting? Playing a guy with panic attacks certainly won’t resemble any sort of stammering characters that Tennant’s done before.
  4. Filming 22 episodes in 8 months when you’re used to filming 13 in that time frame will not, in any way, be fun.

The best possible outcome here is that Tennant gets a nice payday, even NBC decides they don’t want to watch this crap, and no pickup occurs.


by bronwen November 7, 2009
What We’re Watching Right Now! Here’s a look at the shows that we’re watching right now. As you can see, Jay’s in a bit of a slow period right now.  A lot of the American network shows that he watches do not air until 2010 (24, Lost, etc.). I have my typical overload of teenybopper crap (but, dammit, sometimes I like crap) that I try to get through in a week. We’re also in an absolute drought of foreign content. “The Waters of Mars,” the next Doctor Who special, premieres next weekend in the UK, so we’ll have that to watch soon.  We’re looking forward to trying Misfits, which premieres on E4 on November 12th.  I’ve plucked several first episodes of other British series to test, but so far none are really appealing all that much.  We have no Australian series happening at the moment, and nothing Canadian except Degrassi for me. I’m loyal, man.

What We’re Watching Right Now!

Here’s a look at the shows that we’re watching right now. As you can see, Jay’s in a bit of a slow period right now.  A lot of the American network shows that he watches do not air until 2010 (24, Lost, etc.). I have my typical overload of teenybopper crap (but, dammit, sometimes I like crap) that I try to get through in a week.

We’re also in an absolute drought of foreign content. “The Waters of Mars,” the next Doctor Who special, premieres next weekend in the UK, so we’ll have that to watch soon.  We’re looking forward to trying Misfits, which premieres on E4 on November 12th.  I’ve plucked several first episodes of other British series to test, but so far none are really appealing all that much.  We have no Australian series happening at the moment, and nothing Canadian except Degrassi for me. I’m loyal, man.