I missed a couple of episodes. it is not doing much for me either. The sister angle is a drag on the show and as much as i liked the lead actress in Jekyll, she seems watered down on this show. They should have made Katie the star. She is the best thing about the series.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > i watch, but I'm not loving it. Frankly, i think the show might be > better if Jamie were written full-on as a secret agent, a la Steve > Austin. I'm having trouble enjoying the adventures of this young lady > who runs off on missions, then comes home to hang out with her kid > sister. I know the show's supposed to be about the human element, but > for me, this one ain't working. She runs off to another country to do > something, then runs to her sister's school to see her in a play...off > on a mission to retrieve an item, then back home at a local bar to > unwind. I feel like it's some combo of "Bionic Woman", "Felicity", and > "Party of Five". > > I literally get bored during the domestic scenes, and honestly, the > missions aren't that scintillating either. They divide time between > the two, to the detriment of each. "Alias" it's not. Everything feels > incomplete and underwritten, the characters are all cardboard and > dull. Isaiah Washington is wasted so far, though he shows glimpses of > menace that could be interesting, but like everything else, it ends > too soon. Everytime the show ends, I literally look at the clock and > think "that was an hour? seemed more like 30 minutes of action". > > The only thing I've enjoyed in the entire series is Katee Sackhoff's > crazed bionic woman. > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com>> > > > by MICHAEL HINMAN > > Source: Zap2it > > Oct-26-2007 > > > > Either there is a strong contingent of Boston Red Sox fans who have > been > > tuning in to "Bionic Woman" each week, or the star of our cyborg woman > > is rapidly fading. > > > > "Bionic Woman" earned a 4.8 rating/7 share according to Fast National > > ratings from Nielsen Media Research, putting in not only a series low, > > but finishing almost last for the night (when removing The CW shows). > > > > "Bionic" lost a good portion of its lead-in audience from the series > > premiere of "Phenomenon" in the 8 p.m. hour, which received a 5.2/8. > > That show finished well behind "Pushing Daisies" on ABC, which finished > > second to the World Series with a 6.2/10, it's lowest rating of the > > season, but not by much. > > > > Luckily for "Bionic Woman," "Life" did worst, but it's not clear if the > > shows really suffered too much from the Red Sox versus the Rockies, or > > if viewers simply are losing interest in the show. Although "Pushing > > Daisies" also was down, it's drop wasn't as significant, and is showing > > signs of stabilizing from its 6.6/11 last week, according to Zap2it. > > "Bionic," however, fell from a 5.5/9 last week, already significantly > > down from its 8.4/13 premiere. > > > > Don't worry about cancellation yet. NBC hired a new showrunner earlier > > this week providing some indication that it's not quite ready to pull > > the plug just yet. > > > > NBC finished fourth for the night with a 4.9/8 while ABC was third with > > a 6.8/11. The night was won easily by Fox and its World Series coverage > > with a 10.5/17. > > > > None of this is good news for NBC, which earlier this week saw its > > Monday lineup hit new lows in the ratings as well. > > > > Fast Nationals usually provide a snapshot of what Americans are > watching > > by pulling numbers from the top urban markets that includes both live > > viewing and same-day timeshifted viewing. A rating point generally > > represents more than 1.1 million households while the share indicates > > the percentage of televisions turned on that was tuned to the specific > > program. These numbers typically shift when final ratings are issued. > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
