The writing and acting on this show continue to be one step below that of a Sunday School pageant: everything's declamatory, there's no subtext, and people don't exist unless they are speaking. I watched last night to see Charles Kimbrough, and came away feeling sorry for Faith Ford and Grant Shaud, who were especially betrayed by the writers. Might come back for the stunt casting, but am prepared to keep my index finger on the FF button otherwise.
On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 1:29 PM Diner <[email protected]> wrote: > Larroquette was also one of Bergen's co-stars on "Boston Legal" - their > characters married in the series finale. > > > On Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 10:44:43 PM UTC-4, Steve Timko wrote: >> >> Bette Midler, Brooke Shields among 'Murphy Brown' guests >> LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bette Midler and Brooke Shields are among the guest >> stars dropping in on CBS' "Murphy Brown" revival. >> Midler was on the original sitcom as Caprice, one of many difficult, >> short-tenured secretaries to Candice Bergen's Murphy. >> CBS said Thursday the singer-actress is back as Caprice on the Nov. 8 >> episode, this time with a connection to Murphy that makes her even more >> unbearable. >> Shields is on the Nov. 15 episode as a former beauty-pageant pal of >> series star Faith Ford's Corky who emerges from a long coma. >> The episode with Midler also features Katie Couric playing herself and >> former "Night Court" star John Larroquette as a judge. >> Peter Gallagher appears as a conservative news anchor covering elections >> with Murphy's son, played by Jake McDorman, on the Nov. 1 "Murphy Brown" >> episode >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 9:01 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 11:29 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> A long time ago, I learned that TV producers rarely (if ever) had me in >>>> mind when making new shows. Much as in a singles bar, I just am not in >>>> anybody's target demographic. The original Murphy Brown was hit or miss for >>>> me; I wasn't very political at the time, so most of the topical jokes fell >>>> flat. But when the show was good, it was great. The Harry "I'm the change >>>> guy" Shearer episode still makes me laugh out loud. >>>> >>>> The premiere of the new series wasn't very funny... but it was very >>>> comfortable. That said, I don't know who the producers have in mind with >>>> this series. As I recall, Murphy Brown was extremely popular with liberal >>>> women... so is The View... so why dump on it? >>>> >>>> I was reminded of the Lou Grant series, which was a dramatic series >>>> based on a sitcom character. I think the new Murphy Brown would be better >>>> as a one hour drama (or dramedy... if you must), still able to include >>>> humor, but allowing for more mature or sophisticated subject matter. But >>>> had they done that, it would have been targeted towards me... and that just >>>> won't happen. >>>> >>> >>> Lou Grant wasn't a spinoff of the Mary Tyler Moore Show, it was an hour >>> drama with the title character and actor taken from MTM. Just like L&O:SVU >>> wasn't a spinoff from Homicide, just Richard Belzer's Detective Munch came >>> over. >>> >>> Brian Teta was a producer on Dave's Late Show and became an executive >>> producer on The View when Dave went off the air. He has posted comments in >>> the alt.fan.letterman forum since the show went off the air and I think he >>> is happy to still be working on TV rather than worn to a frazzle like Miles >>> was supposed to be. >>> >>> Pilot shows have to do double duty, explaining who the characters are >>> and how they relate to each other (and in this case what happened to them >>> in the intervening years) as well as set the comedic tone and give viewers >>> an idea of how fun it will be to hang out with these people for a half hour >>> every week. It's going to take an episode or two to see if they will be >>> bringing something new or just basking in nostalgia. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
