Sunday, May 13, 2012

The Life And Death Of A Tv Show

So basically since the tv shows have been wrapping up airing their episodes before this season ends some tv shows have been given the good and the bad news.  Of course I am talking about the ones that have been renewed and given another season and the ones that sadly have been canceled.  I figured since I watch a few various shows I would mention 4 that I like that got renewed and 3 that I also liked but got canceled.  I will talk about the renewed shows first then the canceled ones below.

The first show that I like that got renewed and is my current favorite tv show is Once Upon A Time this show is basically about the fairy tale stories we grew up with and love.  The Evil Queen from the Snow White fairy tale has put a curse on the characters in Fairy Tale Land.  The curse is where non of the characters have a happy ending.  The twist is that their no happy endings makes them come into the real world our world.  All the characters are stuck in a town called StoryBrooke Main and don't remember their past fairy tale lives.  In this show Snow White and Prince Charming had a daughter named Emma, who managed to get out of Fairy Tale Land as a baby before the queen's curse took place.  Now 28 years later Emma has managed to make her way to StoryBrooke.  One of the things I like is each episode shows a fairy tale character and with flashbacks we see what their fairy tale life was like.  Many of the classic tales that we know have been changed and make remembering our fairy tales even more funner.

Revenge is the story of Amanda Clarke who goes by the name of Emily Thorne now who has come to The Hamptons to get revenge on people from her past who help framed her dad for a crime he didn't commit.  Basically its The Count of Monte Cristo but in a modern day setting.  I like this show because it's fun to see what will happen and how Emily Thorne will get her revenge on the various people.

Megan Hunt is a medical examiner in Body Of Proof who each week uses her skills as a medical examiner and with the help of her cowokers she solves crimes each week.  One of the the reasons why I like this show is because I like how they use science to help solve a crime.  Also I like to see how each week they solve the crime and even try to guess who the suspect is, usually I am wrong but still it is fun to attempt.  Think of it as C.S.I. but using medical examiners to solve the mystery of the week.

What if their was a top secret team that was part of the government who investigated odd mysterious cases. This is Fringe, a show that deals more with Fringe Science.  The main invesigator of this team is Olivia Dunham a former FBI agent who has been dropped into the world of the weird and unknown and mysteries.         Really a interesting show to check out and for those who liked LOST or any of those shows that you gotta stick with it through out while it airs, then this is a show for you.

The Following 3 shows have been cancelled but still I must admit I did enjoy them while they were on.

GCB otherwise known as Good Christian B*tches when it first came out earned a bad rep with the name it got.  Even to the point of some people complaining because of the title.  The main character of this show has moved back to Dallas and is living with her mother.  In high school she used to be a mean girl to the 3 other main charcters of this show.  Since growing up now these 3 have become the popular women and town and doing alot for their church.  This show explores how the GBC's act good but at the same time have a not so good streak to them.  Overall though it is actually entertaining.  Since hearing about the cancellation of this show, it is one of the ones I still plan to watch the last episodes of it left on my Hulu queue.

The River is the new modern day Blair Witch Project.  The River is created by Oren Peli, if you know your movies you will recognize that name as the man who made Paranormal Activity.  Just like Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity this show is mostly made up of "found footage" and also filmed mostly from the point of a video camcorder or video camera.  Some people don't like this type of show because it can make some people get motion sickness and also it can distracting.  One of the the reasons why I liked this show is because it dealt with creepy things, and it had a thriller aspect to it.  Also I liked the cliffhanger at the end of the season.

The final show I am going to mention and I must admit it surprised me to see that it did get canceled is Awake. This show tells the story of Detective Michael Britten played by Jason Issacs, who is well known for playing Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies.  In this tv show it picks up after a car accident involving Detective Britten, his wife, and son.  We are swept into a weird world where Britten lives in two worlds, one where is son is alive and his wife died in the accident, the other world is where his wife is alive and his son is dead.  Britten is able to switch between the two realities so at one point he can be with his wife and then another can be with his son.  In one reality he has to use clues to help solve a crime or situation in the other reality.  It is really one of those shows that makes you think about how the character is going to solve the situation of the week.  This is also one of the only few shows that have been cancelled that I am going to finish watching up the episodes on my Hulu queue.

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I can't wait to see what new shows come out and also can't wait to see how all these shows wrap up their finales and see what the new seasons of the shows bring.


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