Blog Frog: Switching gears

I thought I would take this opportunity to review a bit about my network show that I am analyzing, called Running Wilde, which premiered on FOX tonight (Tuesday, Sept 21 at 9:30.)

In a nutshell, the show is about some really spoiled rich guy who encounters a youthful love interest later in life who now has a daughter. After some convincing, the guy convinces the woman to stay with him and enroll her daughter in school instead of returning to the wilderness to work on saving tribal peoples or something like that. The end.

I watched this show in its entirety. I read an article comparing it to another new series that premiered right before it, which is called Raising Hope, and the article seems to define Raising Hope as the more humorous of the two shows. Here's the link: <http://watching-tv.ew.com/2010/09/21/raising-hope-running-wilde-will-arnett/>

In this article, the reviewer said the Running Wilde achieved only 'smaller' laughs, where as it was going for larger ones. The reviewer also pointed out that FOX was not helping the show out at all, putting it after Raising Hope.

This was one thing that I noticed, though. Glee premiered as well tonight at 8:00 and is an hour long. I think that Glee was intentionally placed before the two premieres in order to attract the audience and hope that they would stay to watch at least one of the new premieres. Directly after Running Wilde was the 10PM news, so these two shows were squeezed into the middle.

My thoughts on the show: Eh, it doesn't look too good. The show was going for comedy, but my spin on it was that it was more heartfelt than funny, and it wasn't very heartfelt at all. Ratings are not available yet since it just premiered, however, the critics are saying that since there are many stars in it and it has a decent storyline, that 'we should give it a chance.' They think that it will do ok if it finds its comedy legs.

Blog Frog: The beat of Memphis; chronicle I

First thoughts: before knowing anything about this show, as I am researching this while I am writing about it, I thought I'd share what's going through my mind.

I go to TNT's homepage for this show, Memphis beat <http://www.tnt.tv/series/memphisbeat/>
and I find that apparently this show has some pretty good music, since there's a giant link on their site to find out about it:

["Hey, what was that song?" "How can I get that song?" If you've ever asked these types of questions while watching Memphis Beat you'll want to check out our Music section where we have a breakdown of the music from each episode, as well as a Memphis Beat iTunes playlist.]


Come on, an iTunes playlist?? Some people live for this kind of stuff, which I guess I should be happy about because our job field depends on this cult following nonsense. 

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According to Hollywoodreporter.com, Memphis Beat has just been renewed for a second season, after premiering this summer. It has been averaging a 1.1 rating for adults 18-49 for the past 10 episodes.

With this website, they are obviously trying to get people involved in every aspect of the show since there are links for different things, like interviews with the cast, behind the scenes footage, exclusive content, interactive activities, and you can watch full episodes online. The best news of the day has to be that you can follow them on Facebook and Twitter!

This drama fits in with most of the other dramas on TNT, very serious, action filled, etc. I think it will do good for awhile, as long as it doesn't get lost within all the other dramas on the network.

Question time. Has anyone watched this show? I'm gonna watch next week's show and keep an eye out for what other shows they promote on commercials during it and what is on before and after it. This way, I can understand what the programmers are trying to shove down my throat.

Until next blog, this is the Blog Frog; signing out.