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Despite its Flaws, '2M2MM' Has a Certain Televisual Appealnew
What if you took four online poker players, sent them to Las Vegas to live like high-rolling kings and tasked them with the goal of winning $2 million in two months? I'll admit, it's a "what if" scenario I've never actually contemplated. But thanks to the new G4 reality series Two Months. Two Million., it's one with which we're all now confronted.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
09-08-2009 |
TV
'Iron Man: Armored Adventures' on Nicktoonsnew
Iron Man: Armored Adventures is a blatant attempt to make the runaway success of the Iron Man live-action movie appeal to the tween crowd. How do you do that? By stripping away almost everything that made the film such a success, apparently.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
05-05-2009 |
TV
'Life on Mars' Cops an Attitudenew
There are probably a few out there who recognize ABC's Americanized cop series Life on Mars thanks to good old BBC America. If the American writers can stay on target and keep scripts half as smart as the British ones, the show has a decent shot at success.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
10-28-2008 |
TV
'Primeval' is Fun, Sci-Fi Filler from the BBCnew
In short: CGI dinosaurs, sci-fi geekery, a time-traveling conspiracy theory and a cute Brit in pink knickers make for a well-spent Saturday night.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
09-16-2008 |
TV
God Bless Adult Swim for 'Fat Guy Stuck in Internet'new
Not only does Cartoon Network's late-night roundup of adult-appealing shows give us endless hours of moronic entertainment, it also provides employment for dozens of men and women whose mothers drank way too much during pregnancy. How else to explain Adult Swim's newest Sunday night offering, Fat Guy Stuck in Internet?
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
06-24-2008 |
TV
Roped In by 'The Roping Show'new
Watching the show on RFD-TV is a little like catching a Japanese game show or a four-hour Mexican variety show -- it's funny because we really don't understand it.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
11-20-2007 |
TV
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'Dirty Sexy Money' is a Guilt-Free Guilty Pleasurenew
Kudos to Dirty Sexy Money for mixing two parts Dynasty, one part Arrested Development and a dash of The Royal Tenenbaums and bringing to a boil.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
10-16-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Kid Nation' Stirs Controversynew
The idea was to send 40 kids into the wilderness and allow them to create their own Lord of the Flies-style society, but now at least one parent and the American Federation of Television and Radio Actors are raising concerns about how the series was made.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
09-04-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Mind Control with Derren Brown': He's Not a Psychicnew
Yet Brown is better at what he does than just about everybody on the planet who claims to have supernatural powers.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
08-14-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Raines': The Case of the Missing Goldblumnew
Brilliant but slightly crazy, Raines fits nicely alongside other current nutty TV detectives from shows like Monk, Numbers and Psych.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
03-20-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
High Yieldnew
Though The Nine doesn't boast the genre-twisting sci-fi-ish elements of Lost, it has quite a bit more in common with that hit series than you'd think.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
10-17-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
