AltWeeklies Wire
Fox's Fall Season: O.C.-riffic Series and Highbrow Hijinks

The O.C. returns Nov. 4 to tell everyone how it's done in Orange County. Arrested Development brings back comedy you have to pay attention to.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
10-31-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Tale of the Scape

The broadcast of the miniseries Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars proves you can’t keep the sci-fi geeks down.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
10-11-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Burning Sensation
FX’s Rescue Me is the best series on TV, cable or otherwise. Too bad it’s almost over.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
10-01-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Cary On
Touch of Pink creates a realistic Cary Grant, but no realistic human comedy
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-24-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Ian Iqbal Rashid, Touch of Pink
Wireless Fu
The Twilight Samurai is less clashing swords than romantic parlor drama.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-24-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Twilight Samurai, Yoji Yomada
After the Fire
Ladder 49 effectively balances humanizing and lionizing its firefighter heroes.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-24-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Jay Russell, Ladder 49
Vet Management
Going Upriver succeeds at making John Kerry look presidential ... 30 years ago.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-24-2004 |
Reviews
TV Fall-a-palooza!
A fair and balanced hit-and-rundown of every new network TV show this season.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
09-23-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Falling Into TV
The first of the new fall 2004 network shows, are reviewed/previewed for your convenience.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
09-03-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
“Yeeaah!” vs. “Yeeaah!”
Confused? Learn the difference between Nickelback and Puddle of Mudd now!
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
08-25-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nickelback
Kilby Goes Down: Late Late Show Host Quits
Craig Kilborn -- preening, smug, insincere, womanizing playboy host of CBS' Late Late Show -- walks away. A nation (sort-of) mourns.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
08-19-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Cable Network Pans for Comedy Gold
Bravo’s looking for a few good sitcoms from regular ol' folks. How about one set in an alt-weekly newsroom?
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
08-19-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Frost Previews Best and Worst Summer TV Comedies
If comedy on TV is dying, it’s because of life-sucking yuk vacuums like "Come to Papa," the Peacock network’s lone scripted offering in a deceptively-marketed New! Summer! Season! full of the usual cheap-o reality programming.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
08-07-2004 |
TV
"Shrek 2" Avoids the Expected Sequel Pitfallsnew
Freed from the need to be the cocky "anti-Disney," SHREK 2 gets hilariously comfortable in its own skin.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-07-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrew Adamson, Shrek 2
Potter and Chums Enter Awkward Phasenew
With a new director on board, Harry Potter -- both the character and the franchise -- make a move from childhood to maturity.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-07-2004 |
Reviews