One year ago, I started writing my blog. My first blog was about my early television viewing: Howdy Doody in particular. Click here. I haven't written another blog on television. . . .until today.
Every year, I get hooked on a television show which is a curse for the show---they get cancelled. This past year, I really liked Life on Mars and Eli Stone. They were way too good to be cancelled.
Eli Stone reminded me a lot of Joan of Arcadia, another favorite of mine---funny, great cast and both main characters talk to God on a regular basis. Eli's father was played by Tom Cavanagh who starred in another favorite, but cancelled show Ed. Ed was a lawyer who went back to his hometown and operated a bowling alley/law practice---very funny.
Life on Mars is about a man who suddenly finds himself in 1973. Sam Tyler is a police officer with Harvey Keitel portraying his boss and Gretchen Moll as a female police officer. Sam Tyler knows he doesn't belong in 1973, but doesn't know how to get back to the present. It's an adaptation of a British show which I've also seen, but I liked the American version much better.
OK, I like quirky television---I call it creative, imaginative television.
1 comment:
It is frustrating. We really liked Eli Stone and Joan of Arcadia and Ed. Never watched Life on Mars. Friday Night Lights was saved by Direct TV somehow. Love that show.
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