Thoughts: 02-August-2009

I watched the second episode of Being Human (BBC America) and is was an improvement over the first episode. We are starting to get more information about our trio and how these supernatural beings cope with their condition. Plus, something is going on that will drawn the trio in over the next four episodes. BBC has renewed this series for a second season, so we shall see. I give the show a B for episode 2.

While I was in WalMart yesterday, I saw that Early Edition Season 2 was out on DVD. This lead me to think about great series which had a short run that are out on DVD.

Early Edition has the first two seasons on DVD. Kyle Chandler was very good in this show where he gets tomorrow's newspaper today. This enables him to help people and change the bad things that would have happen to them if he failed to act. Fisher Stevens was also in this show and it lasted about four seasons.

Friday Night Lights is another great show starring Kyle Chandler (he has the worst luck starring in low rated high quality shows) that luckily for the fans was saved by Direct TV's deal with NBC. The first three seasons are out on DVD with two more currently scheduled to be produced. Sometimes things do work out for quality TV.

The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. was a one season show on Fox that starred Bruce Campbell. A show in the Wild Wild West mode, that showed what great potential Campbell. Thank God that Burn Notice is doing well and highlighting him. This is out on DVD.

The Guns of Will Sonnett was a two season western that starred Walter Brennen (who was 73 when he starred in this show) and Dack Rambo. The premise is that they are looking for famed gunfighter Jim Sonnett, the son of Brennen who fathered Dack Rambo and left him for Brennen to raise. Of course Brennen is a expert at gunfighting who trains both son and grandson in the art. It just came out on DVD in a new set and is pretty good. I remember watching this show as a kid and look forward to watching the DVD set.

Firefly was a Joss Whedon creation for Fox that lasted a season. Interesting SF premise and Fox totally screwed this show over by showing episodes out of sequence and not showing all the episodes produced for the series. A feature film was made that wrapped up the story, which along with the show is available on DVD. Too bad Whedon does not have the same creative fire for the crap TV that is Dollhouse that got renewed.

Justice was a great legal drama that aired on Fox that lasted only 12 episodes. Great cast and was very well done. Unfortunately no DVD set is available. Wikipedia entry has that a 13th episode was made but not aired by Fox.

So, there is lots of great TV out there on DVD that the networks never gave a fair chance to. Fox is the main villain in this drama as they do not give shows a chance to build up their ratings. And networks wonder why overall ratings are down.

Oh well.