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Blindspot
Joey's pre-watch thoughts:
Looks interesting, asking the audience to engage in the mystery; ergo, it will be a commercial flop.
Joey's Summary:
Do you remember
John Doe? I do. This show should basically have been called Jane Doe; it looks like it's many of the same ideas, repackaged for a female lead. It looks just as promising, and so will probably last - unfortunately - just as long.
Joey's Rating: 8
Joey's Season Prediction: Cancelled before March
Aaron's pre-watch thoughts:
Looks awesome, therefore it wont survive a second season.
Aaron's summary:
In a world where the FBI sends a amnesiatic and traumatised Tatooed woman out with into the field because... plot. A solid start to what could be a really good show. I like Agent Weller and I can see some humor coming as Jane tries different foods. I hope they dont have a romantic entanglement between the two, but I think we see a glimpse or two already.
Aaron's Rating: 9
Aaron's Season Prediction: Five seasons before the show is rumored to be cancelled, leading to a lackluster sixth then cancellation.
The Muppets
Joey's pre-watch thoughts:
I am cautiously optimistic, although what I *really* wanted was for The Muppet Show to come back in its original format.
Joey's Summary:
24 hours ago, I didn't recognize the names Bill Prady or Bob Kushell. Can we please rewind and go back to that time? Because now I hate these men. HATE. H. A. T. E. Watching Kermit as the self-centered executive producer of Miss Piggy's late night talk show took out a small piece of my childhood innocence I had managed to hide away somewhere and stomped on it, then fed it Beeker. It's like all the things you hated about The Office, but being back-patched into your childhood memories of the Muppets so that they were always these vain, terrible people.
Joey's Rating: 1 - the only laughs came from Fozzie, and that was mostly because he was opposite the fantastic straight-man performance by the fantastic
Riki Lindhome.
Joey's Season Prediction: Probably goes two cringe-worthy seasons before finding some kind of heart early in the 3rd, upon which stroke it will be immediately cancelled.
Aaron's pre-watch thoughts:
Just as long as they dont pull an Avenue Q I will enjoy it.
Aaron's summary:
Miss Piggy has a Late night show with Kermit as the executive producer. "My life is a bacon wrapped hell on earth."- Kermit the Frog. If you liked the Muppets before, watch this show. I think they found a balance between Nostalgia and updating for a more mature audience.
Aaron's Rating: 9.75
Aaron's Season Prediction: Three solid seasons followed by a bad fourth then the axe.
The Making of the Mob: New York
Joey's pre-watch thoughts:
I'll admit, I had no idea what to expect here; it was unclear if I was watching a drama set in one my favorite time periods, or a documentary, or what.
Joey's Summary:
Still not entirely sure what it is, but it was well-enough done for modern documentaries. Though they aged the boys too fast; I wanted to really see them grow into the monsters they became.
Joey's Rating: 8.5
Joey's Season Prediction: Will finish the planned run strongly.
Aaron's pre-watch thoughts:
I have seen the Godfather movies but that is really all the interest I have had in the mob.
Aaron's summary:
The premise is in the title. I have to say that as much as I fast forward through what I call the "Talky Bits" I thoughrly enjoy a well done Documentary. Only seven minutes in I feel this will be a riveting look at the Mob. I can tell that it is gems like this that will see me through the horrible shows I am certain are coming on this list.
Aaron's Rating: 10
Aaron's Season Prediction: Two seasons one for East coast mob and one for the West.