from: The Seminole
"The paper of the past, present, and future..."
Volume XXXII Issue 1
October 1999

Season of autumn brings new television shows
by: Andrew Thornton - Co-Editor in Chief

Ally (FOX)- This is a by-product of the very extremely popular and hilarious
show Ally McBeal. It resulted from all the extra clips of film that were
leftover from the time constraints of the hit one-hour show. It's like
watching a rerun. If you're a fan, you'll probably say, "haven't I seen this
before?"

Angel (WB)- This is a spin-off of the popular show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
The opening soundtrack is an emotionally charged violin piece, but the rest
of the show leaved something to hope for. The characters are very flimsy and
ever transparent at times. The plot is trite and lacks the quality of
"greatness" that its parent show has. It will surely rate well with the
young female teen crows, though.

Once and Again (ABC)- Imagine being a divorcee with children. You live in a
relativey small community where people know your every move. This show is
actually decent. It takes events in this divorcee dating relationship and
uses almost interview like techniques to accent the show. This is one of the
best shows of the new season.

Now and Again (CBS)- It's the new generation of the Six Million Dollar man.
This show is entertaining and has a quality of adventure. It's surprisingly
funny and very emotional. It's a show that should be watched this fall.

Action (FOX)- Again with the want to be movie scripts. This show isn't funny
and the only this to look forward to is seeing a few stars. The language is
unnecessarily harsh and very rough, and is excessively sexually charged. Ask
yourself if you really want to sit through half an hour of garbage.

Popular (WB)- Although this show pokes fun at teenage life and you can tell
that the actors aren't the age that they say are, it is still a decent show.
The "lessons" that this show portray are almost accurate. We all travel in
our own circles and this show does an okay job of showing this, but it loses
points on junky cinematography effects.

Coldfeet (NBC)- Coldfeet was a movie script that didn't quite take off. In
one episode six weeks pass. If you watch this show, you will find that the
acting skills aren't as good as you would think. They even pause for you to
laugh. The highlights of this show were sticking a rose in a place that it
shouldn't be and someone getting hit in the face with an elbow.

Odd Man Out (ABC)- This is almost exactly like Ladies Man except instead of a
middle age man, it's a teenage boy. Don't waste your time.

Ladies Man (CBS)- Can you say vomit? You can tell the guy's accent is fake.
It's also melodramatic and not that funny. Maybe a person of my age is too
young to understnad this situation, but we're not stupid and we're not going
to waste time frying our brains.