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My impressions:
I loved the promos for Elementary and Vegas. Elementary should appeal to the same audience as The Mentalist and could possibly skew a little younger. Vegas seems like something totally different for the netwoek, but if they write the show like The Good Wife and Blue Bloods where there are ongoing storylines to supplement the usual procedural case of the week, I see no reason CBS's audience won't accept it. Oh, and there is one other thing that could help Vegas. The promos prominently feature Muse Watson, who played Gibb's mentor, Franks, on NCIS and he is a HUGE fan favorite and CBS could use this to promote the show which will air after NCIS and NCIS LA.
Partners was eh, but CBS has never had a track record where the pilots for their comedies have been particularly great. 2.5 Men, TBBT, M&M, and RoE all had pilots that were universally panned by the critics. The nets' strength is picking up shows that have potential and then making subtle changes in subsequent episodes to improve the show. My first thought about Partners is the producers should tone down Urie's being so nelly and possibly even hire a couple of recurring characters to make the show feel a little less like Will & Grace 2.0. My first suggestion would be to hire Judd Hirsch as the father of David's character and Lainie Kazan as the mother of Michael's character and give the show more of a family comedy vibe.
As for Made in Jersey, I wasn't particularly impressed, but the promo really didn't turn me off either. It looks like a show that could do well on USA or TNT, which could be good for a Friday broadcast network show. As a matter of fact, one of the show's executive producers, Dana Calvo, has been a producer on such series as Covert Affairs, Franklin & Bash, and Greek.
My impressions:
I loved the promos for Elementary and Vegas. Elementary should appeal to the same audience as The Mentalist and could possibly skew a little younger. Vegas seems like something totally different for the netwoek, but if they write the show like The Good Wife and Blue Bloods where there are ongoing storylines to supplement the usual procedural case of the week, I see no reason CBS's audience won't accept it. Oh, and there is one other thing that could help Vegas. The promos prominently feature Muse Watson, who played Gibb's mentor, Franks, on NCIS and he is a HUGE fan favorite and CBS could use this to promote the show which will air after NCIS and NCIS LA.
Partners was eh, but CBS has never had a track record where the pilots for their comedies have been particularly great. 2.5 Men, TBBT, M&M, and RoE all had pilots that were universally panned by the critics. The nets' strength is picking up shows that have potential and then making subtle changes in subsequent episodes to improve the show. My first thought about Partners is the producers should tone down Urie's being so nelly and possibly even hire a couple of recurring characters to make the show feel a little less like Will & Grace 2.0. My first suggestion would be to hire Judd Hirsch as the father of David's character and Lainie Kazan as the mother of Michael's character and give the show more of a family comedy vibe.
As for Made in Jersey, I wasn't particularly impressed, but the promo really didn't turn me off either. It looks like a show that could do well on USA or TNT, which could be good for a Friday broadcast network show. As a matter of fact, one of the show's executive producers, Dana Calvo, has been a producer on such series as Covert Affairs, Franklin & Bash, and Greek.
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