CSI Files
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<font size="3">Hello World!</font>
The CSI shows don't premiere until next week, but it seems like many shows have already premiered, both new and old. I know it seems petty to complain about the fall season starting early and maybe it's just that I'm not ready to admit that it's fall already. Where did the summer go? I've managed to catch a few of the shows I wanted to see, but I'll readily admit I've missed more than a few already.
Thanks to a promo copy of the pilot episode in my issue of Entertainment Weekly, I did manage to catch Jack & Bobby. I have to say, I was impressed. Sure, there were cliches--the handsome older brother/the nerdy younger brother, the controlling single mother, the insightful, thoughtful girl that the older brother likes, but overall the cast was appealing. And I was also surprised that it was revealed at the end of the episode which brother will become president...and what the fate of the other brother will be. The WB is rerunning the premiere on Thursday--I'd highly recommend checking it out.
I also caught half of the premiere of Joey. I did my darndest not to attach Friends-like expectations to this show, so for the most part I was not disappointed. Again, the cast carries the show, though there were certainly a few laughs. The best comedy premieres interest you in the characters while providing laughs and a little heart mixed in as well. Joey managed all three.
The only disappointment so far was Medical Investigation. It aims to be CSI in a hospital, and the concept is intriguing. Alas, the characters are not. The lead character, Steven Connor (played by <font color=yellow>Neal McDonough</font>) is completely unlikeable--he's arrogant and abrasive, and lacks the charm of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation's Gil Grissom or CSI: Miami's Horatio Caine. The rest of the cast is pretty typical--harried female second-in-command, inexperience ingenue doctor, and flirtatious but calculating publicist--and not especially interesting. The first case--a handful of people turn blue and fall ill, apparently after eating at the same restaurant--is not fully explained to the viewer. It's too bad--I had high hopes for this one.
<font size="3">Trek BBS Today</font>
Below are some of the topics currently being discussed at the Talk CSI Files BBS:
-If you started a new CSI series.....
-Who hates Miami
-Ray's children
More topics can be found at the Talk CSI Files BBS!
<font size="3">Poll Results</font>
Below are the results of the most recent TrekToday poll:
<center> <TABLE Width=350 CelLSpacing=0 CellPadding=6 Border=0> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="#000000"> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> <CENTER><TABLE Width=95\% CellPadding=4> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> <HR SIZE=1> What 'CSI' or 'CSI: Miami' item do you most covet? <HR SIZE=1> </center> </TD> </TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> The 'CSI' 100th episode party invite</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 45.7\% - (265 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> The 'CSI: Miami' Hummer</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 18.4\% - (107 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> Horatio's shades</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 10.3\% - (60 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> Grissom's bugs</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 7.7\% - (45 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> Autographed cast photos</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 7.5\% - (44 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> Misc. props (X-ray sheets, DNA printouts, lab coats, etc.)</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 6.2\% - (36 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> Other</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 3.7\% - (22 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size="2">
<center> Total Votes: 579 </center> <HR SIZE=1> </td> </tr> </table> </TD></TR> </TABLE> </center>
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<font size="3">Today's Television Listings</font>
It's a CSI: Miami three-peat this week, with episodes of the show airing on Monday, Wednesday and Sunday night. Tonight, CBS will air the second season finale, "Innocent", at 10pm Eastern time. Here is TV Guide's description of the episode:<ul><blockquote><font color=yellow>The murder of an adult films actress has the CSIs investigating some seedy Miami denizens.</font></blockquote>[/list]
On Wednesday, in the CSI: New York timeslot, CBS will air the Miami/New York crossover episode, "MIA/NYC--NonStop", at 10pm. Here is how TV Guide describes the episode:<ul><blockquote><font color=yellow>Evidence recovered at the scene of a double homicide, in which a husband and wife were murdered in their upscale home, leads Horatio to believe that the killer lives in New York. When he arrives in the Big Apple, Horatio is assisted by Det. Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) who suspects that the murder of a New York undercover cop is linked to the Miami crimes.</font></blockquote>[/list]
On Sunday, September 19th, CBS will air "Slow Burn" at 9pm. Here is what TV Guide has to say about the episode:<ul><blockquote><font color=yellow>Delko and Alexx are nearly burned alive when they investigate the death of a hunter found shot near a supposedly controlled burn in the Everglades. The fire suddenly rages out of control and traps them. Later, a second body is discovered, and this time it's a young woman who looks to have been beaten to death.</font></blockquote>[/list]
CBS will air CSI: Crime Scene Investigation's fourth season finale, "Bloodlines", on Thursday at 9pm. Here is TV Guide's summation of the episode:<ul><blockquote><font color=yellow>In the fourth-season finale, a casino employee is beaten and raped on her way home from work, but she survives and identifies her attacker. Unfortunately, a DNA test sets him free and Grissom must wrestle with whether evidence can ever lie. Later, Grissom comes to the rescue of a coworker who ends up on the other side of the law.</font></blockquote>[/list]
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The CSI shows don't premiere until next week, but it seems like many shows have already premiered, both new and old. I know it seems petty to complain about the fall season starting early and maybe it's just that I'm not ready to admit that it's fall already. Where did the summer go? I've managed to catch a few of the shows I wanted to see, but I'll readily admit I've missed more than a few already.
Thanks to a promo copy of the pilot episode in my issue of Entertainment Weekly, I did manage to catch Jack & Bobby. I have to say, I was impressed. Sure, there were cliches--the handsome older brother/the nerdy younger brother, the controlling single mother, the insightful, thoughtful girl that the older brother likes, but overall the cast was appealing. And I was also surprised that it was revealed at the end of the episode which brother will become president...and what the fate of the other brother will be. The WB is rerunning the premiere on Thursday--I'd highly recommend checking it out.
I also caught half of the premiere of Joey. I did my darndest not to attach Friends-like expectations to this show, so for the most part I was not disappointed. Again, the cast carries the show, though there were certainly a few laughs. The best comedy premieres interest you in the characters while providing laughs and a little heart mixed in as well. Joey managed all three.
The only disappointment so far was Medical Investigation. It aims to be CSI in a hospital, and the concept is intriguing. Alas, the characters are not. The lead character, Steven Connor (played by <font color=yellow>Neal McDonough</font>) is completely unlikeable--he's arrogant and abrasive, and lacks the charm of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation's Gil Grissom or CSI: Miami's Horatio Caine. The rest of the cast is pretty typical--harried female second-in-command, inexperience ingenue doctor, and flirtatious but calculating publicist--and not especially interesting. The first case--a handful of people turn blue and fall ill, apparently after eating at the same restaurant--is not fully explained to the viewer. It's too bad--I had high hopes for this one.
<font size="3">Trek BBS Today</font>
Below are some of the topics currently being discussed at the Talk CSI Files BBS:
-If you started a new CSI series.....
-Who hates Miami
-Ray's children
More topics can be found at the Talk CSI Files BBS!
<font size="3">Poll Results</font>
Below are the results of the most recent TrekToday poll:
<center> <TABLE Width=350 CelLSpacing=0 CellPadding=6 Border=0> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="#000000"> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> <CENTER><TABLE Width=95\% CellPadding=4> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> <HR SIZE=1> What 'CSI' or 'CSI: Miami' item do you most covet? <HR SIZE=1> </center> </TD> </TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> The 'CSI' 100th episode party invite</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 45.7\% - (265 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> The 'CSI: Miami' Hummer</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 18.4\% - (107 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> Horatio's shades</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 10.3\% - (60 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> Grissom's bugs</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 7.7\% - (45 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> Autographed cast photos</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 7.5\% - (44 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> Misc. props (X-ray sheets, DNA printouts, lab coats, etc.)</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 6.2\% - (36 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> Other</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 3.7\% - (22 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size="2">
<center> Total Votes: 579 </center> <HR SIZE=1> </td> </tr> </table> </TD></TR> </TABLE> </center>
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<font size="3">Today's Television Listings</font>
It's a CSI: Miami three-peat this week, with episodes of the show airing on Monday, Wednesday and Sunday night. Tonight, CBS will air the second season finale, "Innocent", at 10pm Eastern time. Here is TV Guide's description of the episode:<ul><blockquote><font color=yellow>The murder of an adult films actress has the CSIs investigating some seedy Miami denizens.</font></blockquote>[/list]
On Wednesday, in the CSI: New York timeslot, CBS will air the Miami/New York crossover episode, "MIA/NYC--NonStop", at 10pm. Here is how TV Guide describes the episode:<ul><blockquote><font color=yellow>Evidence recovered at the scene of a double homicide, in which a husband and wife were murdered in their upscale home, leads Horatio to believe that the killer lives in New York. When he arrives in the Big Apple, Horatio is assisted by Det. Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) who suspects that the murder of a New York undercover cop is linked to the Miami crimes.</font></blockquote>[/list]
On Sunday, September 19th, CBS will air "Slow Burn" at 9pm. Here is what TV Guide has to say about the episode:<ul><blockquote><font color=yellow>Delko and Alexx are nearly burned alive when they investigate the death of a hunter found shot near a supposedly controlled burn in the Everglades. The fire suddenly rages out of control and traps them. Later, a second body is discovered, and this time it's a young woman who looks to have been beaten to death.</font></blockquote>[/list]
CBS will air CSI: Crime Scene Investigation's fourth season finale, "Bloodlines", on Thursday at 9pm. Here is TV Guide's summation of the episode:<ul><blockquote><font color=yellow>In the fourth-season finale, a casino employee is beaten and raped on her way home from work, but she survives and identifies her attacker. Unfortunately, a DNA test sets him free and Grissom must wrestle with whether evidence can ever lie. Later, Grissom comes to the rescue of a coworker who ends up on the other side of the law.</font></blockquote>[/list]
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