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Ratings Clack – Jack is back, but Rosie won’t be

(11/23 – 11/29) It really wasn’t a good week for television, for the viewers, or the networks. The holiday had schedules shuffled all about, and actual new content was a little tougher to come by. The story of the week, of course, was the return of Jack Bauer, briefly. FOX let loose with their 24 […]

by Brett Love

How The Mentalist could be even better

I love The Mentalist, and so do the viewers, according to Brett’s Ratings Clack this week. I’m thrilled that the new series is doing well, really I am. But I fear that it could become just another typical procedural if the writers and producers don’t capitalize on the unique features of this show. So what […]

by Debbie McDuffee

The Mentalist – A hunch, some lunch, and a punch

(Season 1, Episode 8 – “The Thin Red Line”) I can see why this show is the number one new show of the season. When you can get a show that combines a police procedural, add a quirky twist to it, and cast as the leading guy someone who is likable and an audience favorite […]

by Bob Sassone

Ratings Clack – ABC breaks out the axe; everybody loves The Mentalist

(11/16 – 11/22) Yes, the big story this week is that the ABC decided to cancel not renew Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone, and Dirty Sexy Money. I’m pretty sure that they are not officially calling them canceled because there are still episodes to air. And the only thing that chases viewers away from a show faster […]

by Brett Love

The Mentalist – A “psychic” hears from Jane’s dead wife

(Season 1, Episode 7 – “Seeing Red”) Why do people in TV shows, when they’re being chased by an automobile, always run straight ahead? How come they don’t run off to the side, or down another street, or duck into a store doorway and instead run straight ahead, look back, and slow down and/or stop? […]

by Bob Sassone

Heroes falls to all-time low, NCIS hits all-time high

(Ratings Clack 11/9 – 11/15) That post title really sums up the season so far where NBC and CBS are concerned. It’s looking more and more like NBC just can’t get anything right. The successes they do manage to find are either short lived, or modest at best. And over at CBS, they continue to […]

by Brett Love

The Mentalist – Red-Handed

(Season 1, Episode 6) “So you come from carny folk? It’s all beginning to make sense now.” – Teresa, to Jane I’ve been wondering whether or not I like Patrick Jane as part of a team or if I want to see him on his own, solving cases himself. Do I like him helping other […]

by Bob Sassone
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