Never fearing to go where both angels and wiseguys wise men fear to tread, here’s our pick of the series most likely to be dumped earliest when the Fall, 2012 TV season begins:
Yes! It’s NBC’s GUYS WITH KIDS because:
Category: Opinion
CBS’s Sherlock Holmes Looks Pretty Good
…at least according to TVLine.Com. And you know they have no reason to go along with the CBS party line. Well, no more reason than any site that wants access to things in, hip, and trendy on our dearly beloved toob.
Fall TV First Impression: CBS’ Elementary Finds a Holmes in New York City
by Matt Webb Mitovich
THE SHOW | CBS’ Elementary (Thursdays, 10/9c)
Hart of Dixie Pilot – Recap and Review
By Anthony Medina
**This episode originally aired in September 2011. If you are unfamiliar with the series, be aware this review contains spoilers.**
“Could you get me a venti soy latte so I don’t fatigue?” – Dr. Zoe Hart
Bill Cosby & Other Famous Monsters of TV Land
by Larry Brody
My hero who doesn’t know I’m alive strikes again:
Bill Cosby: mentor?
by Ken Levine
I’ve always been a big fan of Bill Cosby. Loved his comedy albums as a kid, took my wife to Las Vegas to see his stand-up act…and admired THE COSBY SHOW (at least when it started). He was a true original and his comedy came out of reality. You laughed because you related. He was also a damn good spokesman for Jello. So I respect his work. We’re clear on that, right?
More Writerly Advice
A Month of Revision
by Matthew Salesses
I am amazed that the good and wise Steve Himmer has let me have the run of the place for a month. I am going to mess this house up and only talk about how to clean it. For July, I have decided to play History. I have decided to launch a war on first drafts and erect the memorial to edits. Revision is where we do our most important work as writers, or at least where we can. And yet, for as much as we love and hate it, for as much as we talk about it, we don’t really talk about it. (See: What We Talk About When We Talk About Revision, which I’ve revised right out of this introduction.) I want that to change. I want us to teach revision up front when we teach writing, to demystify it, to make it the first thought rather than all reaction. One downside of workshops—which I love, don’t get me wrong—is that we only address the issues that come up. I think we can offer tips and strategies and experience and frustration from the beginning. I think we can say, this is where we’re going, and this is how we can make sure we get there.
According to his website, “Matthew Salesses is the author of a novella, The Last Repatriate (Nouvella Books), as well as two chapbooks, Our Island of Epidemics (PANK) and We Will Take What We Can Get (Publishing Genius)…He received his MFA from Emerson College…and now serves as Fiction Editor and a columnist for the Good Men Project.” So he must know his shit.