At last! A TV critic who says what we’ve all been thinking for way too long: Every new show we welcome with glorious hopes turns out to be something we’ve seen before. “And,” to quote the last sentence in this refreshingly honest review, “in a world where there are hundreds of channels with thousands of options, that just doesn’t cut it.”
Thanks for being so honest, Michael Idato. TVWriter™ loves you, man:
TV Preview: 800 WORDS all looks very familiar
by Michael Idato
Logically, explains Erik Thomson? in the opening scenes of the new drama series 800 Words(Seven, Tuesday, 7.30pm) the best place to start the story of a new beginning is at the beginning. This of course makes perfect sense. Much as the incontrovertible logic that the best place to start reviewing most new television programs is with the television off.