One of the best shows created (and destroyed) in the past few years
is My So-Called Life. Only 19 episodes were made before ABC decided
it wasn't generating high enough ratings, so they pulled the plug. Teens
and adults both wrote in hoping to save the show that critics were
"raving" about, but ABC wasn't smart enough to hold onto it. Instead,
after it was cancelled, MTV started showing re-runs. This gave people
like me the chance to tape the series and save them for whenever the
need for good tv came about. What made this show so great, you wonder?
Because it was a miracle that an adult writer was able to have
such insight to what teens thought about and what our so-called lives
are like. Go visit one of the best MSCL
web pages I've found on the web!
Early Edition is a brand new show this season about a man who gets
the newspaper a day early and then goes out and tries to prevent
tragedies and misfortunes. Gary (played by Kyle Chandler) is pretty
much your standard "nice guy" become superhero. It was created
by Deborah Joy LeVine who also created "Lois and Clark", which could
be why so much of the theme seems familiar. Gary's own struggles
with his heroism is as much part of the series as is how he saves
them. Check EE out on CBS on Saturdays!