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Conviction: Breakup

by Anna Johns, posted Mar 18th 2006 5:11PM

eric balfour conviction breakupI thought this week's episode of Conviction was much, much better than last week's episode. I still think that there are too many storylines in each episode, making it hard to care too much for any particular character. But, the multiple storyline thing seems to be the M.O. for this show. So be it.

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MSN, not iTunes, will stream first two episodes of Heist

by Anna Johns, posted Mar 16th 2006 9:53AM

While NBC offered up free iTunes downloads of the premiere episode of Conviction earlier this month, it's turning to Microsoft for its next big drama. MSN will stream the first two episodes of Heist for one week after each episode airs, first on March 22 and then on March 29. A 16-minute preview of Heist is already available on MSN. The deal with Microsoft gives a lot of promotion to Heist, including top billing on its TV and entertainment pages. That's more promotion than NBC gets with Apple. But, does anybody watch streaming video anymore when we can download and watch it at our convenience?

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Conviction: Denial

by Anna Johns, posted Mar 11th 2006 12:38PM

conviction denialIs anybody else wondering where this show is going? It's trying to balance a procedural drama, which is Dick Wolf's cup of tea, with a bunch of personal storylines, which are usually not included in Dick Wolf shows. It seems clumsy, fragmented, and packed with too much information. I still don't know any of the characters' names and I feel like I'm not getting any time to get to know them because the show jumps from character to character so quickly.

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What's on tonight: Idol results, The O.C., Survivor, CSI, Beauty and the Geek

by Bob Sassone, posted Mar 9th 2006 3:46PM

  • Survivor - ShaneFour more are voted off of American Idol, on FOX at 8pm. It's followed by a new ep of The O.C.
  • ABC has  the movie Bringing Down The House, followed by a new Primetime.
  • CBS has a new Survivor at 8, followed by new eps of CSI and Without A Trace.
  • NBC has two repeats of Will and Grace, then repeats of My Name Is Earl, The Office, and ER.
  • The WB has a repeat Smallville at 8, then a new Beauty and the Geek.
  • UPN has repeats of Everybody Hates Chris, Love, Inc, Eve, and Cuts.
  • 8pm movies: TMC has Saved! and FLIX has Gods and Monsters.
  • Also at 8: TNT has basketball, the Nuggets vs. the 76ers.
  • At 9, you can turn on TBS and check out one of the worst movies ever made, Wild Wild West.
  • The Sci-Fi Channel has a movie that scared everyone when I was a teen, the nuclear disaster flick The Day After. It's on at 9 too.
  • At 10, TLC has a new ep of Beyond The Bull, while HGTV has a new House Hunters.
  • At 11, IFC has John Waters' controversial film Polyester.
  • If you missed the pilot ep of Conviction last week, you can catch it on Bravo at 11.

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What's on tonight: Las Vegas, Conviction, Mandel, and Maher

by Bob Sassone, posted Mar 3rd 2006 3:39PM

  • Lots of new stuff on PBS tonight: a new NOW, a new Washington Week, and an Andre Rieu concert. Check local listings.
  • FOX has the NAACP Awards at 8pm.
  • CBS has new eps of Ghost Whisperer, Close To Home, and Numb3rs.
  • ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos at 8 (didn't they just crown the season winner?), a new In Justice, then a new 20/20.
  • NBC has another Deal Or No Deal at 8, followed by a new Las Vegas (new night), and the debut of Conviction.
  • UPN has a new Smackdown, while the WB has a repeat What I Like About You, a repeat Living With Fran, a repeat Reba, then a new Twins.
  • Sci-Fi Channel has new eps of Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Battlestar Galactica.
  • HGTV has a new Get Color at 8, followed by new eps of Design Remix, Double Take, and Freestyle.
  • On TBS at 8, one of the great sitcom eps of all-time, the Friends episode "The One With All The Thanksgivings." (Chandler with the Flock of Seagulls hair!)
  • At 9, HBO2 has Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger in The Door in the Floor, while Lifetime has one of those movies with a great title: Fatal Lessons: The Good Teacher.
  • At 10, AMC has 1935's The Bride of Frankenstein, followed by The Return of the Invisible Man.
  • At 10:30, Cartoon Network has a new Camp Laszlo.
  • At 11, there's a new Real Time With Bill Maher on HBO, with guests Graydon Carter,  D.L. Hughley, and Dana Priest.

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Conviction: an early review

by Anna Johns, posted Feb 28th 2006 9:09AM

conviction reviewNBC was kind enough to make the new Dick Wolf procedural drama, Conviction, available for free on iTunes before it airs on Friday night. So, I took advantage. I'm just going to give you my general thoughts on the program. There will be NO SPOILERS HERE.

If you like Law and Order, you will probably like Conviction. There are a lot of characters on the show who will make for some great storylines that will no doubt be driven by the criminals and crime victims. It looks as though we'll be getting two storylines an episode, instead of just one, like the usual Dick Wolf procedural dramas.

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New programs for March 1-3

by Anna Johns, posted Feb 28th 2006 8:37AM

free ride foxThere are a TON of new programs coming up in March. I was going to do one post with all of them but it is so long, I don't think anyone would read it. I sure wouldn't. So, I'm breaking it up, week by week.

This week, only three new shows hit the schedule. By mid-march, this list will be much longer.
  • Free Ride, Sundays @ 9:30 pm on FOX (premieres Weds, March 1 @ 9:30 pm)
    • Part scripted, part improvised, Free Ride is about a son who returns to his parents' home in Missouri after graduating from college. Interesting cast member: Mr. Allan Harvey, one of the pioneers who had a show on Comedy Central when it was just a start-up network.
  • Spying on Myself, Wednesdays @ 10 pm on A&E (premieres March 1)
    • I'm betting people didn't realize what they were in for when they signed up for this one. Willing participants are disguised and then they set out to talk about themselves to find out what their family and friends really think about them. I'm guessing they get their feelings hurt, otherwise where's the entertainment?
  • Conviction, Fridays @ 10 pm on NBC (premieres March 3)
    • Novice Assistant District Attorneys deal with workloads, judges, and victims in NYC. A preview is already available on iTunes.

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Conviction available for free iTunes download

by Jonathan Toomey, posted Feb 21st 2006 10:22AM

NBC's "Conviction"Ketchup at my local hot-dog vendor? Matches at the Qwik-Mart around the corner? The pilot episode of Conviction on iTunes? What do they all have in common? They're free! But you better act fast if you want to see the pilot of Dick Wolf's new NBC law drama. Starting this morning the episode will be available for download from iTunes but it's only going to last two weeks until the show premieres on Friday, March 3. This is the first time NBC has made a program available before it has had a televised premiere.

Fortunately, NBC is making it worth your time (besides the whole "free" thing) by including a behind the scenes featurette and a music video with the download. Once again, yay for free stuff. In other iTunes news, ABC has added episodes of America's Funniest Home Videos to their downloadable library.

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Dick Wolf prepping another drama for NBC

by Anna Johns, posted Feb 13th 2006 9:21AM

dick wolf powerI feel like a broken record. It seems like just yesterday that I was telling you about a new drama created by Law and Order creator Dick Wolf. That one is called Conviction and it begins after the Olympics. Wolf already has another drama pilot in the works for NBC. This one is called Power, and it's actually a little different from his other four shows currently on NBC. It's not a medical drama or anything. But, he doesn't plan to wrap-up his stories at the end of each hour. This time, he's setting his story with a team of young federal task force agents and U.S. attorneys investigating Hollywood power brokers (hence, the title) on a laundry list of offenses including wiretapping and extortion. Wolf  says the popularity of series like 24 and The Sopranos show that there can be success beyond self-contained episodes. NBC hasn't greenlighted the pilot yet so it's doubtful that we'll see Power in the fall.

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Martha Stewart: still a convicted felon

by Anna Johns, posted Jan 7th 2006 7:35AM

Remember how, when Martha Stewart agreed to go to jail, she said she was innocent and her lawyers would continue to appeal? Well, their first attempt was an utter failure. On Friday, a federal appeals court upheld her conviction and the conviction of Peter Bacanovic, her broker, but agreed to revisit Bacanovic's sentence. Not sure why, or really what that means. Bacanovic already served his five months in prison and is now under federal court supervision. And so is Martha. The duo was convicted of conspiracy, making false statements, and obstruction of justice for lying about a stock trade. They were each sentenced to five months in prison and two years under court supervision. So far, Martha's lawyers haven't made a peep about whether they'll be taking their case to a higher court. Personally, I kinda like her as a convicted felon. It gives her a bad-ass edge, doesn't it?

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