2010 Fall Preview Guide – CBS Tuesdays

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NCIS
Premiere Date: September 21
Time: 8:00 PM ET
TwoCents Reviewer: OPEN
Starring: Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Michael Weatherly as Anthony DiNozzo, Pauley Perrette as Abby Sciuto, David McCullum as Dr. Ronald “Ducky” Mallard, Sean Murray as Tim McGee, Cote de Pablo as Ziva David, Brian Dietzen as Jimmy Palmer, Rocky Carroll as Vance, Rena Sofer as Margaret Allison Hart, Muse Watson as Mike Franks
Program Description: Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs is the leader of a team of special agents belonging to the NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) Major Case Response Team. Gibbs, a former Marine, is a tough investigator and a highly skilled interrogator who relies on his gut instinct as much as evidence. This team of elite agents, based in Washington, D.C., solve criminal cases involving Marine and Navy personnel and their families, sometimes traveling the United States, or the world, to do it.
Where We Left Off: Gibbs was being framed and forced to work with a Mexican drug cartel. The leader of the cartel, Paloma, threatened to kill his loved ones if he didn’t help. We last saw her walking into Gibbs’ father’s candy store. Also, Ziva is now a U.S. citizen!

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2010 Fall Preview Guide – ABC Thursdays

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My Generation *NEW*
Premiere Date: September 23
Time: 8:00 PM ET
TwoCents Reviewer: Open
Starring: Daniella Alonso as Brenda Serrano, “The Brain”, Brooks as Rolly Marks, “The Jock”, Kelli Garner as Dawn Barbuso, “The Punk”, Jaime King as Jacqueline Vachs, “The Beauty Queen”, Julian Morris as Anders Holt, “The Rich Kid”, Keir O’Donnell as Kenneth Finley, “The Nerd”, Michael Stahl-David as Steven Foster, “The Overachiever”, Sebastian Sozzi as The Falcon, “The Rebel”, Anne Son as Caroline Chang, “The Wallflower”, Elizabeth Keener as the filmmaker
Program Description: The series follows an eclectic group of young adults whose lives were being filmed for a documentary just before their graduation from Greenbelt High School in Austin, Texas in 2000. The group includes the Overachiever, the Beauty Queen, the Nerd, the Punk, the Jock, the Brain, the Rich Kid, and the Rebel. Their hopes and dreams for the future were recorded, and as they meet up ten years later, they realize that things don’t always go as planned. The series is set in present-day with flashbacks to the past.
What We Can Expect: This is a mockumentary. That is a fake documentary used as an excuse to produce humor. This sounds hilarious. It sounds like The Office meets The Breakfast Club. We hope it lives up to that description.

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2010 Fall Preview Guide – CW Tuesdays

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One Tree Hill
Premiere Date: Sep 14
Time: 8:00 ET
TwoCents Reviewer: OPEN
Starring: James Lafferty as Nathan Scott, Sophia Bush as Brooke Davis, Bethany Joy Galeotti as Haley James, Robert Buckley as Clay Evans, Austin Nichols as Julian Baker
Program Description: One Tree Hill will explore the delicate balance that contemporary twenty-somethings face as they endeavor to build and define what their lives will be, while overcoming difficulties and embracing the good things that they sometimes take for granted, shrouded in the pursuit of someday. It will be a celebration of the most important things, among them the quest for love, laughter, health, friends, career and family: timeless pursuits that have always mattered, and matter now, in a place called Tree Hill.
Where We Left Off: There was a tree. Maybe a hill. Does anyone watch this? Help us out. Where DID we leave off?

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2010 Fall Preview Guide – HBO Sundays

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Boardwalk Empire *NEW*
Premiere Date: September 19
Time: 9:00 PM ET (But it’s HBO, so it’ll be on a constant loop the rest of the night)
TwoCents Reviewer: Sara M.
Starring: Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson, Michael Pitt as Jimmy Darmody, Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Schroeder, Michael Shannon as Nelson Van Alden, Aleksa Palladino as Angela Darmody, Gretchen Mol as Gillian, Dabney Coleman as Louis Kaestner Michael Kenneth Williams as Chalky White.
Program Description: Atlantic City during 1920, the beginning of Prohibition. The Boardwalk is kind of like the Vegas of its day. Enoch “Nucky” Thompson (Buscemi) is the man to know in this city, he is involved in both politics and gangster activities. The show follows Nucky, his family, the crew, and rivals as they navigate their way through a new dry decade and the beginning of the roaring twenties.
What We Can Expect: The creator of the show is Terence Winter (Emmy winning Sopranos writer) and Martin Scorsese is involved as executive producer and director. With that kind of talent we’ve got high hopes. It looks like a prequel to The Sopranos, but given Scorsese’s involvement and Steve Buscemi as the star, it’s certain that they’ll find a way to make it their own.

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2010 Fall Preview Guide – ABC Mondays

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Dancing With The Stars
Premiere Date: September 20
Time: 8:00 PM ET
TwoCents Reviewer: Annette
Starring: Judges; Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, and Carrie Ann Inaba. Hosts: Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke
Program Description: Celebrities with no prior dance experience team up with professional partners and learn to dance. By judges score and America’s votes dancers are eliminated from the show each week until one wins the coveted mirror ball trophy.
What We Can Expect: The official announcement of the Season 11 cast will be during ABC’s The Bachelor Pad on August 30.

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2010 Fall Preview Guide – CW Mondays

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90210
Premiere Date: September 13
Time: 8:00 PM ET
TwoCents Reviewer: Meg
Starring: Jessica Stroup as Erin Silver, Ryan Eggold as Ryan Matthews, Tristan Wilds as Dixon Wilson, AnnaLynne McCord as Naomi Clark, Shanae Grimes as Annie Wilson, Rob Estes as Harry Wilson, Matt Lanter as Liam Court, Lori Loughlin as Debbie Wilson, Jessica Lowndes as Adrianna Tate-Duncan, and Michael Steger as Navid Shirazi.
Program Description: An update of the classic 90s hit “Beverly Hills, 90210”, this show follows the lives, loves, and scandal of the teens in the hippest zip.
Where We Left Off: Harry got fired by the School Board, Jen dropped the baby bomb on Ryan, and Liam beat the living daylights out of Jasper. Happy couples (Ivy & Dix, Silver & Teddy, and Ade & Navid) enjoyed the winter formal while poor Naomi was trapped with the solicitous Mr. Cannon and his terrible, terrible accent.

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2010 Fall Preview Guide – Showtime Sundays

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Dexter
Premiere Date: September 26
Time: 9:00 PM ET
TwoCents Reviewer: Karen Belgrad
Starring: Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan, Jennifer Carpenter as Debra Morgan, Desmond Harrington as Joey Quinn, C.S. Lee as Vince Masuka, Lauren Vélez as Lt. Maria Laguerta, David Zayas as Sgt. Angel Batista, James Remar as Harry Morgan
Program Description: Dexter Morgan, Miami Metro Police Department blood spatter analyst, has a double life. When he’s not helping the Homicide division solve murders, he spends his time hunting and killing bad guys who slip through the justice system.
Where We Left Off: Dexter put an end to Arthur Miller/Trinity’s reign of terror, but not before putting himself in the precarious position of being identifiable by the rest of the Miller family. Deb realized that Ice Truck Killer Brian Moser and Dexter are brothers, but isn’t aware of their mutual hobby of murder. And, tragically, Dexter found his wife Rita dead in the bathtub and his innocent baby Harrison covered in her blood. Was she Trinity’s last victim?

2010 Fall Preview Guide – CW Fridays

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Smallville
Premiere Date: September 24
Time: 8:00 PM ET
Two Cents Reviewer: Addison
Starring: Tom Welling as Clark Kent, Erica Durance as Lois Lane, Justin Hartley as Oliver Queen, Allison Mack as Chloe Sullivan, and Cassidy Freeman as Tess Mercer.
Program Description: Smallville chronicles the adventures of young Superman Clark Kent as he gets closer to fulfilling his destiny. On his journey filled with friendship, love, and heartache, he will discover what it means to be a true hero.
Where We Left Off: The Blur kissed Lois, making her realize it was Clark! Oliver was attacked by an unknown force, while Chloe could do nothing to save him; Tess was burned alive by Zod, but is she dead? Clark sent Zod and the other Kandorians away, but was first stabbed with a knife of blue Kryptonite taking away his powers as he falls to his death from a building’s ledge.

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Leverage – Recap & Review – The Double Blind Job

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Leverage
The Double Blind Job

Original Air Date: Jul 11, 2010

Brittany Frederick – Staff Writer
brittanyfrederick@thetwocentscorp.com

Who loves a good conspiracy? How about Hardison and Eliot rescuing people from fake FBI agents? That’s how this week starts.

After all that, the young woman they rescued meets with Nate to talk about her sister and a drug trial. Her sister died, they sued and got nowhere, except for swarmed by fake FBI agents. Of course, this is right up Team Leverage’s alley.

2010 Fall Preview Guide – FOX Wednesdays

Stay alert on the DVR for this one. A new season of Hell’s Kitchen premieres on Sept 22 at 8pm followed by Master Chef. Then on Nov 10 when Lie to Me premieres at 8pm, Hell’s Kitchen moves to 9pm.

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Lie To Me
Premiere Date: November 10
Time: 8:00 PM ET
TwoCents Reviewer: Anne
Starring: Eli Roth as Cal Lightman, Kelli Williams as Gillian Foster, Mekhi Phifer as Ben Reynolds, Brendan Hines as Eli Loker, Monica Raymund as Ria Torres, Hayley McFarland as Emily Lightman
Program Description: Based on the real-life scientific discoveries of Paul Ekman, the series follows Lightman and his team of deception experts as they assist law enforcement and government agencies to expose the truth behind the lies.
Where We Left Off: Summer series still airing at time of post.

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