Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Coming Soon to the Boob Tube...

I don't usually get too excited about upcoming TV shows, but there's a lot to look forward to in the coming months and seasons. For one, I just learned today that HBO, Tom Hanks, and Steven Spielberg are currently making Pacific, a 10-hour miniseries similar to Band of Brothers which will focus on the war in the Pacific. If this series is even half as good as Band of Brothers (which has annual showings in the Blair household), we're in for a real treat. Tom Hanks is also busy producing the 7-hour John Adams miniseries for HBO. I'm pretty excited about this one not only because of the cast -- Paul Giamatti as John Adams, Laura Linney as Abigail -- but also because I think the Revolutionary War is underrepresented in Hollywood. Hopefully this series will have some good colonial Boston scenes...even though I hear it was filmed primarily in Williamsburg (you sit on a throne of lies). Also on HBO in the fall will be a new series from Six Feet Under creator/genius Alan Ball. The show, entitled True Blood, will be based on Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire book series and will revolve around the intermingling of humans and vampires in rural Louisiana. Sounds pretty fun. And finally -- speaking of Six Feet Under -- my man Peter Krause is starring alongside Donald Sutherland in a new ABC fall drama called Dirty Sexy Money. You never know with these new pilots, but it looks like an interesting combination of Arrested Development and Dynasty. In Krause we trust...

So that's that. Some fun stuff to look forward to (in addition to the return of Big Love this summer, Curb Your Enthusiasm this fall, and Ken Burns's upcoming World War II documentary). Better clear some space on ye old DVR.

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