How "Community" might be in danger of Cancellation

Since Fox cancelled Joss Whedon’s Firefly and Dollhouse, there hasn’t been a network that comes close to making me as nervous that they will cancel a great series, or until now.  NBC announced that they will be putting the Thursday Night sitcom on the backburner for the midseason.  The network claims that the show is just taking a break and that it is not being cancelled but why else are they benching the show?

Community is comedy at its best.  They have done parodies of iconic films, tv shows and even themselves.  Last year they went as far as to parody the classic claymated winter classics as well as the popular targets of Breakfast Club and Star Wars.   The writing is unique, the cast is amazing and the pop culture references, parodies and themed episodes will keep anyone who watches coming back for more.

While Community is being pushed aside, new shows Whitney and Are you there, Chelsea? are on Wednesday night’s timeslot at the midseason start.  Is NBC seeing something that I am definitely missing with this move?

3 Reasons that Everyone Should Love ABC's Pan Am

Coming in on the heels of Mad Men’s success, ABC’s Pan Am has captivated audiences across the globe on Sunday nights.  The creators got it right with this new period drama.  And why has a show about one Pan Am flight crew set in the tumultuous 1960’s in American History kept people coming back every Sunday night when they could be watching  Emmy winning Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife or Sunday’s NFL ticket?  

1    1.)    With the amazing success of Mad Men, it only makes sense that we would love another great period drama.  Each week, the crew of Pan Am fall into major historical events that happened in a period of major changes in the World.  They have been to JFK’s speech in Berlin, and witnessed the beginning of the space race.

2    2.)    Christina Ricci - Some may not agree but who didn’t tune in the first couple of weeks just to see what this movie star brought to the small screen every week?  Besides, who doesn’t love Casper, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, and Now & Then?

3    3.)    Lastly, put 4 flight attendants, and 2 pilots all in close quarters day after day while jet setting the world and you are strapped in for some serious drama.  Plus throw in a Stewardess/ CIA Spy and you have even more storylines to explore.

ABC gave Pan Am a full season pickup so I can’t wait see what other shenanigans this crew gets into.  

How a Canadian gets "Revenge"

America fell in love with Emily VanCamp in Everwood and fell even harder in Brothers and Sisters.  This season, the Canadian actress took on a very different role than the girl next door that we have all known her as.  Emily takes on the role of revenge in a modern take on the classic Alexandre Dumas Novel, The Count of the Monte Cristo as she plays the leading lady, Emily Thorne a/k/a Amanda Clarke.  Thorne is a young orphaned heiress spending her summer in East Hamptons among the fabulously wealthy and a world where nothing is what it seems. In flashbacks we watch  Emily/Amanda learn that her convicted terrorist father was framed by the people he trusted most.  She sets out on a mission of revenge for her now deceased father, set on destroying everyone who had a hand in the lie and anyone who gets in her way.

Many time young actresses fall on their face when trying to get away from their typecast but VanCamp has obviously set herself apart as the ratings remain positive week after week.  Fans of the show have come back every week for answers to questions surrounding the first 5 minutes of the Pilot that flash-forward to the end of the summer, when tragedy strikes.  The cast also includes that of Madeline Stowe (The Last of the Mohicans), Gabriel Mann (The Bourne Trilogy), and Nick Wechsler (Roswell).

As a former Roswell and Everwood fan, I cannot begin to express my excitement for this new series and have yet to be disappointed.  Who doesn’t love a remake of a classic, mixed with the drama of the rich and scandalous in an East Hamptons summer?  It sounds like the recipe for Gold if you ask me.