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01-10-2006, 12:01 AM
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'Emily's Reasons Why not.'
Did anyone catch this? Heather Graham, looking gorgeous as ever, plays a bubbly blonde who's looking for the right guy and has a tendancy to over-analyze and find reasons why she shouldn't get involved with men.
It was slight but passable and fun.
"There was that time I wanted to be an astronaut.
I wanted to be the first one to kill somebody on the moon."
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01-10-2006, 12:10 AM
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Heather Graham is still amazingly cute; I don't know if I'd be watching the show without her. Still, it'll be in trouble when it's in the third position behind 24 and Las Vegas.
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01-10-2006, 12:16 AM
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Who can turn down Heather Graham in HD? As John said it's pretty slight - if there were another show I was interested in it would probably lose out. But there were some pretty funny moments.
Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation. - Edward R. Murrow
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01-10-2006, 06:02 AM
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Great, guys now get 5 strikes and they're out! I don't see a protracted run for this show. I don't think I laughed much at all during this pilot episode.
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01-10-2006, 08:59 AM
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I agree. She's trying to copy Carrie Bradshaw's self-musings but is too over the top in her facial expressions. Gorgeous though...
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01-10-2006, 10:38 AM
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Flipped to it during commercials while watching Las Vegas. It was ok....But, Brazilian Juditsu is so gay. 
Bring back John Doe! Or at least resolve the cliff-hanger with a 2hr movie or as an extra on a dvd release.
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01-10-2006, 12:07 PM
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Perform a Post Mordem once 24 Starts.
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01-10-2006, 01:37 PM
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I checked out a bit of it and was definitely underwhelmed. And, it looks like I'm not the only one. According to Zap2It, Emily debuted in fourth place, well behind CBS, NBC and FOX and it fell off dramatically from its second-place WifeSwap lead-in. I don't think this program will be around very long...
It does not have its own thread yet, but I also checked out inJustice last week, and that didn't work for me, either. Just what we need, another procedural crime drama... and a weak one at that!
As I watch these new ABC mid-season replacements, I can't imagine how the two J.J. Abrams pilots that they passed on could possibly be any WORSE than this stuff! Honestly... I just don't get it.
I think giving up Monday Night Football is a decision that is going to haunt ABC for the next several years.
Gary
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01-13-2006, 11:10 PM
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I found my reason Why Not about 5 minutes into this show.  |
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01-13-2006, 11:40 PM
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From IMDB:
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Touching off speculation that ABC is about to set a record for quick cancellation of a series, the network announced Thursday that its new sitcom, Emily's Reasons Why Not, starring Heather Graham, along with Jake in Progress (in its second season), will be preempted next Monday by a repeat of last week's season premiere of The Bachelor. Both yanked sitcoms, which replaced the first hour of Monday Night Football, drew miserable ratings in their season debuts. They would have had to compete against NBC's telecast of the Golden Globe Awards next Monday. ABC's announcement indicated that the both shows are due to return on Jan. 23, but some analysts expressed skepticism, suggesting that if they do, it will probably only be until ABC can find replacements for them.
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Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation. - Edward R. Murrow
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01-19-2006, 05:16 PM
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Wow, ABC cancelled that show faster than Fox cancels its shows! A single episode. Wow.
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01-19-2006, 07:37 PM
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