Body of Proof - Season 1 - Page 2

Like the show, but wonder if it can survive with so many other forensic style shows. Various CSI and NCIS episodes, along with one of the best, Bones.

 

Might find an audience, since people like me have given up on CSI and CSI Miami. Still watch the others so will give this one a try.

I understand your point, but I'm not so sure I agree with you as they're just filming in Providence and they're not talking about anything culturally common with Philly.  In many of these old Northeast cities, they can all look similar in some neighborhoods except to those that actually live in those cities.

 

Which episode was that scene from... the Body of Proof ep when Jeri Ryan is wearing that red dress and getting ready for her date?  The funny thing is this... I saw that scene when I was watching the episode on TV during it's broadcast.  However, when I've tried to find it on the ABC website, I can't find it.  Did they edit it out of the version that's shown on their website?  If so... why????

 

thanks!

 

 

 

Well they have at least come to town within the last year to film some stock shots. I've seen a few cut-ins of corners and streets that are real Philly places including one of a steak sandwich place that is in my old neighborhood.

What i'm not sure of is if that corner steak shop is really there or if they fixed up the corner for the shot.

 

I'd vote for the latter as this is a very bad part of the city in the Kensington neighborhood and there really isn't very much there that looks as good as the shot of that street corner looked.

 

Speaking of Christina Hendricks, she guest starred on this week's episode and shared all of her scenes with her husband.   Those two together just doesn't compute to me. 

 

Just another one of those show biz odd couples.  The Babe-Troll combo is surprisingly common.  See Lyle Lovett & Julia Roberts, Marilyn Manson & Dita Von Tease, Gene Simmons & Shannon Tweed, Billy Bob Thornton & ... well, everybody he's ever dated or married. 

 

These guys must have something going for them.  Maybe they're all hung like Seabiscuit.  Or maybe women aren't kidding in all those polls when they say a sense of humor is one of the things they most look for in a man.  I'm hoping it turns out to be number two, because that would mean I still have a shot at scoring a hottie. 

 

heddjames:

 

I'll have to try to find an episode synopsis to nail down which one had Jeri in the red dress.  I know it as in the tag, and I'm certain it wasn't the pilot.  I'm thinking episode two or three.  Probably three - "Helping Hand", the one where the victim is Megan's former patient and where she starts trying to take an interest in the people around her.  I don't think she would have noticed Ryan's dress or asked about her date in another episode. 

 

Later,

 

Joe

 

Tonight's made it clear that ABC is airing the episodes out of order. This episode took place somewhere between the second episode, where Hunt smothers her daughter and the fourth episode, where the school project garners her daughter's respect. I hate it when networks do this, because it's hard to know where we stand with the characters.

 

It was nice to see bald cop on the ball, though.

The order was noticble if you've watched all the episodes.  The other thing that seems odd is that the detectives are in one then out and so forth.  What gives?

 

 

Yeah, it was very odd.  But it does help explain the new boyfriend that Jerri Ryan's been hiding from everyone in the several episodes that aired before that.  They seemed to be really playing that up as if the audience should know, or guess, what she was hiding.  Now that we've seen hints of an attraction between her character and Megan's ex, the paranoia about her new guy makes sense.  Can't wait to see that blow up.  I just hope they show the remaining episodes in order so it all makes sense. 

 

 

 

Supporting players, even ones in the main titles, are often contracted for "x" number of episodes as a minimum, with the studio having the option to use them more (and first call on their services.)  This allows a show to have a larger pool of recurring characters while holding down costs.  For a time on Star Trek (TOS) you would have either Sulu or Chekhov, but not both in the same episode, because the budget didn't allow it.  It also allows for the actors to do outside projects while still keeping a regular gig, so both sides can benefit. 

 

Regards,

 

Joe

Thought I'd chime in. Didn't find a thread for the current season. Just saw the season finale.

The last few episodes sure saw a lot of ramping up of the action and large stories like the killer spreading the plague virus. This season finale was certainly very tense as it ended.

I've been watching this series since it started as it very quietly carried on. I liked how it was developing from Jeri Ryan's character Kate's up and downs, and Peter's storyline with his girlfriend ending so badly to Megan's new boyfriend Apollo. My impression is it was on the bubble. So I was continually surprised to see it continue and thought the episode where Megan's daughter discovers she has diabetes was the finale. Then thought the two parter with the plague was the finale. Tonight's finale was certainly ramping up the action even more with the killer and how it ended. So as the series carried on, it seemed they were tossing in all kinds of stuff to keep the audience. It made the show interesting, without seemingly going outside the bounds of the characters. Well, the plague episode pushed it a bit with Kate's recovery.

I like the show. I like the characters. Hope it comes back, it's an agreeable series with an attractive cast, but nothing too special. I hope Pan Am comes back too, a much more interesting series.

ABC keeps canceling everything. I'm sure they'll cancel the Titanic mini series this Saturday and show the Cameron film instead on Sunday.
Edited by Nelson Au - 4/10/12 at 11:55pm

Nelson, I've enjoyed this show since it started. Have always thought there were a few to many characters and they could have thinned the cast down, but I still feel it's well done.

I check a site called tvbythenumbers once in a while and they've been predicting cancellation for the past several months. I hope they're wrong with this one.

Haven't watched the plague episodes yet, I like to record them and watch them one after the other, rather than wait a week. If we're lucky this won't be the final season finale and it will be back for more next fall. From what I've been reading, most networks decide their fall schedule by May 12th, so not to long of a wait.

Stan, I look at the bythenumbers website every now and then as well. I don't know if that site is a private site or a proper TV industry reference. It comes off to me a little snarky. So I wonder if they really know anything.

Body of Proof does have a large cast and some rather off-beat ones too.

Thanks for the info about May.

I've often found the tvbythenumbers web site to have quite a snobby, attitutde problem. I think the owner comes off more as a Vegas bookie, looking at numbers only and not at the cast or the fans who follow the shows. He has been wrong.

I hope he doesn't have a big following becuse it almost seems that if he decides to keep posting about a failing show, people give up watching, things get worse and it inevitably fails.

I like this show and want it to succeed. He has also dumped on "Unforgettable" another show I like. Hope he misses the mark there also.

Interesting Stan, I had the same impression of bythenumbers! And you are right, his site certainly has the potential to affect minds to give up on shows that might have had a life.

Like Unforgetable, he is dumping on Missing, another show I think is pretty watchable.

This guy seems to spend a lot of time on researching ratings. I don't think he's anybody official from the networks, just someone with a lot of time on their hands to research ratings. I hope he doesn't have the power to actually affect ratings with the people who really make the decisions. I enjoyed Unforgettable and have just started watching Missing. It would be sad to find out that his comments actually are followed and result in the cancellation of shows that deserve a chance.

I came across the site several months ago and every week he would post a headline about "Body of Proof" sure to be cancelled, on the bubble, etc. Hard to believe one person could sway so many others to cancel a show, but you never know. Missing has barely been given a chance, so I hope it makes it. Body of Proof was similar when it first appeared last spring. Hopefully Missing is also given some more time to prove itself.

TVByTheNumbers gets hits by proclaiming shows dead. It's always going to be more pessimistic than the consensus, because the pessimism gets people to visit the site. That being said, this one is almost certainly a goner, because it's ABC's worst performing show and it's too early in its run to think about keeping it alive for syndication purposes. It's a shame, because I like it too. Not great television by any means, but the cast is strong and the formulaic storytelling is like comfort food for me.

I'll be disappointed also if this one gets the axe. I think the cast works well together.

To bad Body of Proof may be axed. It got one of those early spring starts last year so had a chance to show more than two or three episodes before being dumped.

Kind of like Happy Endings was presented. I don't think it would have made it if it had the regular fall opening.

Then again, the way the networks screw with things, who knows. Looks like Cougar Town may not make it. Waiting until February or whenever to premiere the new season certainly seems to have backfired on what was a pretty decent comedy. But you mess with your audience to me and you lose them.

Even though I enjoy Glee, I hate the gaps in between their little mini-seasons, but at least it seems to have survived another year.

I personally think I'll stop looking at tvbythenumbers web site, to depressing. I'd rather just wait until the official network announcements of what makes it and what doesn't.

Still ticked off about Terra Nova, but that was probably more a financial decision than some guys website.

Body of Proof aided its cause and helped its chances for renewal by improving its ratings with its last two episodes (a particularly large audience for its season finale). I can't see ABC tossing it aside when they have a two hour block on Sunday that needs some serious attention and other problem spots on its schedule as well. Unless their one hour pilots are really strong this year, I think Body of Proof may be back.

Thanks for the positive news Matt, let's hope the last few episodes help.

Haven't seen them yet, like to watch two parters straight through, so I'm a bit behind.

Hey Stan! Yes, this bythenumbers website sounds like a fan boy! I'll seek out more authorities sources.

That's encouraging news Matt. I hope Pan Am may have saved itself too and returns to shore up Sunday or another night. But I am not too hopeful.

The tvbythenumber website looks pretty realistic and accurate, but could easily be a fan boy with an awful lot of time on his hands. Seems to get a lot of accurate ratings numbers, although source seems to be unknown, but could also be using those numbers to skew things the way he wants. Being the "internet" you never really know what's true or not.

Doesn't really favor any network over another, so don't think it's one network trying to make their shows look better than others.

Sad that somebody like that may have enough of a following to actually influence the network decisions. I hope he's wrong.

I really enjoyed Pan Am, brought back that old time style more romantically without the sleazy side of Mad Men.

Easily this upfront season's biggest shocker: ABC renews perennially low-rated medical drama Body of Proof for third season

I can't say I would have missed it much had it been canceled, but I'm glad to see it'll be back. Definitely the biggest surprise renewal so far.

Low rated in 18-49, but a very large audience among older viewers, more than double the total audience of NBC's Parenthood in the same hour but not as strong with 18-49.

 

It's one thing to cancel shows that aren't drawing much in either bracket, but for a 10 p.m. show, what better place to appeal to older viewers? ABC has to put on something at 10 p.m. It's their largest 10 p.m. audience apart from Castle.

This was a big surprise to me. Even though reading loads of negative things about the show, I really enjoy it, but sadly didn't think it would get renewed.

I'm really glad this surviived for another season. Still think they have to many cast members, but I find it a very enjoyable show. For once glad that the powers to be have made a choice I'm pleased with.

Thats good news for this series.

And they killed Pan Am? Shoot.

I enjoy this show and am glad it is back.

I'm done with the tvbythenumbers website. He's right sometimes, but certainly screwed up with "Body of Proof", one of my favorites of the season.

As somebody above mentioned, he posts a lot of negative comments and the more I read, he's just a network want to be with way to much time to waste.

He's off my website list and I'll look for more legitimate sources in the future.

Hope that people like him don't have much say in whether a show fails or succeeds, because he's not always right. Plus he may actually influence shows to make it or fail based on the "official" look of his site.

I just use his site for daily ratings only.  Body of Proof got helped by their improved ratings the last couple of times.  It's a quality show with good writing and acting. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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