AMC’s Emmy-winning drama Mad Men is returning for a third season on August 16, after the show’s first two seasons drew lots of acclaim but not nearly as many viewers. But it looks like plenty of viewers have been catching up on the DVDs during the show’s hiatus, because Mad Men is starting to cross that threshold from just another cable show everyone says you should be watching to a genuine cultural zeitgest.
Case-in-point: hip Boston watering hole Noir Bar will be greeting the new season with a Mad Men series premier party. ]]>
Jaunted is planning our fall travel with some help from the networks. Check out our Fall TV 2008 Map to go where your new favorite characters go.
Yes, it's real! Experience the wonder of 2004's Best Picture-winning film about race and Los Angeles with "Crash" (October 17, 10 pm), a new original series that promises to take on all the Big Issues Paul Haggis didn't have time for in the movie.]]>
Jaunted is planning our fall travel with some help from the networks. Check out our Fall TV 2008 Map to go where your new favorite characters go.
Special agent Dr. Jacob Hood (Rufus Sewell), the hero of new CBS show and British remake "Eleventh Hour" (October 9, 10 pm), doesn't have to answer to anybody!]]>
Jaunted is planning our fall travel with some help from the networks. Check out our Fall TV 2008 Map to go where your new favorite characters go.
How about a little topical humor? The slimy sorts on "Easy Money" (October 5, 9 pm) are a family of loan sharks who make their living lyin' and cheatin', but always getting out before the bill comes due.]]>
Jaunted is planning our fall travel with some help from the networks. Check out our Fall TV 2008 Map to go where your new favorite characters go.
The BBC series "Life On Mars" about a Manchester policeman who is transported through a car accident into the '70s where he uses his bad outfits to solve crimes, has been in DVD limbo for years--unless you happen to have a region-free player.]]>
Jaunted is planning our fall travel with some help from the networks. Check out our Fall TV 2008 Map to go where your new favorite characters go.
If the heroine of "The Ex List" had gone to former celebrity psychic Patrick Jane (Simon Baker), she might have gotten an answer she was looking for. The hero of "The Mentalist" (CBS, Sept. 23, 9 pm) has come clean that he was never really psychic, but is using his seemingly paranormal powers of observation to help the California Bureau of Investigation solve grisly crimes. It's just like "Psych," but not intentionally funny!
Jane's methods are unorthodox--he skulks around crime scenes without an escort and fearlessly lies to suspects--and put him at odds with no-nonsense agent Teresa Lisbon (Robin Tunney, above left) and very religious newbie Grace Van Pelt (Amanda Righetti).
In the pilot, Jane and the team take on a double murder in Palm Springs that looks to be the work of a nasty serial killer--but is it really? You don't need to be clairvoyant to know this is more than an open-and-shut case.
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Jaunted is planning our fall travel with some help from the networks. Check out our Fall TV 2008 Map to go where your new favorite characters go.
For every American who skimmed his most famous book in middle school, NBC avenges the good name of Daniel Defoe with "Crusoe" (Oct. 17, 8 pm), a faithful adaptation of the classic adventure novel.]]>