Castle premier March 9, 10pm

[Phyll33]

 Yay!! Looks like it turned out better than I expected. I hope it holds and they let it do it's thing. I'll
never forgive ABC for unloading "Men in Trees". I loved that show. Why don't networks know what to
do with the quirky and different shows?

I dunno. It would give them a plethora of multifaceted material and a diverse audience. People want their CSI! At least MIT got 2 seasons.

I felt the same way after ABC let go of Once and Again.

  Oh, I loved that one too.  There are so many out there that I loved that have gone poof. I always thought
I just had odd ball tastes and if I liked something it was bound to vanish quickly. I gave up on a lot of TV
because of that.

[Pearl@32]

That show was awesome. Sela Ward and Billy Campbell had so much chemistry ~ well, Once & Again just had an excellent cast (just like FF). I was so bummed when it got cancelled. I have that last episode on tape somewhere, the episode part and then the black and white film of them all talking as themselves. I always enjoyed those black and white vignettes.

I like it when shows do special things like that ~ when NCIS begins or goes to commercial, there's a snap of the scene taken like a photograph, in black and white. Judging Amy used to use black and white photos, too, in between scenes kinda like a segue, but they stopped that after the first few seasons. I always liked the "flash editing" in Angel, and zooms are always fun.  

Haven't gotten the DVD's for Once and Again yet. There's only 2 seasons available anyway AND those have been discontinued. :-/  Season 3 has yet to be released, and it's been over 3 years since season 2 was. Such a travesty. Hopefully, someday it will emerge.

[Phyll33]

Okay, I finally watched Castle last night and my first thought was Mal is back and then I realized Nathan
was never playing Mal. Mal was Nathan and so is Castle. This is Nathan playing himself under different names.
Joss may have created a character named Mal but he used Nathan's personality to really make him who he
was and the same thing is happening here. Other actors have done it so I guess it isn't all bad. They have
likened him to James Garner and he did the same thing to his most famous roles.

[Saxon]

That's why I keep saying that it feels like this role was written JUST for him.

They've taken Nathan's personality (I've seen a couple 'versions' of it), and put it together with a dash of 'rogue' and 'ego' and a few other things. I saw complexity in this character....from the flippant to the deep thoughts that had his daughter asking if he was okay (she could see right through his lightheartedness).

I LOVE this show. This and Leverage will be my new faves. I love "The Mentalist", "Life", "Bones", "House"....and most all of those shows have bits of these type characters, real enough, layered enough, with just the right touch of humor. Love it.

[Pearl@32]

He definitely brings a lot of quirkiness to his roles, but reels the quirky in when it's required. Firefly Mal is different from Serenity Mal, but Mal always had a humorous side to him. I hope this show gets picked up. Our Cappy deserves exposure like our Merc.

[Phyll33]

  I liked the first show and definitely noticed the similarities in the parts. Yes, he was darker in Serenity
but that is part of Nathan too I've noticed. He has a very dark sarcastic humor sometimes which doesn't
come across well in written interviews. He needs to watch that. Joss was able to pull much more out of
him then whoever directing this will be able to and I have a feeling Nathan may be hard to direct and rein
in so I hope he doesn't become his own worst enemy in this part and go to over the top.

[SerenityValley]

beat Medium in the ratings at 10pm

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/10/monday-ratings-dancing-with-the-stars-returns-bigger-than-before/14206

10:00 PM

CBS    CSI: Miami            14.12    4.3/11    3.0/9
ABC    Castle (premiere)    11.60    3.3/9    2.7/8
NBC    Medium                     7.05    2.5/7    1.9/5

Hopefully, since it's beating Medium it'll be okay (I'm sure the numbers will change since people tend to tune in for the pilot and then quit watching).  I think that's (Medium) the stupidest show, but it's been on for, what, 3 seasons?

I love CSI: Miami, though.

[SerenityValley]

Mrs. Mulder, great pic!  Good thing Mr. Mulder's not the jealous type.....

[Spooky]

Mrs. Mulder, great pic!  Good thing Mr. Mulder's not the jealous type.....

His head is HUGE!

[SerenityValley]

Mrs. Mulder, great pic!  Good thing Mr. Mulder's not the jealous type.....

His head is HUGE!

James Callis or Eric?