Maria Bello is a fine actress and all, but NBC's remake of "Prime Suspect" has a lot going against it. First and foremost, the new "Prime Suspect" soon will be drowning in comparisons to the British source material -- arguably the smartest, best-written and best-acted cop series on any continent. The series spread out across 15 years, with the … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2011
Apple dumps TV rentals
Forget about those 99-cent TV program rentals on iTunes. Almost exactly a year after its introduction, the TV show rental service offered on Apple TV disappeared from users' options. The rentals also were deleted from the iTunes store. Apple didn't go public with the change, but later said in a statement that "iTunes customers have shown they … [Read more...]
‘The Blues Brothers’ on Blu-ray
The Blues Brothers: Two white TV comics who dared to sing the blues and, incredibly, came out king bees. John Belusi and Dan Aykroyd's R&B musical plays like a honey-dipped harp, even after 30 years. Now it's enshrined in HD with Universal's Blu-ray release of "The Blues Brothers." Fans of the "Saturday Night Live" comics and the giants of … [Read more...]
Viewing peaks in July
Online video watching heated up in the dog days of July, with a record 6.9 billion viewing sessions logged during the month. The average U.S. viewing time was on fire as well, hitting 18.5 hours. That was up from 16.8 hours in June and 15.9 hours in May, according to comScore figures for July. The viewing-session record followed up on one … [Read more...]
‘Just for Kids’ streaming
Netflix calls it "Just for Kids," but no doubt busy parents will appreciate the new feature as well. Netflix just added a section for streaming video that segregates children's programming from the rest of the fare -- so "Toy Story 3" isn't nestled up next to some dark and sexy anime title meant for the really big kids. Just for Kids has a … [Read more...]