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An ex-Bond and an ex-Bond girl find themselves in some "true-ly blood-y" circumstances. Just cop a few licks from the HBO hit, and move the setting from the present day bayous to Victorian England. Should work just fine if the pilot episode in any indication. Solid production, nicely shot, and Eva Green is worth the price of admission all by herself. Fans of American Horror Story and True Blood will feel right at home here on Goth Disneyland's latest thrill ride. Nothing dreadful about this show at all. Count me in.

One burning question.....Has the terrific Timothy Dalton been studying the equally terrific Patrick Stewart's phrasing and cadences? Close your eyes and listen before you tell me I'm wrong. These Royal Shakespearian guys must have shared a diction coach somewhere along the line.

Okay, look. I'm a little late to the party here. Was watching the winter Olympics and as of today (Valentine's Day) the Norweigians were still leading the US of A in the overall medal count. So I figured that it's time to start binge watching "Lilyhammer". "Know Your Enemy" and all that, ya know? Been given to understand, by folks in the know, that this Van Zandt guy used to play guitar with some band in New Jersey before he decided to turn his attention to the thespian arts, and to becoming a radio mogul (Sirius XM Garage Rock) in his spare time. And the world is better served for it, because our pal Little Steven is the comedy equivalent of Robert DeNiro, but with better hair. This sleeps-with-the-fishes-out-of-water premise is a flat riot. (The "I believe in Norway" opening to the 2nd season was a masterstroke). Steven and his Scandinavian goombahs just rip it up in this series. And it educational, too, kids. You get to learn about day-to-day life in a country that had the Polar Vortex before it was cool. And to anybody who don't like this show, all I can say is "stick it where the sun don't shine"---which is pretty much 6 months out of the year in Norway.

Great show. Jump all over it.

"Revolution" has it all. Bad writing. Bad acting. Bad premise. The trifecta. Which probably means that, in the grand tradition of groundbreaking TV shows like "According To Jim', NBC is prepared to keep this turkey going for 7 or 8 years until it finds it footing.

Giancarlo Esposition is better than this.To paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen, " I knew Gus Fring. Gus Fring was a friend of mine. And you, my friend, are no Gus Fring". Never saw Mr. Esposito in a bad project before, but I guess there's always a first time.

This hodgepodge of "The Postman" and "Life After People" looks dead on arrival. And speaking of "dead on arrival", AMC's little zombie show seems to have a way to make this post-apocalyptic stuff a whole lot more palatable. Just add writers and some committed actors and you got yourself a winner. It CAN be done. But "Revolution" ain't doin' it.

"What's in the whiskey, bitch??" Man. If I had nickel for every time I've heard that.