Eastwick: A Cidade da Magia

"Eastwick" which is a spin off from the 1987 film "Witches of Eastwick" is actually a pretty good and quite interesting series. As it is based around a trio of witches who deal with their daily lives and work with the devil himself mister Van Horne. This series has pretty good chemistry among the characters it's trio of women Joanna(Lindsay Price "Lipstick Jungle" and "90210" alum)Roxie(the beautiful and attractive voluptuous Rebecca Romijn)and Kat(newcomer Jaime Ray Newman)all live and work in a beautiful New England town. They seem normal as they have children and date then all of a sudden Darryl Van Horne(Paul Gross) comes to town and the strange happenings and mystery enters their lives. They don't know what to make of him friend or foe. As with any tale involving witches this show has your typical magic of the women being able to see into the future, spell castings, and moving objects. And a real treat for viewers is how it's blended with sex appeal as so far many episodes has featured the witch gals in hot steamy love making scenes. And many times they look sexy as each have had scenes in sexy colored bras. Overall this series is a nice mixed bag of mystery and drama like sex appeal nothing great yet it's a watch to refresh the imagination.

I just finished watching 'Eastwick' and I have to say I enjoyed it. It is beyond me why ABC decided to suddenly cancel this series. It is better than most of the stuff we have seen on television lately. This is a well made, intelligently scripted, interesting and original series. It is very well casted, the characters all have very good chemistry between them, the acting is good throughout, etc.

Not to say that it is a masterpiece, far from it (especially as the screenwriters go a little 'over the top' after the first 7-8 episodes), but it definitely is much better than the standard TV fare we are inundated with recently.

So why cancel it? Maybe because it is too smart for it's own good..., meaning the masses could not appreciate it...? Maybe...

I'm not someone who tries new shows often this was a pleasant surprise. Sad it's gone.

Looks like it will be a cute, easy watching show that should appeal to a wide range of family viewers. No big, deep messages or morals, nor roll in the aisles comedy, but keeps you smiling the whole way through. The three women work well together, their very different personalities contrasting and complementing just like the very different powers that they possess. Jaime Ray Newman is totally believable as the "doormat" housewife, and mother of five (and the favorite character of our five kids). Lindsay Price and Rebecca Romijn also fit their roles perfectly as the scatterbrained journalist and the earthy artist. We will tune in to see how this "dynamic trio" will come together to confront the ideally cast demon Paul Gross, and the small-town small-minded community that they are about to be unleashed upon.

Kat Gardener (Jaime Ray Newman), Joanna Frankel (Lindsay Price), and Roxie Torcoletti (Rebecca Romijn) live in Eastwick, New England. A mysterious stranger gives these frustrated women witchy powers.

This show starts off well. The ladies are all good actors. All the pieces are there. It coasts along for several episodes very well. Somewhere along the line, the story spins out of control. By the end, I remember that it was a little tiresome to watch. It lasted only 13 episodes. I wasn't angered by the cancellation. It was very much expected by the end. I did wish they gave it a full season to see if they could straighten out the show.