Last week was an opportunity to give a comprehensive rundown
of revealing celebs on uk tv screens this Winter, this week a chance to look
more in depth at the new shows in the schedule and news of further returning
favourites.
Monday, January 16th, 9pm,
e4 (and an hour later on e4+1) Smallville.
An explosive first episode last week for Superman - the early years, as Clark
loses his powers. With Buffy gone from our screens comparisons can be drawn
between the two shows and the kind of audience it draws, particularly now it
(Smallville) has recruited the super cool James "Spike" Marsters to
star as "Brainiac". Similarities too, among the shows leading ladies.
Kristin
Kreuk has the potential to go on to bigger things like Sarah
Michelle Gellar who sadly, so far, has failed to really live up to that
billing. Charisma
Carpenter, who went on to do a Playboy pictorial spread, was the glam in
"the Slayer", which is provided in Smallville by Erica Durance,
who has done some superb nudity in the past available elsewhere on this site,
as she beds down as the character of Lois. Even Allison Mack,
as Chloe, has that sexy "grin thing" going on, signaling the
possibility of blossoming out into sexuality like Alyson
Hannigan's innocent Willow character did. To be honest though, the show
deserves credit on its own, to the story of the super hero, and so too the
casting of its super sexy women!
Tuesday, January 17th, 9pm,
sky one - Battlestar Galactica.
About 25 years or so ago, with the original idea for this sci-fi drama, little
boys used to run around the school grounds acting out their fantasies of
"good versus evil" battles from this show when the main characters
were played by males. Now, with another new series of the re-done, darker
version underway, perhaps those same boys (now thirty-somethings!) wouldn’t
mind acting out a different kind of fantasy as those characters are now played
by females! Tricia
Helfer and Grace
Park have already been on the men’s mags circuit and playing an all-action
hero can do Katee Sackhoff's sex appeal no harm. Look at Jessica Alba's career
for example!
Wednesday, January 18th, 10pm,
Channel 4 - Desperate Housewives.
Last week marked the big return of The OC to the Channel 4 stable (e4, Tuesdays
at 9pm), and this week its another
show quickly lapped up by those this side of the pond. Firstly though, you
should turn to e4 on Monday at 10.30pm
for "Secrets of Wisteria Lane" for the lowdown on series one, before
series two of Teri
Hatcher, Nicollette
Sheridan and Eva Longoria
gets underway. (Ah, Nicollette Sheridan and the opening titles to "The
Sure Thing"!...Sorry!)
Now news of two other successful imports - the excellent Rescue Me, from Denis
Leary, should be back on Sky soon. It follows a group of hardened New
York firefighters trying to cope with life after
9/11. Its serious drama, well done, brilliant elements of humour and some
superb adult scenes, especially by the ladies - leading or guests, such as
Patricia Valesquez in series one! She played a reckless single mum, who lived
fast, died young and in reality has a superb body!
Following on from the
nudography news story last week, The L Word is doing booming business
worldwide. It was shown on living tv in the uk
last year and is now making inroads into the growing DVD market. My own
personal favourite is Katherine
Moennig, who looks like she’s just fallen out of a "Strokes" gig
and has a love 'em and leave 'em uncommitted attitude to life. Groundbreaking
tv ? High quality girl on girl action or both? Lets hope its back on uk
tv screens sooner rather than later.