Blogcritics Author: Tony Figueroa

FCC To Charge ABC Television 1.4 Million Dollars For Charlotte Ross's Buttocks

Tony Figueroa — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:03:10 EST

If Charlotte Ross� naked buttocks are titillating, then is not the mind also a sex organ?
Last Saturday I came home and turned my computer on, looking for South Carolina primary updates, and found an article titled "NYPD Buttocks May Cost $1.4 Million". My curiosity piqued, I clicked on the link and saw a picture of the actress Charlotte Ross who starred in NYPD Blue from 1998-2004. I read that "the Federal Communications...

The Writers' Strike: A Blogger's Perspective

Tony Figueroa — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:38:12 EST

TV bloggers are doing the important work of getting the word out about the WGA strike.
My name is Tony Figueroa and I am a TV blogger. I love writing about the television medium. Most of what I love about television comes from WGA writers and SAG actors. Until now, writing about television was considered fluff. TV bloggers have been using our talents and resources to get the word out that the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike is...

TV Review: Never Judge A Show by Its Pilot - Cavemen

Tony Figueroa — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:31:37 EDT

Cavemen attempts to poke fun at the way people treat minorities by creating a fake minority.
My first impression of Cavemen was that this was going to be a train wreck. I had this strange urge to look at this show the same way a rubbernecker has to slow down and look at a horrible accident. Someone at a major television network wanted to take a successful commercial campaign and develop it into a TV show. The Geico insurance TV commercials...

TV Review: Never Judge A Show By Its Pilot - Reaper

Tony Figueroa — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:06:58 EDT

The best way to describe the show is Maynard G. Crebs from Dobie Gillis meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer with a hint of Ghost Busters.
Reaper is a new comedy about Sam (Bret Harrison), a slacker who discovers on his twenty-first birthday that his parents sold his soul to the Devil (Ray Wise). I don’t have an issue with God, angels or the Devil depicted in human form. I do get tired of heaven or hell being depicted as having the same problems we have on earth like computer...

TV Review: Never Judge A Show by Its Pilot - Moonlight

Tony Figueroa — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:44:37 EDT

The premise itself is like a vampire. It won't die and it keeps coming back.
My first impression of Moonlight, a show about a vampire who works as a private detective, is that I've seen it before. Angel, Forever Knight and Nick Knight come to mind. The premise itself is like a vampire. It won't die and it keeps coming back.I watched the pilot. We open with our vampire Mick St. John (Alex O'Loughlin) pretending...

TV Review: Never Judge A Show by Its Pilot - Bionic Woman

Tony Figueroa — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:31:28 EDT

Realistically I can�t expect the same magic that I felt as a child, but I�m expecting to see something really cool.
Before I watch the pilot of Bionic Woman I think that it’s only fair to disclose that I was a big fan of The Bionic Woman (please note the subtle difference in the title). The Six Million Dollar Man spin-off premiered when I was eleven years old. To me the fantasy world of bionic secret agents working for the OSI was magical. Of course when I...

TV Review: Never Judge A Show by Its Pilot - Journeyman

Tony Figueroa — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:45:21 EDT

The problem I see with many time travel TV shows and movies is that the audience tends to over-think everything.
Anyone who knows me knows that I love time travel stories. A couple of years ago I even attempted to write a pilot about a man who could travel through time. So when I heard about the new NBC drama Journeyman, a show about a man who has the ability to go back in time, I was there. This is one of the few shows this fall that I can say that I am...

TV Review: Never Judge A Show By Its Pilot - Cane

Tony Figueroa — Tue, 9 Oct 2007 06:55:55 EDT

Unlike J.R. Ewing, Alex Vega does not mind getting his hands dirty.
I have a couple of thoughts about the new CBS drama Cane. First of all I am excited to see a show with an all-Latino cast on network television (George Lopez couldn't hold down the fort forever). Secondly, I would watch anything with Hector Elizondo and Rita Moreno. From what I read about the show, looks like it's greatly inspired by...

TV Review: Never Judge A Show By Its Pilot - The Big Bang Theory

Tony Figueroa — Fri, 5 Oct 2007 07:07:28 EDT

The bottom line here is that really rich geeks get the really hot girls and the rest of the geeks meet girls with really nice personalities.
My first impression of The Big Bang Theory is that I have seen this before. Hot Girl befriends Geeks. They can be movie geeks, comic book geeks, sci-fi geeks, techno geeks or TV geeks. All of this has been done before. The bottom line here is that really rich geeks get the really hot girls and the rest of the geeks meet girls with really nice...

TV Review: Never Judge A Show By Its Pilot - Chuck

Tony Figueroa — Thu, 4 Oct 2007 07:23:56 EDT

I don�t see this guy needing his sister�s help getting laid.
My first impression of the new NBC action comedy Chuck is that the premise - a computer geek who accidentally becomes the government's most vital secret agent - will burn out very fast. I also don’t buy Zachary Levi as a geek. Look at these Zachary Levi photos on IMDb. This guy looks like someone who beats up geeks. I think the part...