Human beings can get pretty creative when backed into a corner—or locked in a cage. While not everyone has to crawl through a river of shit to come out clean on the other side, some pretty drastic measures were taken by these 5 escape artists.
Alcatraz, that most famous of American correctional facilities, has been a national park longer than it was a Federal prison. It housed Federal inmates from 1933 to 1963, a mere 30 years. The island’s history goes back much further. Its name comes from the Spanish for Island of the Pelicans, though the birds no longer…
We told you about CBS canceling CSI: Miami, Unforgettable and NY-22, but of course networks all like to do things at the same time, so here are the crime shows that have gone belly up on the other networks and won’t be returning. ABC: Missing and Charlie’s Angels (blogger Rachel Hyland knew that one would…
We can’t all be perfect all of the time, and let’s face it, flawed characters are eminently more interesting, but there is a difference between a character who is deeply flawed and a character who makes mistakes to move the story along. Let’s examine a few cases in-depth: Flynn & Provenza, The Closer Quite a…
I know it’s a time travel show, but that doesn’t mean I should receive the whole storyline ages before it happens. Having now seen 3 hours of Alcatraz, the new J.J. Abrams-produced para-crime show, I’m a little concerned that the clumisiness of the backstory dumps and inconsistent characterization may not mellow with time the way…
Now that December is here and regular season programming is being pre-empted right and left for various holiday specials, I’m looking forward to some of the new and returning shows coming up in January. One of those is J.J. Abrams’ new series, Alcatraz. If you like your crime with a side of weird, this may…
Next week, network TV executives will converge on New York City to announce their new fall TV schedules. More than 80 new pilots are currently being screened and selected to join returning favorite shows, and here’s a glimpse at a few of the criminally inclined that we’re hoping to see on the boob tube come…
