I wouldn't put creativity and business-savvy as oppositional as this review does. While it sounds fascinating, I'm skeptical that the seven hour critique of American capitalism that Coppola had in mind for The Godfather would've become a beloved classic.
But soulless? You bet.

APB is midseason on Fox. It's an odd development trend, but I would guess that the long-term idea is that these things are replicable beyond one precinct or one hospital.

I don't think I understood a single directorial choice.

I really liked this episode because they handled Cat and Clark's farewells very well. Even if I didn't quite get how Doctor Cadmus surprised Alex.

None of this was promising. Again doubling down on Rachel/Quinn when the supporting characters are glorified stick figures. Again saying they don't need to watch reality TV, when Everlasting is the lifeblood of the show.

The logistics don't make sense. How can you have two week storylines if every day is the same?

I can see they're trying to avoid the pitfall that when you have a main plot like this it's difficult to develop secondary storylines because everything else is unimportant. They may be overcorrecting.

IV hits the nail on the head with this one. Poorly directed. Outside of Blunt, I can't tell whether the performances are weak or terribly miscast with Ramirez being the worst offender. I can see why the book was a sensation, but none of that translates to the film. No one's going for the trashy jugular.

When the most compelling plotline in a show about a devastating attack on the US government is whether two aides will bang, you know something went awry.
I don't think I've every seen such a precipitous drop in quality from a pilot to Episode 3.

That's a quorum at least.

Just change gym owner to bar owner, and you have the same show as Baby Daddy which has been running for six seasons. And I don't think you're going to find a better "gorgeous idiot" than Derek Theler's Danny Wheeler.

Also, the Senate would be filled almost immediately because every Governor would be appointing temporary Senators. Also, there are always a few members of Congress who are sick, travelling, or don't attend the State of the Union.

Or even less dramatically, what happens if another guest interferes with your story? If I had spent $40k, I'd be pissed.

Worst new show of the fall pending that Matt LeBlanc trainwreck. Notorious at least has the supporting cast, and Kevin Can Wait got better (by CBS multicam standards) in episode 2.

I didn't love it and I'm a Western fan. Maybe I'm missing some kind of gene, but contra the first paragraph of the review, I'm never rooting for robots, barring an R2D2 or so.

It's the solid gold handcuffs problem like Anne Heche's character on Hung or Atia in S2 of Rome. How can you extract yourself from something that hurts the show from a drama standpoint, when it helps in some other way?

OLTL and AMC of the 70s is hugely influential, and you can trace Nixon's influence in voices as distinct as Matt Wiener and Tyler Perry and the producers of reality TV. It's a pity that when the history of television is written daytime is usually omitted because without Nixon's contributions we would not have one of…

The timeline for Joanna's plot doesn't work. She started seducing Derek long before she realized Scott was sending her stuff.

I would bet most Fox and MSNBC viewers have their philosophies set before they get there.

At least on Still Standing, I know, that the disparity was noted from time to time. But you're right it was the centerpiece of Living With Fran, which was also completely terrible even by these standards.