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iTunes: Free Wednesday
As an update to yesterday's Free Tuesday post, I'm happy to bring you some extra goodies that showed up. I'm particularly happy about the New Amsterdam pilot. My EyeTV bonked out about half-way through (Elgato promises to send a replacement once I ship in the wonky one--my second wonky one in a row mind you) so I only saw the first 15 minutes. I also plan to watch the Cantebury's Law pilot although I'm getting just a wee bit tired of procedurals. Enjoy the extra goodies.
US: Ax Men,
Explore the past and present of the rough-and-tumble logging industry in the first-ever nonfiction series about the treacherous life of Pacific Northwest timber cutters, Ax Men. For more than a hundred years, larger-than-life characters, many of whom are members of logging families that go back to the time when the West was being settled, have spent their days among towering trees and powerful machines, and their nights in outposts far from the comforts of civilization. Snapped cables, runaway logs, and treacherous machinery are among the many dangers that threaten their lives and safety today. Follow four logging crews through a season in the remote forests of northwest Oregon and see how - plagued by mechanical failures, relentless weather, and violent and unpredictable terrain - these men risk their lives every day in a constant struggle of man versus nature.
US: Greek, Greek--this is a Frepeat, isn't it? I kind of remember this from way back.
ABC Family's hit original series, Greek, follows the story of Casey and Rusty Cartwright as they navigate their way through Greek life at Cyprus-Rhodes University. Now that Casey and Evan have split, her feelings for Cappie re-surface just as her rival, Rebecca, catches Cappie's eye. And when her sorority sister Frannie goes after Evan, will it be more than Casey can handle? Don't miss even one episode!
US: Canterbury's Law,
Emmy® winner Julianna Margulies makes her return to network series television, headlining the series about a lawyer who goes to great lengths, sometimes even crossing the line, to defend the wrongfully accused. At home, she and her husband (Aidan Quinn) struggle to reassemble their marriage after the tragic and unsolved disappearance of their young son. She's aided by her partner, and sometimes conscience, Russell Krauss (Ben Shenkman); and the firm's young associates, the green Molly McConnell (Trieste Kelly Dunn) and the cocksure Chester Grant (Keith Robinson).
US: New Amsterdam, New Amsterdam
John Amsterdam is a New York homicide detective unlike any other. He is brilliant, mysterious, reckless, magnetic . . . and immortal. In 1642 he saved a Native Indian girl during a massacre of her indigenous tribe. In return, the girl cast an ancient spell that conferred immortality upon him. Amsterdam will not age, she told him, until he finds his one true love.
US: Mystery Diagnosis, Mystery Diagnosis
Discovery Health's Mystery Diagnosis follows the investigations of medical mysteries. Symptoms emerge. Tests are analyzed. Specialists are consulted. But still, something is not quite right. Time passes and the daily struggle continues. And then one day, because of a patient's relentless pursuit of an accurate and final diagnosis (or the determined efforts of their family or a forward thinking doctor) the puzzle is solved and an accurate diagnosis given. Each episode tells personal stories through intimate interviews with the patients themselves, as well as their families, friends, and doctors. Personal photos and home movies, recreations, and CGI anatomy sequences take the viewer step-by-step through a medical odyssey.
US: America's Prom Queen, (Frepeat)
America's Prom Queen is a new original reality series from ABC Family. Several lucky girls have been chosen to go on a journey of a lifetime where they will compete against each other and face the Prom Committee as they campaign to win the tiara as America's Prom Queen. Susie Castillo (Miss USA 2003) hosts the show and serves as a mentor for the girls, but their fate is in the hands of the Prom Committee, whose members include Jai Rodriquez, Brooke Hogan, Theo Von, and Susan Schulz. Watch as the drama unfolds and the competition heats up!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ZeroCorpse said 9:42PM on 3-12-2008
"America's Prom Queen"?
Great. The least decent thing about high school, turned up a few degrees for ratings, and plopped on American television for our car-wreck rubbernecking eyes.
I loathe reality TV.
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Ben Abba said 9:58PM on 3-13-2008
I enjoyed "New Amsterdam".
I watched the first 3 episodes of New Amsterdam and enjoyed them. However, they did not create as much excitement for me as the "Highlander" or "The Man From Earth" movies. Still I expect that the story is still being developed and could become quite fascinating as the series plays out.
Now, a story about a real immortal would create more excitment.
If you are serious about this subject of immortality, then you will be quite interested in my research and findings on this very topic.
I have summarized what I have found on my main blog: www.Ben-Abba.com .
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