"Doctor Who" returns, "Jericho" commences repeats, and the Eighth Circle Tour approaches The Doctor is in, and so is the med school student! Let's dust off this bee-yotch and restart 'er, shall we? There's work to do.
A lot of it. We'll grant you, June might not have given us much in the way of new TV series -- and most that premiered turned out to be serious duds -- but July is a different story. The Television Critics Association Press Tour, the second of two trips we take to the bowels of the entertainment industry (aka Hell Lay), kicks off next week.
I'll write a longer piece explaining the unique tortures involved in the tour, but the basic gist of it is the for nearly three weeks, I'll be madly blogging about the lunacy TV networks engage in as they pimp their respective fall lineups. Outside of that special circle of hell, July is full of promise. This month brings a landslide of new cable series and some long awaited returns.
Topping the list of favorites: New frolics with " and the second season of a show that rarely disappoints, starting Friday the 13th at 9 and 10. Before that -- tonight, actually -- Sci Fi brings us a new season of and introduces his latest companion for the good Doctor (David Tennant), a med student named Martha (Freema Agyeman). She's as different from Rose as they come, and given the fervor fans reserved for Billie Piper, that's for the best.
Piper complemented Tennant's Time Lord beautifully (although from a personal point of view, I miss Christopher Eccleston as The Doctor...
but that's just me), so if he seems a bit blue in the season premiere, airing at 8, nobody can blame him. Martha is unwittingly pulled along for the ride in the second episode (following the premiere at 9:30), and from the first moments she and The Doctor share a scene, you can tell it's going to be a beautiful friendship. Agyeman's lends a touch of prickliness to Martha that matches Tennant's veiled edge perfectly -- but in truth, the shows don't leave much time for nitpicking.
"Doctor Who's" main selling point is that it's chockablock with action, and it never takes itself too seriously.
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