Unlike the damn awful reprisal of Bionic Woman, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is quite a good adaptation of the original film to the small screen. In my mind, the reason Bionic sucks and Terminator rocks is the same, casting and believability. I was skeptical when I read last year that both the Bionic Woman and Terminator was being recycled and shot back on screen in 2007/2008. This is not to say I had every intention of watching the pilots of both. I’ve been looking for another TV show as good as Alias and Veronica Mars with a strong lead female character kick ass and using smarts instead of her “assets” to get the job done, no matter the job. However, I did initially think to myself, “the Bionic Woman…the Terminator…really, why?”

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I was skeptical at first when they brought Jeremy Sisto on the newest season of Law and Order although I love him as an actor. It’s just all there other attempts to make Law and Order at least as interesting as Law and Order Criminal Intent was in its first five seasons, failed. But, damn what a comeback! The first episode of this current 7th season was nothing to talk about. It wasn’t bad, but it did have a bit too much story about Detective Cyrus Lupo’s (Sisto) family. Sure, Lupo’s brother dies and that’s the case that’s being solved, but could I care less about his brother’s widow and the two kids.

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Cashmere Mafia is a prime time Sex and the City starring Lucy Liu, Francis O’Connor, Mirando Otto, Bonnie Sommerville, and Peter Hemann, Mariska Hargitay’s (Law and Order SVU) hubby. It’s set in NYC like Sex and the City, too. Saw a promotional trailer, this could be good, but you never know. I like Lucy Liu so i’ll give it a shot. Premieres January 6, 10pm on ABC.

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