‘Beyond the Break’ Season 1 review
“Beyond the Break” Season 1 (2006, The-N), episodes 1-7 – Traditional summer viewing comes from “Beyond the Break” (8:30 p.m. Fridays), which is filmed and set in Hawaii. That’s also the home of “Lost,” but […]
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‘Falcon Beach’ Season 1 review
“Falcon Beach” Season 1 (2006, ABC Family) – Want a Minnesota-based drama? You can scour the annals of the small screen and won’t find one. That’s why we should celebrate ABC Family’s “Falcon Beach” (8 […]
‘Invasion’ reviews
John’s “Invasion” flashback review, Dec. 9, 2021 “Invasion” (2005-06, ABC) – Granted, it rained every episode, the sheriff and park ranger were always chasing after some monster and Larkin’s pregnancy advanced as slowly as the […]
‘The Bedford Diaries’ reviews
John’s “The Bedford Diaries” flashback review, johnvhansen.com, Sept. 26, 2016 “The Bedford Diaries” (2006, WB) – It was about a college course on human sexuality, but with Tom Fontana producing, it wasn’t as one-note as […]
‘Love Monkey’ review
“Love Monkey” (2006, CBS) – Sorry, “Ed” fans, but this was the role Tom Cavanagh was born to play: a youthful-looking yet experienced record company executive who trolls New York looking for talent (he finds […]
‘American Dreams’ Season 3 review
“American Dreams” Season 3 (2004-05, NBC), episodes 1-5 – Like the new show “Jack & Bobby,” “American Dreams” conjures up better days, but it looks to the past instead of the future. It lionizes the […]
‘Jack & Bobby’ review
“Jack & Bobby” Season 1 (2004-05, WB), episodes 1-7 – “Jack & Bobby’s” mother (Christine Lahti) is a living, breathing stereotype of a liberal college professor who feels out of sorts in Small Town, Missouri. […]
‘The O.C.’ Season 1 review
Brainerd Dispatch: TV review Great cast treads familiar ground in ‘The O.C.’ By JOHN HANSEN Aug. 21, 2003 With its beautifully filmed shots of beautiful people mingling along beautiful California beaches (backed by the kinda […]
‘Vanished’ review
“Vanished” (2006, Fox), episodes 1-7 – Who kidnapped the senator’s wife, Sara Collins, and why? Who exactly is Sara Collins? And, for that matter, what is the senator not telling us about his past? “Vanished” […]
‘Six Degrees’ reviews
John’s “Six Degrees” flashback review, johnvhansen.com, Sept. 18, 2016 “Six Degrees” (2006-07, ABC), episodes 1-5 – This is a compelling piece about six big-city folks who are connected to each other – some as friends, […]