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Hung Comes Up Short for Anne Heche

JeerS to Hung for saddling Anne Heche with the dictionary definition of a “ thankless role.” She may be too quirky and bring too much real-life baggage (remember “ Celestia” ?) to play the lead in a mainstream network show— RIP Men in Trees— but Heche deserves better than her bit part in HBO’s flaccid new “ comedy.” As the emasculating ex-wife of a gym teach-er-turned-gigolo (Thomas Jane), Heche seems limited to a few minutes of shrill nagging per episode. Then again, considering how drearily laugh-free Hung is, maybe more words to fill out she’s luckering how drearily laugh-

In the current issue of TV Guide Magazine, I declare BBC America’s five-part Torchwood: Children of Earth miniseries to be “the TV event of the summer.” That unqualified rave was based on my watching, rather breathlessly, the first three episodes, which was all the channel had coughed up at the time, because the concluding hours (which created quite the fuss overseas) hadn’t yet aired in Great Britain.

Having now seen all five hours, which just get more shattering as they go, I’d like to amend my original opin-ion. Torchwood: Children of Earth is

one of the TV events of the year, and anyone with a taste for serious dark fantasy is encouraged to strap in for the thrilling, chilling and unnerving ride. (For those who don’t get BBC America, not to worry. The complete program will be released a week from Tuesday on DVD and Blu-Ray. It’s worth seeking out.)

Full disclosure: I have always pre-ferred the brash, bawdy and provoca-tive Torchwood over the legendary se-ries that spawned it, Doctor Who, but

even so, I wasn’t prepared for the unyielding terror Children of Earth instilled in me from start to finish. This is one scary piece of work. Thanks to reality TV, the words “taking it to a new level” have been rendered almost meaningless, but they apply here. Not much truly frightens me anymore, or so I tend to think, but this one put my nerves on edge and imagine Monday’s jaw-drop-ping cliffhanger not reeling you back

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Friday night sci-fi fans may have lost The Sarah Connor Chroni-cles and Battlestar Galactica, but Dollhouse is back for a second season (beginning September 25, 9/8c, Fox). The show’s creator Joss Whedon talked to TV Guide Magazine about what’s up with Echo (Dushku) and Paul Ballard (Penikett) and the rest of the gang, as well as the possibility of a second edition of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.Congratulations on Dollhouse’s

renewal. Did Fox ask you to change the show in any signifi-cant way in an effort to get big-ger ratings? No, they really didn’t actually. The show as it came to be at the end of last sea-son, pleased them very much. They pretty much just said, “Can you make it for less?”So did you have to fire half your cast? No, we didn’t have to do that, amazing enough. They cut the budget nominally. I respond very well to that kind of chal-

lenge. In fact, it’s made our sto-ries bigger instead of smaller, now that we don’t have to spend our time thinking about little things like, ‘What’s this show?” “What’s it about?” and all those things that I was given last year. We can just concentrate on get-ting this done and getting it done right.So did you have to fire half your cast? No, we didn’t have to do that, amazing enough. They cut the budget nominally. I respond

Date of Birth July 30 1969, Launceston, Tasmania, AustraliaHeight 5' 10" Mini Biography Simon Baker was first recognized in 1992, when he received Australia’s Logie award for Most Popular New Talent Upon relocating to Los Angeles with his family, Baker was immediately cast in the Academy Award winning film L.A. Confidential (1997).Spouse Rebecca Rigg (1998-present) 3 childrenSelect Credits The Killer Inside Me (2010), Fair Game (2010), “ The Mentalist” Women in Trouble (2009), The Lodger (2009), “ Smith” (2006-2007), Sex and Death 101 (2007), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), “ The Guardian” (2001-2004),L.A. Confidential (1997), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), “ The Guardian”

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JeerS to Hung for saddling Anne Heche with the dictionary definition of a “thankless role.” She may be too quirky and bring too much real-life baggage (remember “Celestia”?) to play the lead in a mainstream network show—RIP Men in Trees—but Heche deserves better than her bit part in HBO’s flaccid new “comedy.” As the emasculating ex-wife of a gym teach-er-turned-gigolo (Thomas Jane), Heche seems limited to a few minutes of shrill nagging per episode. Then again, considering how drearily laugh-free Hung is, maybe more words to fill out she’s luckering how drearily laugh-


Having now seen all five hours, which just get more shattering as they go, I’d like to amend my original opin-ion. Torchwood: Children of Earth is one of the TV events of the year, and anyone with a taste for serious dark fantasy is encouraged to strap in for the thrilling, chilling and unnerving

ride. (For those who don’t get BBC America, not to worry. The complete program will be released a week from Tuesday on DVD and Blu-Ray. It’s worth seeking out.)

Full disclosure: I have always pre-ferred the brash, bawdy and provoca-tive Torchwood over the legendary se-ries that spawned it, Doctor Who, but even so, I wasn’t prepared for the unyielding terror Children of earth instilled in me from start to finish. this is one scary piece of

work. Thanks to reality TV, the words “taking it to a new level” have been rendered almost meaningless, but they apply here. Not t meaningless, but they apply here. Not much truly frightens me anymore, or so I tend to think, but this one put my nerves on edge and imagine Mondamuch truly frightens me anymore, or so I tend to think, but this one put my nerves on edge and imagine Monday’s jaw-drop-ping cliffhanger not reeling you back

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Friday night sci-fi fans may have lost The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Battlestar Galactica, but Doll-house is back for a second season (beginning September 25, 9/8c, Fox). The show’s creator Joss azine about what’s up with Echo (Eliza Dushku) and Paul Ballard (Tamoh Penikett) and the rest of the gang, as well as the possibility

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Galactica, but Dollhouse is back for a second season (beginning Sep-tember 25, 9/8c, Fox). The show’s creator Joss azine about what’s up with Echo (Eliza Dush-ku) and Paul Ballard (Tamoh Pe-nikett) and the rest of the gang, as well as the possibility of a sec-ond edition of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-suscill uptat. Ed endre te conse do Along Blog. No, they really didn’t actually. The s consed minciniam zzriure dolor how as it came to be at said, “Can consed minciniam zzriure dolor you No, we didn’t have to do that, enough. They cut the buto that. —Ileane Rudolph

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HAve tHe beSt tHeme Song? The Shield’s primal growl scares me. How I Met Your Mother’s ba-ba-ba bores me. But BBT’s open-ing number makes me feel edu-tained. Each week, the Barenaked Ladies’ upbeat ditty summarizes the history of, well, everything, in 20 seconds or less. The Ice Age, evolution, the great pyramids…it’s all in there. “Every time I listen to that theme song, I’m absolutely delighted,” exec producer Chuck Lorre tells me. “Every second you get on television now has to be treated as priceless, because there are too many reasons to change the channel.” True that. And, at a time when theme songs with lyrics are going the way of VHS, it’s refreshing that BBT can hit the right notes. The Shield’s primal growl scares me. How I Met Your Mother’s ba-ba-ba bores me. But BBT’s opening number makes me feel edu-tained. Each week, the Barenaked Ladies’ upbeat ditty summarizes the history

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tHe bACHeLoretteAloha, shame tunnel. We’ve made no secret of our feelings for Ed, which is why last night’s episode of The Bachelorette was especially hard for us—no pun intended.

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Friday night sci-fi fans may have lost The Sarah Connor Chroni-cles and Battlestar Galactica, but Dollhouse is back for a second season (beginning September 25, 9/8c, Fox). The show’s creator Joss Whedon talked to TV Guide Magazine about what’s up with Echo (Dushku) and Paul Ballard (Penikett) and the rest of the gang, as well as the possibility of a second edition of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.Congratulations on Dollhouse’s

renewal. Did Fox ask you to change the show in any signifi-cant way in an effort to get big-ger ratings? No, they really didn’t actually. The show as it came to be at the end of last sea-son, pleased them very much. They pretty much just said, “Can you make it for less?”So did you have to fire half your cast? No, we didn’t have to do that, amazing enough. They cut the budget nominally. I respond very well to that kind of chal-

lenge. In fact, it’s made our sto-ries bigger instead of smaller, now that we don’t have to spend our time thinking about little things like, ‘What’s this show?” “What’s it about?” and all those things that I was given last year. We can just concentrate on get-ting this done and getting it done right.So did you have to fire half your cast? No, we didn’t have to do that, amazing enough. They cut the budget nominally. I respond

date of Birth July 30 1969, Launceston, Tasmania, AustraliaHeight 5' 10" Mini Biography Simon Baker was first recognized in 1992, when he received Australia’s Logie award for Most Popular New Talent Upon relocating to Los Angeles with his family, Baker was immediately cast in the Academy Award winning film L.A. Confidential (1997).Spouse Rebecca Rigg (1998-present) 3 childrenSelect Credits The Killer Inside Me (2010), Fair Game (2010), “The Mentalist” Women in Trouble (2009), The Lodger (2009), “Smith” (2006-2007), Sex and death 101 (2007), The devil Wears Prada (2006), “The Guardian” (2001-2004),L.A. Confidential (1997), The devil Wears Prada (2006), “The Guardian”

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