A Television Roundup
Entertainment Aspect: Your Weekly Entertainment News
Lauren Rocha
Issue date: 3/6/08 Section: Arts & Entertainment
Most of you who turn on the TV might not think there is a lot going on in television. But look closer and you will find a variety of shows filling the primetime slots.
Fans of Oprah should enjoy "Oprah's Big Give." The reality show airs on ABC on Sunday at 9 p.m. and once again showed Oprah in her quest to be the Mother Teresa of television. "Big Give" features contestants being handed millions of dollars. The catch: they have to spend the money to help other people.
In the first episode, Oprah hands each contestant an envelope with the name and picture of a person whose life they must change given their resources. Week by week contestants are eliminated until finally someone is crowned "The Biggest Giver." While this show promises to warm people's hearts, it also can appear boring especially considering "Extreme Home Makeover" promises the same do-good feel.
An interesting new game show is "Amnesia," Friday night at 8 p.m. on NBC. This show has contestants answer question about their own life, from the name of a teenage crush's band to a husband's tattoo. Sounds weird? Yeah, it is.
Question: do I think this show will survive? Answer: No. Especially considering that "Moment of Truth" has that same self test element to it (only more interesting), I doubt "Amnesia" will become anything more than a temporary time slot.
Then there was "Knight Rider." The two hour movie event aired, Feb. 22 on NBC. This remake of the original '80s classic provided an action-packed adrenaline rush and even a special appearance by original Rider, David Hasselhoff. It managed to keep audiences watching and waiting to know what happens in the end.
ABC has a new comedy airing, March 18 called "Miss Guided." The show follows Becky Freely, a guidance counselor working at the same high school she once attended. While working she attempts to guide students so they can deal with the issues of high school better than she could, while trying to handle teachers and the principal. The show looks like it has some potential, as long as it does not play too much on stereotypical high school comedy.
Fans of Oprah should enjoy "Oprah's Big Give." The reality show airs on ABC on Sunday at 9 p.m. and once again showed Oprah in her quest to be the Mother Teresa of television. "Big Give" features contestants being handed millions of dollars. The catch: they have to spend the money to help other people.
In the first episode, Oprah hands each contestant an envelope with the name and picture of a person whose life they must change given their resources. Week by week contestants are eliminated until finally someone is crowned "The Biggest Giver." While this show promises to warm people's hearts, it also can appear boring especially considering "Extreme Home Makeover" promises the same do-good feel.
An interesting new game show is "Amnesia," Friday night at 8 p.m. on NBC. This show has contestants answer question about their own life, from the name of a teenage crush's band to a husband's tattoo. Sounds weird? Yeah, it is.
Question: do I think this show will survive? Answer: No. Especially considering that "Moment of Truth" has that same self test element to it (only more interesting), I doubt "Amnesia" will become anything more than a temporary time slot.
Then there was "Knight Rider." The two hour movie event aired, Feb. 22 on NBC. This remake of the original '80s classic provided an action-packed adrenaline rush and even a special appearance by original Rider, David Hasselhoff. It managed to keep audiences watching and waiting to know what happens in the end.
ABC has a new comedy airing, March 18 called "Miss Guided." The show follows Becky Freely, a guidance counselor working at the same high school she once attended. While working she attempts to guide students so they can deal with the issues of high school better than she could, while trying to handle teachers and the principal. The show looks like it has some potential, as long as it does not play too much on stereotypical high school comedy.
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