WELL I'D LOVE to give you a juicy review for The Bridge & Dan For Mayor & Hiccups, but I haven't seen 'em.
Ah screeners, why are you so hard to get out there?
Hiccups - Created by Brent Butt & starring Butt & Nancy Robertson, premieres tonight at 8PM.
Dan For Mayor - The show starring Fred Ewaniuck (Hank from CG) & created by a trio of CG writers, bows at 8:30.
Both on your local CTV stations.
Here's a Macleans review by someone who's seen the shows.
Good luck guys! Hope that CTV habit everyone's still got holds for your debuts!
2 rumbles:
Well, having seen both Hiccups and Dan for Mayor, I have to say I don't really like Hiccups.
Maybe I'm being overly harsh on Hiccups, but it feels like both Nancy Robertson and Brent Butt are out of their elements in this one, like they're trying too hard. The result is something which feels overacted and it doesn't work with me. There's also something to be said about Butt. I loved Corner Gas, and I think his humour worked better in a simple whimsical way, but I'm not sure it works in an urban setting. At least not the way it currently is.
Dan for Mayor on the other hand, I really liked. It seemed Fred Ewaniuk was comfortable with what he was doing and the other characters were also interesting, something which I felt was lacking in Hiccups. I think the acting was also better, being somewhat understated yet believeable. Out of these, I could actually see this one being out on an American network.
Ida know. I kinda liked them both.
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