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[Memles]

I just got around to watching the two-part pilot of CBS' slow out of the gates (ratings-wise) sci-fi thriller Threshold...and I must say I enjoyed it.

It has an eclectic and really quite fantastic cast. Carla Gugino is a great lead, Peter Dinklage and Brent Spiner are great, and overall the show just seems to have a real sense of what it is. Is it super-fantastic television? The answer is no. That said, I want to see where this goes.

I'll compare it to Prison Break, in a way, although I think it is better overall. In both shows, I want to know what happens, but I'm not going to be entirely caught up in it just yet.

The success of Lost may have made the various networks pick up these sci-fi shows, but it should be very interesting to see which ones survive. Invasion more or less will get themselves a free pass due to it's lead-in, but Threshold is in a bit of trouble with it's low ratings and can only hope for a big boost from Jennifer Love Hewitt's breasts this Friday to cement its place.

So did anyone else enjoy it? Or watch it? The ratings say no, but you never know.

 

[Fuzzy]

I caught it and also enjoyed it but I'll wait to comment on it after a couple of more episodes.

The Sept. 16 two-hour premiere of CBS' SF drama Threshold, starring Carla Gugino, scored well with audiences, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Threshold averaged 8.5 million viewers and drew a 2.9 rating among adults aged 18-49 from 9-11 p.m., according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research, the trade paper reported. Among adults aged 25-54, Threshold was competitive, with a 3.8 average rating.

The good news for CBS was that the SF drama's numbers inched up steadily during its two-hour timeslot, and it marked an improvement in demographics compared to CBS' performance this time last year, with the Friday premieres of JAG and the short-lived 10 p.m. drama Dr. Vegas.

Source: http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?category=0&id=32514

 

[DarienA]

I watched it over the weekend... it was... ok.... seemed interesting enough...of the new shows I've only seen this and Supernatural so far and I'd take Supernatural by leaps and bounds over this... still it was nice to see Brent Spiner... and one of the guys looks like he was in one of my favorite but boomed quickly shows... I'll have to check us.imdb.com to see if it's him. Nope he wasn't in the show I was thinking of but now I see why he looked familiar he was in Birds of Prey...

 

[Memles]

I caught it and also enjoyed it but I'll wait to comment on it after a couple of more episodes.
Source: http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?category=0&id=32514

Ahhh...it might have been a so-so start in terms of viewers, but it drew more young people, a good sign.

If I had more time I'd watch the Supernatural Pilot...but there's AD and Kitchen Confidential tonight, I've got reading to do and tomorrow night is chock full with Gilmore Girls and House. I just won't have the time.

 

[CloudNL]

It was ok for those 2 hours.
But what in godsname will happen in the other episodes?
I'm already getting sick of that stupid logo. :lol

 

[Brian Fellows]

Seemed kinda generic to me. I'll give it a few mroe episode cuz Carla is hot and Data is the man. But if it doesnt pick up I'll be dropping it.

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

'twas OK. She was def. hotter in Sin city, but what can you do?

The show was a little slow, but at the same time it seemed rushed. Not sure what I mean by that, but it just seemed that lots of various sub-plots were introduced while not really advancing the overall plot. For example, the other guy who is lying about the dreams. Why is he lying? He has no motive.

 

[DarienA]

'twas OK. She was def. hotter in Sin city, but what can you do?

The show was a little slow, but at the same time it seemed rushed. Not sure what I mean by that, but it just seemed that lots of various sub-plots were introduced while not really advancing the overall plot. For example, the other guy who is lying about the dreams. Why is he lying? He has no motive.

Yeah the whole I was scared speech didn't work for me either...

I will say the traffic jam being in the shape of the symbol was kinda cool.

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

Just finished watching it on the Tivo. It was just really "ok" to me. I'm not hooked yet, but it wasn't awful either, despite some rather bad acting. It was overly melodramatic too. I'll see what Invasion is like on Wednesday Night, and probably settle on one or the other.