The Cape (2010) NBC TV.........

[dvdjunkie]

Am really disappointed in the folks at NBC television. I just read that they are sending one of my favorite new shows "The Cape" (Mondays, 8 p.m. Central Time) on hiatus after only 10 episodes. They haven't officially cancelled it, but they haven't said they are going to bring it back or continue this summer or anything like that.

Monday nights were really entertaining as we watched "The Cape", "Harry's Law", "Castle", and "Hawaii 5-0". Hope that "Harry's Law" with Kathy Bates doesn't get the same treatment, because it is really a good show, also.

No worries about "Hawaii 5-0 because it has found itself a ranking in the Top 10 shows this season and looks to be around for a while.

[annavandenhazel]

Is the new Hawaii 5-O any good? I didn't see all that much of the old one.

Apparently cancelling good shows is nothing new to NBC - a good example is "Julia" (starring Diahann Carroll as a widowed nurse) in 1970 or 1971 - after it had been on the air for a couple of years, I said it was time to watch Julia and my mom said, "No, it's been cancelled - they always get rid of the good shows and keep the trash!"

I should also point out that my mom had very strange standards when it came to television - thanks to old reruns and Netflix, I've seen many of the TV shows she wouldn't let us watch as children, and in most cases I have no idea why - some of those programs are nicer/cleaner than others we WERE allowed to watch!

[diane]

The new "Hawaii 5-O" is being flogged to death over here. I actually
think it may appeal if you haven't seen the original. I can't say the
original was top of my favourites but I did watch it and it was a
pretty good police show with nice locale. This new one seems to
be a comedy drama - or that's all you see on the promos. They
always put in the "Book him, Danno" catch phrase although I can't
remember it being used excessively on the old show. It definately
doesn't appeal to us - Herb has opted to watch "Blue Bloods" - although
what the world needs with another police show is beyond me!!

[diane]

I agree with you Anna, about parental censorship. High on the list
of my parents no-nos were shows that had bad language and
adult content. So "The Mavis Bramston Show" - a particularly
hyped Australian show from the 60s was banned - but we were
allowed to watch Benny Hill and Dick Emery!!!

[dvdjunkie]

I've watched "Hawaii 5-0" (the new 2010 version) from the very beginning, and I think that if you compare it to the old show with Jack Lord, it holds up in many ways. I don't think that they have over-used "Book'em Danno" but a couple of times, because Scott Caan (James Caan's son) as Danny Williams gives McGarrett that look. The comedy is also not over-used, in my opinion. I think the original show with James MacArthur and Jack Lord took themselves too seriously, and the humor was very lacking. The new show offers some of the humor to ease the tension in some shows, but not in all the shows.

"Blue Bloods" is very good show, and it is good to see Tom Selleck back on the tube in a series again. Friday night television is now watchable with him back on the screen.

Of all the new shows this year, CBS seems to be leading the way with "Hawaii 5-0", "Blue Bloods", "The Defenders", and "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior" all are showing very strong numbers.

Of all the new shows this season, I have really taken a liking to "The Cape" and its cast. The storyline is really good, and all the actors fit their roles.

;D

[annavandenhazel]

Diane, the first time I saw Benny Hill (never heard of the others) was on my senior trip the last week of high school, and I was offended by sexual innuendos in that particular episode - rather than fight my roommates who wanted to see it, I simply went in another room (we were in 3-room condo's, 6 to a unit). When I got home I told my mom about that "horrible" Benny Hill show and she said, "Are you sure it was that bad? It was funny when I watched it with Grandma and Aunt Mary!" We didn't get the right channel at home so couldn't watch it even if we wanted to, so I was spared the opportunity to point out further "no-no's", but maybe she was lucky and saw a relatively-clean episode. Whenever I've seen that show since, there's always been something disgusting.

I'm guessing we weren't allowed to watch "The Monkees" because of their long hair and music (my parents were never rock & roll fans), but I still have no clue why we weren't allowed to watch the original "Bill Cosby" show. We were allowed to watch programs like Sanford and Son and The Jeffersons so probably not a racial issue, and I saw more "bad influence" in those programs than I did in the entire first season of Bill Cosby when I rented it from Netflix. Bill Cosby played a teacher and sometimes corrected others' wrongdoings, but Fred Sanford and George Jefferson were usually committing the wrongdoings themselves! Granted, Fred's son and George's wife were the "good guys" who told them when they were wrong, but it's still hard to believe we were allowed to watch George or Fred wheeling-and-dealing or just being mean to others.

[diane]

anna, Dick Emery was a rather risque comedian, who played a lot of
different characters, his catch phrase was "Ooh now you'll think I
awful!!!" - as school kids we thought he was hilarious.