Like an oasis of scripted television in the desert of reality TV and reruns, FOX has just premiered the new series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. No, it's not the best series (I'd much rather be watching new episodes of Pushing Daisies), but it's entertaining enough, and I'm just happy to see a scripted show on TV.
It doesn't quite jibe with the movies, coming just after Terminator 2. And according to the series' creator, Terminator 3 is now an alternate timeline. That's a little presumptuous to say that your TV series is supplanting the third film. Of course, any story involving time travel is going to be complicated. Nothing you can do about that.
I just don't understand why FOX chose to do a two-night premiere, blowing two episodes in one week when there's only 8 or 9 of them to begin with. Then again, they've got American Idol starting tomorrow, so it's not like they're really bothered about ratings for their other shows...
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