Fox announced their midseason premiere dates today and looks like they finally put The Mob Doctor out of our misery. On Monday January 21st Kevin Williamson’s The Following starring Kevin Bacon will take over TMD’s slot. It appears the comedies will remain as is on Tuesday. Wednesday, January 16th American Idol is back with the three new judges we have been hearing all about. It seems like on Thursday Idol will start off the night and Glee will end it. Finally on Friday the 8p is open for what I am assuming is a some sort of Gordon Ramsay show and on February 1st Kiefer Sutherland’s show Touch takes over for the departing Fringe. So I guess there is no slot available left for The Mob Doctor and I doubt anyone is surprised by that news. I mean it is amazing the show is still on the air because it has needed to have been whacked for a while!
The Mob Doctor joins CBS’s Made In Jersey and NBC’s Animal Practice with cement blocks at the bottom of the ocean of fall’s new cancelled shows. C’mon ABC it is your turn to make a movie. It’s OK to do so already!
Kiefer Sutherland Tweeted the above video and said, “Even the dog can sing better than me.” So once I read that Tweet, I had to see if it was true. All I will say is Bark-o, Bark-o. He definitely got a standing arfation from me. Two paws up.
Seriously how cute is that video of Jack Bauer’s best friend singing his heart out? Either that or he wants his dad to stop playing the guitar and take him for his walk already.
Martin Bohm (Kiefer Sutherland) has been helping his son Touch people and make their lives better, well tonight on Fox at 9p it is his time to get touched. Martin finds out that his wife remains cannot be identified among those who perished on 9/11. Distraught over the news, he takes his son to his wife’s grave and finds a stranger mourning over her gravestone. He goes to ask him why the man why is there, but Jake runs to follow his kite that ran away and the unknown person is gone. Martin and his son are walking around and find the kite on a fire escape and decide to go the apartment owner’s door to ask for it back. The man from the cemetery is there and he finds out that they have a connection that neither one knew about until that moment. What that mystery man will reveal will give Martin something that will him bitter sweet joy.
Tune in for another touching episode Touch tonight.
Tonight at 9p Touch makes its official debut on Fox and you are not going to want to miss this feel good drama.
Tonight’s episode is like the special event episode as in Jake gives his dad Martin (Kiefer Sutherland) a clue that will lead him somewhere and he has to follow it. Only problem is he is given that number as his special son is being taken away by child services. So now he is on his own to solve the mystery. As he works solo, his touch will touch someone who will touch another person and somehow they will all connect until we find out at the end of the episode how they are all connected.
In the upcoming weeks, other people we got to meet in the first episode will also be touching others and bringing them together. Also Martin will get some clues about his late wife and meet people from her past. Those reveals are some of the most touching on the show.
Touch is one of those shows that comes once every few seasons. It is the show that we will talk about after we watch in amazement as each episode unfolds. t is rare to have a show be as good as this one, so you have to watch so we can let these network heads know we want enjoyable smart programming on our airwaves.
Fox announced yesterday that Touch will be airing on Thursdays after American Idol starting on March 22nd instead of Mondays. By getting that timeslot, that means that Bones will move to Mondays at 8p and House will afterwards starting on April 2nd. While it is nice to have Bones and House together, I wish Bones still had its Thursday timeslot because it is a good show that needs the Idol lead in. I guess Fox’s reasoning is neither Terra Nova nor Alcatraz did well on Mondays and they have so much invested in Keifer Sutherland’s show they want to make sure it is success.
