JPTV Weekend: Major Accomplishment
IFC / Susan Anderson
OK, Mr. Killjoy TV Critic: you didn't like The Company--what am I supposed to watch on TV this Sunday? One of cable's best low-key pleasures of 2006, IFC's The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman, is back for a second season. Starring, created and written by the brassily sardonic Laura Kightlinger, it's a sort of anti-Entourage: a Hollywood story about a struggling, fortysomething woman writer in a male-dominated business. In the first new episode, Jackie pretends to be gay so that a lesbian producer will hire her as the "woman's voice" in an otherwise all-male writers' room, where one of her new colleagues talks about the universality of gonad jokes: "Everyone can relate to getting kicked in the nuts."
As a bonus, the second episode introduces Big Love's outstanding Mary Kay Place as Jackie's protective-yet-undermining mother, who turns out to be a real kick in the--well, whatever you happen to have to be kicked in.
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James - semi-related....
I see that both Greek (AMC Family) and Top Chef (Bravo) got called up the to big leagues this weekend.To continue the baseball analogy, is this sort of thing equivalent to "getting a serious look" or "chewing up some innings"?
Obviously, neither of these shows has broad enough demographic appeal to make it on a regular(non-summer) network schedule, but I'd be curious to hear your thoughts about these sorts of decisions - the whys, how much of an audience they pull (compared to their cable runs), do they help the shows once they return to the "minors," etc. Maybe a whole post!
- poniewozik Loved the season. Mrs Tuned In wd have put u on the main list RT @boredtodeath Thank u for incl us in Time's Top 10. We'll take hon mention. - 2 hours ago
- poniewozik @carr2n Virgin is the best, LAX-JFK - 3 hours ago
- poniewozik Did NPR interview abt multiscreen multitasking. After, automatically reached for iPhone in pocket. Like don draper wd have for cigarettes. - 4 hours ago
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