Placebo Effect Posted August 31, 2004 Report Posted August 31, 2004 Premise: One of the McCallister boys, Jack and Bobby, is elected president of the United States in 2040. This being 2004, neither one of them knows that yet. The show traces the brothers' relationship with one another and with their mother, Grace, a college professor who wields a great deal of influence over them, particularly the younger Bobby. Show Background: From executive producers Greg Berlanti ("Dawson's Creek," "Everwood"), Mickey Liddell ("Everwood," "Go") and Thomas Schlamme ("The West Wing"). I recently got the opportunity to check out three of the new WB pilots, and out of them, Jack & Bobby is the one show (the others being Commando Nanny and The Mountain) that will no doubt receive a full season pick-up and a huge fanbase. Included in the new Entertainment Weekly is actually the full pilot on DVD, which premieres in a couple weeks. It's worth the $3.50 or whatever an Entertainment Weekly costs to see this one. Sorry to sound like a shill, but I totally dug it.
The Mandarin Posted August 31, 2004 Report Posted August 31, 2004 Included in the new Entertainment Weekly is actually the full pilot on DVD, which premieres in a couple weeks. It's worth the $3.50 or whatever an Entertainment Weekly costs to see this one. Sweet. I was looking forward to this show and I usually buy EW anyways.
Placebo Effect Posted August 31, 2004 Author Report Posted August 31, 2004 Included in the new Entertainment Weekly is actually the full pilot on DVD, which premieres in a couple weeks. It's worth the $3.50 or whatever an Entertainment Weekly costs to see this one. Sweet. I was looking forward to this show and I usually buy EW anyways. Off topic, but look into subscribing. There's nothing I like more (okay, there are) than coming home on a Friday afternoon and having both Entertainment Weekly and The Week to read.
Placebo Effect Posted August 31, 2004 Author Report Posted August 31, 2004 Do they have Boston accents? Of course not. This is TV, where even a show with 'Boston' in its name (Boston Public) doesn't need to have any kind of accent present.
Placebo Effect Posted August 31, 2004 Author Report Posted August 31, 2004 Uhhh, well, correction. WB programmers are so determined to get viewers to watch the new drama "Jack & Bobby" that they've stuffed 500,000 DVDs of the show's first episode into this week's Entertainment Weekly. The DVD-loaded magazines are available only in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia - the nation's top four television markets. Well, if you have AOL Broadband, you can see it for free on AOL by typing in Jack & Bobby.
The Czech Republic Posted August 31, 2004 Report Posted August 31, 2004 So Philly IS the mysterious 4th market? I've heard Philadelphia, Bay Area, Washington-Baltimore, and Houston all citied as #4.
Guest Brian Posted August 31, 2004 Report Posted August 31, 2004 I assumed it was about the Kennedy's.
Placebo Effect Posted August 31, 2004 Author Report Posted August 31, 2004 I assumed it was about the Kennedy's. They've had to deal with that belief since day one according to the articles I've read.
Kurt Angle Mark Posted August 31, 2004 Report Posted August 31, 2004 I can't wait to see the show myself I especially got interested when I discovered that Brad Meltzer, who wrote "Green Arrow: The Archer's Quest" and is currently writing "Identity Crisis" co-created the show.
Guest SP-1 Posted August 31, 2004 Report Posted August 31, 2004 Meltzer is part of it? Nice. Hopefully I'll get to catch it sometime this semester.
HollywoodSpikeJenkins Posted September 17, 2004 Report Posted September 17, 2004 I just saw the repeat while switching back and forth from Smackdown. I enjoyed it, but it got boring during the parts about the mother. An 8/10, though. And unless I missed something, did they give away that Bobby becomes the president after Jack dies in the future?
Placebo Effect Posted September 17, 2004 Author Report Posted September 17, 2004 I just saw the repeat while switching back and forth from Smackdown. I enjoyed it, but it got boring during the parts about the mother. An 8/10, though. And unless I missed something, did they give away that Bobby becomes the president after Jack dies in the future? Yep. That was my only real complaint about it.
HollywoodSpikeJenkins Posted September 17, 2004 Report Posted September 17, 2004 How do you give away the main storyline of your show on the pilot? I was enjoying the whole "Who Becomes President?" story before the ending.
Crimson Platypus Posted September 17, 2004 Report Posted September 17, 2004 How do you give away the main storyline of your show on the pilot? I was enjoying the whole "Who Becomes President?" story before the ending. Exactly, blowing their wad this early might come back to haunt them later in the series. -edit- And by the way, I really wanted to hate this show, but ended up enjoying it. Mainly because I hate hate HATE child actors as a general rule, but the kid (the younger one) did just fine. I could come to really enjoy this one.
The Czech Republic Posted September 17, 2004 Report Posted September 17, 2004 I assumed it was about the Kennedy's. They've had to deal with that belief since day one according to the articles I've read. Perhaps BECAUSE YOU NAMED THE KIDS JACK AND BOBBY
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