Men in Trees - premier on ABC 9/12 - Page 2

Anyone see Anne Heche on Letterman where they showed a gag promo for the show, and the man in the tree was Michael Jackson?

I saw that and I thought the "I love lesbians" bit was rather goofy/funny.

Isn't this an ER spoiler?

I rather rememer Abraham Benrubi as Francis Larry Kubiac in Parker Lewis Can't Lose....

http://www.epguides.com/parkerlewiscantlose/

I liked this show - Anne Heche is one of the best actresses in the country, with tremendous dramatic and comedic range. As far as characters and setting, all you have to do is remember Northern Exposure to see how stories and relationships could grow from here. And the soundtrack and audio mix were engrossing. It's on my 622 DVR as a Dish Pass after tonight.

If you want to see a show that will tank soon, watch the Brad Garrett snoozer, "Til Death." Now there's a show that has no where to go with setting or characters. It feels like it was shot in a shoe box.

OK, what's up with that bogus racoon? In the shots from behind where it's following her it's obviously a small dog with a racoon skin thrown on its back. It's so bad I'm assuming it's supposed to be a joke, right? I missed the first episode, but that's either a bad joke or an HD Easter egg.

Yeah, I caught that one right away.

The funny thing was, I was just feeding a raccoon not an hour before that out in back of my house, so I had a really fresh imprint in my mind of what a raccoon REALLY looks like.

That was so bad and obvious, I also wondered if it was some kind of joke or something. The first time they showed it , I laughed outloud and said, "WTF?" .

No it's not! It's obvious it's a cat with a racoon skin on its back!

The local ABC affiliate re-ran the pilot earlier this afternoon. Not in HD, of course. I only watched it initially because it was in HD, but it's not too bad (so far).

Just watched the second ep. Still like it, I think I'll keep watching. I agree Anne Heche is a great actress; I loved her character on Ally McBeal.

Well, that presents in interesting mental image.

I actually only saw it once, but it sure looked and walked like a small dog from behind.

A night game for the Seahawks in Alaska? What time did the game start in Seattle, midnight?
The latest an NFL game would start is 6pm pacific time, which would be 3pm (mid afternoon) in Alaska. Except for deep winter near the artic circle, it wouldn't be dark out.

Alaska is 1 hour back from Pacific time, not 3.

FYI: Not shot in Alaska. Even before Heche said the words on Lettermen, I could have said "Vancouver" for her.

Are any of the shots on location? It looked like the mountains were just outside of Vancouver as well...

Gotta love the incentives the BC government gives to have TV shows and movies shot there. The scenery really is nice though, and with all the outdoor shots it's definitely a show made for HD. I don't know if the show will make it to a second season, but I plan to watch it for the rest of this one at least.

Well I was really hoping to see this show in HD but again they started showing it in HD (with audio problems) then switched to SD for the rest of both shows.
I could not find out if it was a TWC or local station problem.
Makes me mad because any show filmed in BC is beautiful.

Yes, I believe it was Dorothy Parker, critiquing Katherine Hepburn, who summed it up best: "Her performance covered the entire gamut of emotions from A to B."

I doubt, despite your assessment of Anne Heche's performance, that she would mind if anyone compared her to Katherine Hepburn. Like Hepburn, she can make the transition from A to B to J to Q in about 5 seconds, all with her face alone. That's my first measure of range in an actor.

The pre-season games started at 7PM PDT. That might be night time in Alaska by late August.

Anne was hot and if you were a racoon or( a person )wouldn't you want to follow her around? I liked the show as you can tell and so did my WIFEY! so I will keep watching to make her happy! It is happily tivo'ed from now on....

Saw "For what it's worth" ep tonite, I assume that it's Fri from now on. I actually liked this one even better than the first two. No fake raccoon tonite, tho they did have a skunk (which looked real to me).

Yes, I'd say this was the best one yet too.

My only complaint was who doesn't know what a skunk raising its tail means? But then I discovered my wife didn't know, so I guess it's possible.

I don't know, someone born and raised in a city where some people never even learn how to drive a car? Someone who's never watched Discovery. Someone that's never seen animals in their natural environment (zoo doesn't count)?

I'd take it for granted too, but then...

I think the show is starting to hit its stride now, differentiating itself from Northern Exposure. It's an eclectic group of people in the town, but nowhere near the characters in Northern Exposure--so the storylines go down different paths...

This show just keeps getting better and better. There were more laugh out loud moments than last week. Glad the ratings are holding. Interesting, I really didn't see the single serving tomato/alphabet soup thing coming.

Good Nielsen news for those who like the show:

(From Marc Berman's Monday, September 25, 2006, Programming Insider column at Mediaweek.com )

Although ABC's recently introduced Men in Trees finished third with a 5.6/10 in households, 8.21 million viewers and a 2.5/ 8 among adults 18-49 at 9 p.m., comparably that grew out of the repeat of Grey's Anatomy by 24 percent in households, 2.14 million viewers and 25 percent among adults 18-49. It also built from one week earlier and has improved the hour for ABC in two telecasts by 3.4 million viewers (4.8 to 8.2 million) and 28 percent among adults 18-49 (1.8/ 6 to 2.3/ 8).

http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/newslett...ider/index.jsp

MarcS: As a transplanted New York, I can attest that here are many New Yorkers who have never learned to drive a car. (And many who have certainly don't act like they have learned much!)

I need to preface that by saying that might be the case for Manhattan and probably Staten Island, but those of us from the outter burroughs (Bklyn, Queens and The Bronx) are much more familiar with our 4-wheel brethren.

Anybody still watching? I still like it, I hope it sticks around, I enjoy the show a lot.