Yow. In their efforts to suck up to Spielberg, the NYTimes told some whoppers. “Several” TV successes? Spielberg’s TV money earners include “ER,” “Animaniacs,” Pinky and the Brain” — and that’s it.
“Band of Brothers” was awesome but has yet to earn out on DVD sales. “The Pacific” stank, got no ratings, and will never earn out. “Falling Skies” counts as a cable drama with decent ratings but hardly a monster hit.
“United States of Tara,” anyone? “High Incident?”
The first few episodes of The River were okay, but it's out of gas already.
It's like they went out of their way to make this a miserable series. There's so many heroic stories that could have been worked into this series. They could have made it far more inspirational. Instead it was so bad I don't think I could be compelled to watch it ever again.