A reminder to all “Boomtown” fans that NBC is about to air the last four brand spanking new episodes of Graham Yost’s oft-acclaimed cops-and-lawyers crime drama.
The Peacock devotes its entire Saturday primetime schedule (typically home to movies and specials) to three of the unaired episodes.
And with Sunday comes the fourth and final new episode, occupying “Criminal Intent’s” 10 p.m. slot.
Only six episodes of “Boomtown’s” second season ever made it before the cameras. Only two of those episodes aired before the show was yanked from the schedule (in early October) and cancelled (in early November).
The ratings were never great for the show, but one wonders if the network perceived, as Herc did, a second-season decline in the show’s writing. I was especially disappointed to discover that district attorney David McNorris would no longer torment himself with Andrea Little, that hot, rich reporter girl whose character didn’t make the leap to season two. When McNorris came roaring back in 2.2, he suddenly seemed little more than a compendium of drunk cliches, moaning incessantly about his daddy’s abuses.
Did NBC pull the trigger too soon? Judge for yourself.
Saturday. 8 p.m. 9 p.m. 10 p.m. Sunday 10 p.m. NBC.
And with Sunday comes the fourth and final new episode, occupying “Criminal Intent’s” 10 p.m. slot.
Only six episodes of “Boomtown’s” second season ever made it before the cameras. Only two of those episodes aired before the show was yanked from the schedule (in early October) and cancelled (in early November).
The ratings were never great for the show, but one wonders if the network perceived, as Herc did, a second-season decline in the show’s writing. I was especially disappointed to discover that district attorney David McNorris would no longer torment himself with Andrea Little, that hot, rich reporter girl whose character didn’t make the leap to season two. When McNorris came roaring back in 2.2, he suddenly seemed little more than a compendium of drunk cliches, moaning incessantly about his daddy’s abuses.
Did NBC pull the trigger too soon? Judge for yourself.
Saturday. 8 p.m. 9 p.m. 10 p.m. Sunday 10 p.m. NBC.
The ratings were never great for the show, but one wonders if the network perceived, as Herc did, a second-season decline in the show’s writing. I was especially disappointed to discover that district attorney David McNorris would no longer torment himself with Andrea Little, that hot, rich reporter girl whose character didn’t make the leap to season two. When McNorris came roaring back in 2.2, he suddenly seemed little more than a compendium of drunk cliches, moaning incessantly about his daddy’s abuses.
Did NBC pull the trigger too soon? Judge for yourself.
Saturday. 8 p.m. 9 p.m. 10 p.m. Sunday 10 p.m. NBC.
Saturday. 8 p.m. 9 p.m. 10 p.m. Sunday 10 p.m. NBC.
