October 11th, 2012
05:02 PM ET
Duel of the new dramas: 'Nashville' takes on 'Chicago Fire'It was ABC's new drama "Nashville" that brought the heat in Wednesday night's ratings, beating other freshman drama, NBC's "Chicago Fire." According to critics, those were ratings well deserved. Entertainment Weekly has already called "Nashville" - which stars Connie Britton as aging country singer Rayna and Hayden Panettiere as Juliette, the fresh country upstart threatening to take Rayna's throne - as the fall season's best new series.
"One of the great pleasures of 'Nashville' is that it arrived fully formed, with a sure sense of what it wants to accomplish" EW's Ken Tucker said. "It's really entertaining, and much more than merely entertaining." USA Today's Robert Bianco was similarly taken, calling "ABC's countrified soap ... the seaon's most promising new series." "Nashville" is "a sprawling story, held together with music," Bianco said. "The test going forward will be whether the show can keep these plot lines spinning without having them spin out of control." And while The Atlantic's Kevin Fallon has been disappointed by the flaws in musical TV shows like "Glee" and "Smash," "Nashville" just might be musical TV's saving grace. The singing is great and so is the writing, managing to keep the plotlines "grounded even as they veer into soapiness," Fallon said. "That's why ABC's 'Nashville' ... is so encouraging ... It succeeds where 'Glee' and 'Smash' have failed. Finally, there's a sophisticated, adult musical series on TV." NBC's "Chicago Fire," by contrast, didn't win as many heartfelt praises. The series, executive produced by Dick Wolf, revolves around the work-life drama of a Chicago firehouse. Without a doubt there's plenty of eye candy to enjoy, critics say, but the substance is lacking. The Los Angeles Times' Robert Lloyd found its action scenes to be "impressively staged," but unless we'd need to live in a "world without cable drama" to see "Chicago Fire" as "compelling and realistic. As it is, it walks the line between shameless entertainment - hot guys, hot girls, the fires within, the fires without - and intelligent storytelling." Zap2It agreed that the action is "Chicago Fire's" strong suit, noting that "there's no shortage of drama to mine there." But the verdict was middling: "It's not terrible, and it is full of eye candy, so maybe that should be considered a win for NBC." For what it's worth, it sounds like the show improves post-pilot. What's your verdict on "Nashville" and "Chicago Fire"? |
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Proverbs 1
King James Version (KJV)
1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
PoorNegativeBehaviorToday
Proverbs 1
King James Version (KJV)
1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
October 11, 2012 at 4:12 pm | Report abuse | Reply
I haven’t watched Chicago Fire yet, though one of my DISH co-workers really loved it. I have a feeling I won’t love it as much as I loved Nashville. It’s just so great to see Connie Britton on TV saying “y’all” again. I work late at DISH during the week, so I always have to make sure my Hopper is set up to record all my shows for me. It was really nice to be able to turn Nashville on and start enjoying it the minute I got home last night. I have a feeling it’ll become one of the highlights of my week.
One on the left is too skinny. One on the right is a lard butt. Guess the center is empty causen the pretty one is gone.
Chat me up over at the Just In Blog. My Va jay jay is waiting.
If someone is going to be there tonight...i need a new cap for the winter i want it from the stadium. good bye.
Wish I could send you one my lovely lover. But if you are really interested click on my name and post on any topic asking for me. I am hot and ready.
those women. thank you.
Ouch those lovely ladies are hot.
Just like me.
Click on my name if you wish to chat.
I'll be on the blogs waiting for you my loves.
But why Hayden? Shes a little outplayed... Anyways, Connie Britton is one hot chicka! I'm straight but in my opionion shes the hottest lady on t.v.!!!