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Columbusdispatch.com We promise: Tube shows more than just hoops (david boreanaz mention)Wednesday 22 March 2006, by Webmaster I’ve watched so much basketball that I’m dribbling in my sleep. And there’s more to come. But let’s take a break from March Madness to see what else is happening on television: • I have mixed feelings about the integration of television with the Internet and iPods. I don’t like the idea that I’m missing something if I’m watching only a TV set. But NBC’s sale of episodes of The Office on iTunes helped that show gain part of the audience it deserves. Come summer, NBC.com will follow that success with 10 original stand-alone Office ‘‘webisodes" that a news release says ‘‘will star the accounting staff of the Dunder Mifflin paper company in an edge-of-your-ergonomically-designedseat whodunit." (It’s so cute when flacks are funny.) The webisodes star mostly bit players plus Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute), so I’ll predict some funny now. • I hate CBS’ new hit drama The Unit. Hate it. The sexist depiction of women is like something from the 1950s. It’s a shame, too, because I love shows in which things blow up. I’m clearly in the minority. The show posted the highest number of viewers for the debut of a scripted series this season (ugh) and stayed strong its second week with 18 million viewers. • I’m happy that Bones is back with new episodes on Fox. Its time away helped me re-establish my affection for NCIS - minus Lauren Holly, whose new haircut and general demeanor both drive me crazy. I don’t care whether she and Gibbs (Mark Harmon) ever get together. Bones, on the other hand, gives us two characters - Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) - who actually seem to be falling for each other, not just reciting pithy dialogue. Love over decomposing bodies - isn’t it romantic? • While it pains me to see any serialized drama go on a break, Invasion is making way for two of my favorite actors. Orlando Jones and Rob Estes star as San Francisco detectives in The Evidence, a new drama that starts with the title to solve the crime. It’s not particularly inventive, but, with two likable actors putting away bad guys, it’s a good time. The series will premiere at 10 p.m. Wednesday on ABC, including WSYX-TV (Channel 6); I’ll have a review that day. |