We followed along pretty closely with Harper’s Island here on CliqueClack TV. In fact, Deb and I both posted about it every week within one post, sort of doing a point/counter-point-style commentary on each episode. The thing is, many times we were simply agreeing with each other! It was a fun series to cover, knowing that it would all be wrapped up in 13 episodes and not need further seasons to feel complete.

So, when you pick up the Harper’s Island series on DVDs, you’re essentially getting a 13-hour movie, along with the associated special features and occasional commentary tracks. For any horror/mystery fan, especially those who haven’t watched the series nor know the answer to the mystery involved, you really should consider picking this up. And if you haven’t seen the show yet, beware that there may be spoilers below.

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Where the hell have I been? How have you been watching television without me? I worked up this elaborate excuse to justify the absence of this column over the past several weeks including reanimated raccoon corpses and a bizarre Bollywood musical number but I burned myself on a smoke bomb and I feel too lame to lie to you all like that.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK

• Discovery’s Pitchmen pays tribute to possibly the greatest pitchman of all time, Billy Mays, with a special on Thursday at 9 PM.
• The rebranding of Sci Fi commences on Tuesday with Warehouse 13 debuting on “SyFy” with a two-hour bow. It’s got two secret service agents re-assigned to a giant warehouse of mysterious artifacts, and they’re charged with bringing in more.
• VH1 debuts The Great Debate in daily fashion (Monday – Friday at 10 PM). The show examines such critical questions as Stones or Beatles, and Ginger or Mary Ann? And since it’s VH1 that means talking heads arguing it out.
• Since I’ve been gone (raccoons!), I didn’t tell you about The Philanthropist, but it’s actually a pretty good show so far. This week, Wednesday at 10 PM, Teddy (the good guy) takes on a sex trafficking ring and helps out Neve Campbell. Did I mention Neve was a cast regular?
• They’re back! Get ready for the new Big Brother onslaught with foul language, weird challenges and as little clothing as CBS can get away with. Night vision camera commences Thursday and Sunday (this week) at 8 PM.
• It’s a double dose of Samantha Who? as ABC picks up the pace to burn off the last of these episodes on Thursday at 8 PM. We might get two more later in the month and that’s it.
• Did youse not get enough of The Real Housewives of New Joisey. Did youse expect more yelling and high class broads. Bravo’s got ya covered with “The Lost Footage” Thursday at 9 PM.
• NBC follows up ABC’s Impact, about an asteroid hitting the moon putting it on a collision course with Earth, with Meteor, about a meteor on a collision course with Earth. I guess pick your celestial doomsday body? (Sunday, 9 PM).

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Man … last week was just a bloodbath in the ratings. With the exception of Thursday night, it was bad news for all of the shows at the top of my list for every night. Kings on Sunday, Chuck and Heroes on Monday, Reaper on Tuesday, Better Off Ted and Lost on Wednesday, and Dollhouse on Friday. Not a lot of good to report for any of them. On a brighter note, there was good news for the returning Fringe, and the debuts of Parks & Recreation, Southland, and Harper’s Island. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m a sucker for horror movies and TV shows. I’m even a sucker for cheesy B-movie junk that’s only on cable at 3 AM. At one time I even had a column over on Cinematical that I sadly had no time for, which I named “Killer Blog from Cyberspace.” The thing about horror is that it’s good when it scares the shit out of you when it’s well done, and it can make you laugh your ass off when it’s horrible. It’s a win all around.

I got the chance to watch CBS’s upcoming horror television series Harper’s Island a couple of weeks ago, which airs tonight at 10 PM EST. I had seen a shortened screener for it last year, and I was definitely intrigued by what they were trying to accomplish. The full screener now has me more intrigued.
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