Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: nerdy
  • Music: Christian Kane, "Thinking of You."

Entering the home stretch on TOWER PREP.

Tonight is a double-bill of Tower Prep episodes, with "Phone Home" at eight and "Trust" at nine. I'm trying very, very hard to convince myself that the doubling up is because Cartoon Network wants to finish the season before the end of the year, not because the ratings have been bad and they're burning back episodes to complete their commitment. (And if it's the latter, at least they're letting us see how it ends.)

Tower Prep has been one of the most consistently gratifying, well-constructed shows of 2010; I rank it just after Fringe in my current personal rankings. The plots and themes are less mature than they are on Fringe, but the show is also aimed at kids, and bearing that in mind, I just wish we'd had stuff like this when I was thirteen. As it stands, I'm enjoying it plenty right now.

The final two episodes will air next Tuesday, again from eight to ten, and I'd say the odds are good that Cartoon Network will have a marathon somewhere in the middle there. You should catch up, if you get the chance.

It's awesome.
Tags: geekiness, too much tv
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keristor

December 21 2010, 16:02:23 UTC 6 years ago

Oh, just looked it up and I find that it's live, not animated. I guess I (like, it seems, a lot of the commentors on IMDb) assumed that "Cartoon Network" implied, well, cartoons.

I'll have a look for it on KickAss Torrents this evening (since you say it's nearly as good as Fringe then it's worth investigating)...

seanan_mcguire

December 22 2010, 16:41:02 UTC 6 years ago

It's their second live-action drama, after Unnatural History (which I will very much miss).