‘Pan Am,’ ‘Terra Nova’: TV Hot Trends – TheStreet.com
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Fall television premiers continue to be hot searches, with four shows trending on Google.
Pan Am premiered on ABC last night, bringing Christina Ricci to the small screen. The show is set in the 1960s and chronicles the lives of stewardesses. Pan Am joins Playboy Club and the revival of Charlie’s Angels, as shows trying to piggyback off the success of Mad Men.
Boardwalk Empire also returned to HBO last night, hoping to reverse some negative criticism from last season, with many deeming the series “boring” and overrated. The Good Wife, which picked up an Emmy for best actress in a drama earlier in the month, is being reinvented by CBS(CBS). The legal drama, starring Julianna Margulies, is adopting a new, sexier image. CBS has pinpointed The Good Wife as a high priority for the fall. Fox is hoping Steven Spielberg’s Terra Nova will be a hit, after the highly anticipated premier of The X-Factor fell short in ratings, and Glee lost viewers when it returned last week. The big-budget drama, which is being compared to Jurassic Park, is set in the future, where the future of the Earth and its species is in danger. The only hope is to return to the pre-historic age to fix the wrongs of civilization before they occur. >To contact the writer of this article, click here: Jeanine Poggi. >To follow the writer on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/jpoggi. >To submit a news tip, send an email to: tips@thestreet.com.>To order reprints of this article, click here: Reprints