The Life on Mars finale was well, unexpected, to put it mildly. I’ll be discussing that, Smallville and some of the week’s other TV events so consider this a spoiler warning.
 
 
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After coming under fire for letting Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone and Pushing Daisies drift off into oblivion, ABC will allow Life on Mars to finish its story.
Variety confirmed the American revamp of the British sci-fi series will end this season, but ABC has informed producers so they can resolve the story in 17 episodes. Ironically, the British original ran only 16 episodes as a closed-ended series. That show then spun into the 1980s with Ashes to Ashes, a show following Lt. Gene Hunt. No such luck for the American series.
The American version was troubled from the beginning, undergoing …read more

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PASADENA, CA – JULY 13: Actress Lisa Bonet speaks during the 2006 Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour for the Nick at Nite Network at the Ritz Carlton Hotel on July 13, 2006 in Pasadena, California. (Photo Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images).
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And talk about a kid with sci-fi street cred. Lisa Bonet, currently starring as Maya Daniels on Life on Mars, gave birth …read more

20 Century Fox Television is implementing budget cuts on all its series including Life on Mars and Dollhouse, according to TV Week. All 20th Century Fox shows must cut budgets by 2 percent. ABC Studios have taken the same step.
I can’t tell you what we’ll see from this as I’m not sure what a 2 percent cut looks like at a TV show. Will we even notice that amount? It’s better than developments at NBC Universal and CBS Corp. who are doing layoffs. The entertainment industry traditionally does well during economic downturns because people want escapism.
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Jason O’ Mara goes retro as he finds himself on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 1973 as it was recreated this afternoon on the set of ‘Life on Mars’ which is filming in New York City. Pictured: Jason O’Mara Picture by: Brian Prahl / Splash News
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Tonight, Detective Sam Tyler has to deal with a strange hostage situation that may be connected to his own – strange situation. Also, he gets a phone call from what sounds like his mother in 2008 begging him to wake up.
Life on Mars will soon be leaving its Thursday night digs to be paired with the returning Lost on Wednesday nights. ABC is hoping the two sci-fi shows will play well together, not unlike FOX’s decision to pair up Dollhouse and Terminator on Fridays.
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Tonight on Life on Mars, the 125th Precinct is caught in the middle of racial tensions between Black and Puerto Rican factions. A Black girl is thrown off a building and there’s a Puerto Rican murder suspect. The Black Liberation Army wants to handle the matter in its own way and I’m guessing it will not involve Miranda rights or writ of habeas corpus.
As a bonus, Whoopi Goldberg guest stars. After election season on The View, I’m imagining a full-scale riot may be a quieter gig for Whoopi.

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Again, that is an abbreviated ep title. The full title is “Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows?” Feel free to join me in my petition to get shorter episode titles for Life on Mars.
Anyway, tonight Sam encounters his younger mother after she gets attacked by mobster Nick Profaci. Sam finds Profaci could be involved in the murders of two other women. Also, Profaci and his mob boss might be entangled with some of the cops from the 1-2-5. Lucky Sam already has such a great working …read more

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Actually, the full title of this ep is “My Maharishi Is Bigger Than Your Maharishi.” They’ve really got to quit that with the long episode titles. They don’t fit up there nicely after Life on Mars Tonight.
All kidding aside, tonight a returning Vietnam veteran gets murdered. …read more

 Life on Mars 1.02 “The Real Adventures of the Unreal Sam Tyler” Recap
Air Date: Oct. 16,2008
Sam is still having dreams of Maya, his girlfriend in 2008. Can you blame him? Lisa Bonet is still quite hot. But he still wakes up in 1973, with a bathroom shared with the rest of the building denizens including a naked hippie named Windy.
Cops from the 125 catch an armed robbery suspect named Kim Trent. That master of innovative interview tactics Lt. Hunt throws Kim into a lake, but the suspect can’t swim. It of course falls to Sam to dive in and save …read more