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May of 2009

 

Rate My Own Worst Enemy Promo Trailer

Original at actualite-de-stars.com external link    Sun, May 24

myownworstenemy-tv.com Promotional Trailer for the new series, "My Own Worst Enemy", airing Mondays this fall on NBC. © NBC ... my own worst enemy ... www.actualite-de-stars.com

Rate 'Mentalist' at head of rookie class

Original at Variety external link    Fri, May 15

 CA There were plenty of embarrassing misfires for NBC this season, however, led by the unwatchable duo of "Kath and Kim" and "Knight Rider." Also, "Crusoe," "My Own Worst Enemy" and "Kings" quickly flamed out, and reality entry "Momma's Boys" was as bad ...

Rate Is your favorite show facing a death sentence?

Original at Sun-Sentinel.com external link    Fri, May 15

 FL Now the trades are reporting it might get a pickup but without Zach Braff. Bad idea. NBC--This past season was almost a total washout. Cruesoe, My Own Worst Enemy, Knight Rider, Kings and Kath & Kim all tanked. (Southland looks like the exception, ...

Rate NBC Pickups Announced

Original at Washington Post external link    Mon, May 4

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Access Hollywood  DC My Own Worst Enemy?" The aforementioned "Kath & Kim?" Then you know the whole "we don't need no stinking pilots" thing did not go so well. So NBC is back to making pilots. Which, they're learning all over again, takes a lot longer than when you don't ...

Rate NBC unveils new programs for fall

Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com external link    Mon, May 4

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Also gone forever are “Lipstick Jungle,” “Kath & Kim,” “Knight Rider,” “Kings,” “My Own Worst Enemy” and “Crusoe.” The pilot for "Parenthood," based on the 1989 Steve Martin film, is not complete, but NBC executives said they are confident in the ...

April of 2009

 

Rate WE LOVE TV: "Chuck" finale showed why this show needs saving

Original at StarNewsOnline.com external link    Wed, Apr 29

 NC NBC alrready won't be bringing back a lot of shows. "Knight Rider," "My Own Worst Enemy" and "Crusoe" are all sure goners, and "Life," though deserving, seems dead. The season finale aired Monday night, and though it was "to be continued," it would be ...

Rate My Own Worst Enemy: The Complete Series – DVD Review

Original at monstersandcritics.com external link    Wed, Apr 29

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 - Lane Law I wondered if I would be witnessing, almost in real time, the final crash and burn of Christian Slater's ever unstable career. I like Christian Slater. You might even consider me a fan. There was a summer in my young life when I watched "Gleaming the ...

Rate Coming soon... My Own Worst Enemy, scifi

Original at TV Scoop external link    Mon, Apr 27

 UK It was recently announced that both Joss Whedon's Dollhouse and not-Joss-Whedon's Knight Rider will be airing out on the channel, and now it has been announced that Christian Slater's multiple personality thriller, My Own Worst Enemy, ...

Rate 'Kings': NBC exiles show to summer

Original at Entertainment Weekly external link    Wed, Apr 22

NBC is making a mistake on this one. What do you expect from a network that spent all summer promoting "My Own Worst Enemy" and then canned it after only four eps aired? And giving Jay Leno a prime-time show, thus costing them five new series? ...

Rate Alfre Woodard Blasts NBC For Enemy, Johnny Depp Declares John ...

Original at National Ledger external link    Thu, Apr 16

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But that doesn't mean the four-time Emmy-winning actress is over the death of her last series, Christian Slater's heavily promoted "My Own Worst Enemy." "It was short-sightedness and bone-headedness" that accounted for the drama's demise, she blasts. ...

Year 2009

 

Rate NBC Plays the ‘Kings’-maker

Original at Television Week external link    Sun, Mar 1

 MI Having struggled to find viewers with popcorn fare such as “Knight Rider” and “My Own Worst Enemy,” the fourth-place network is hoping to reconnect with the affluent audiences that once turned to NBC for high-class shows such as “The West Wing” and ...

Rate Sepinwall on TV: 'Dollhouse' review - The Star-Ledger

Original at NJ.com external link    Wed, Feb 11

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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Sepinwall on TV: 'Dollhouse' review The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Just as "My Own Worst Enemy" wasn't able to explain why it would be a good idea to give a spy a split personality, "Dollhouse" struggles to explain why the ...

Rate My Own Worst Enemy Series Review

Original at IGN TV external link    Wed, Dec 31

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 CA - You've got Christian Slater playing the dual role of both Edward Albright, super spy, and Henry Spivey, humdrum suit-and-tie analyst. ...

Rate My Own Worst Enemy Goes Out with a Whimper

Original at The TV and Film Guy's Reviews external link    Tue, Dec 16

By Josh Lasser(noreply@blogger.com) I'm seeing this as something like finale week. Heroes aired its final episode of "Volume Three" last night, My Own Worst Enemy put out its last episode, and Pushing Daisies is doing its finale on Wednesday night. While I imagine that Pushing Daisies will make me sad, I definitely didn't feel...

Rate My Own Worst Enemy: "Henry and the Terrible...Day" Review

Original at IGN TV external link    Tue, Dec 16

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 CA - Dec 16, 2008 And that's all it will ever be. At least I got to watch Madchen Amick take her shirt off one more time. That's about the only thing I have left to cling to.

Rate EW TV Review: "My Own Worst Enemy"

Original at NY1 external link    Wed, Dec 10

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I'm not sure it's possible for me to properly explain the plot of NBC's "My Own Worst Enemy" without confusing the heck out of you, but here goes ... www.ny1.com

Rate Is NBC the General Motors of Network TV?

Original at The TV Zone external link    Fri, Dec 5

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I'm worried about NBC. One of the great broadcasters. An incredible, rich, varied, extraordinary history. Purveyor of so many shows and personalities that American life and culture would be unrecognizable had NBC never existed at all. It's just an amazing, amazing place.

Rate My Own Worst Enemy: "Down Rio Way" Review

Original at IGN TV external link    Thu, Dec 4

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 CA - Dec 4, 2008 The last episode is next week and I don't see Henry or Edward getting "fixed" or any giant mysteries getting solved. Alas, we live in a time when networks ...

Rate Review: Memory is what you make it

Original at The Journal News / Lohud.com external link    Fri, Nov 28

 NY - Nov 28, 2008 For that matter, NBC's drama "My Own Worst Enemy" is about an amoral spy who creates a nice-guy alter ego right down to the happy home movies of a childhood ...

Rate My Own Worst Enemy its Own Worst Enemy

Original at The TV and Film Guy's Reviews external link    Tue, Nov 25

By Josh Lasser(noreply@blogger.com) Edward is in Morocco. He, unbeknownst to his partner, has stolen some sort of missile defense device, the Falcon (he and his partner were assigned to attempt an infiltration aimed at stealing it from an American base to as an exercise to test the base's security, not to actually take the dev...

Rate My Own Worst Enemy: "High Crimes and Turducken" Review

Original at IGN TV external link    Tue, Nov 25

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 CA - Nov 25, 2008 Also I heartily approve of Madchen Amick standing wet in a bathrobe. That's always a fine Thanksgiving treat. But things are actually falling into place a ...

Rate Do Networks Need the Bailout even Worse than the Auto Industry?

Original at Jossip external link    Mon, Nov 24

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By drew Sure, sure, they are all tied together through ad dollars. So when GM made that deal with NBC to promote their cars on My Own Worst Enemy, and then the show got canceled, that was an obvious loss for both sectors. But as much as David Pecker believes that all magazine ads are bought by [...]

Rate What Went Wrong with 'My Own Worst Enemy'?

Original at BuddyTV external link    Mon, Nov 17

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By editor@buddytv.com Despite lots of investment, both in production (how else can you wheel in Christian Slater?) and promotion, My Own Worst Enemy has been ultimately cancelled.  It's just an indicator of the hard times NBC has gotten itself into: this season is proving to be its biggest failure in a while, wi...

Rate Opinion: ‘Enemy’ Failure Hurts NBC on Multiple Levels

Original at SF Universe external link    Sat, Nov 15

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By brian With Enemy gone, the axe hovering near Crusoe and the dreaded “jump the shark” phrase being used in connection with Heroes, it could take a superhero to get NBC out of this mess. Tags: Christian Slater, Crusoe, General Motors, Heroes, My Own Worst Enemy

Rate Start Making Sense: Thoughts on "My Own Worst Enemy" and "Life on Mars"

Original at Check the Fien Print external link    Sat, Nov 15

By Daniel(noreply@blogger.com) On one hand, "My Own Worst Enemy" is trippy and confusing fun. Christian Slater plays cold-blooded government agent Edward Albright as well as milquetoast-y management consultant Henry Spivey. It's a bit disappointing that an opening scene doesn't allow Edward to bludgeon a Russian sp...

Rate NBC Cancels Lipstic Jungle and My Own Worst Enemy

Original at phonecardscollector (WordPress) external link    Thu, Nov 13

By Peter MSN TV reports this news, and I’m not happy . I never watched Lipstic Jungle, but I know I watch My Own Worst Enemy and I like it. Like me, many people are bummed and even enraged with this poor decision of NBC, one of them even called NBC = No Brainer Company, lol. Currently NBC has 9 out of 13 episo...

Rate Canceled My Own Worst Enemy Was Its Own Worst Enemy

Original at Wired News external link    Thu, Nov 13

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By Scott Thill NBC is cleaning house after the failure of Heroes to gain traction with viewers. The latest domino to fall: The Christian Slater vehicle My Own Worst Enemy, which failed to hit the jackpot by hitching a ride on Heroes' time... Photo courtesy NBC

Rate My Own Worst Enemy canned already. Christian Slater out of luck again

Original at snarkerati.com external link    Thu, Nov 13

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By Angela It seems “Heroes” may well be slightly to blame for the demise of Slater’s spy drama, given the numbers have been falling for that over the last few weeks and My Own Worst Enemy was on straight after. It seems “Heroes” may well be slightly to blame for the demise of Slater’s spy drama, given the...

Rate NBC Cancels 'My Own Worst Enemy'

Original at Workbench external link    Thu, Nov 13

By Rogers Cadenhead I tried My Own Worst Enemy a few times and thought it was fun to see Slater argue with himself in video voicemail, but the series made some odd decisions, like casting pudgy comic Mike O'Malley as an international superspy. Television's Jonathan Bourne convinced me to put it on my TV Death Po...

Rate Television Review - My Own Worst Enemy

Original at Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy external link    Thu, Nov 6

By webmaster NBC, 10 PM EST, Mondays Rating (after three episodes): 2 out of 5 Stars I usually give a show about four episodes or more before I sit down and write a review in order to get a good feel for the characters, the premise, ...

Rate My Own Worst Enemy Review - "Sci-Fi Thriller That Feels Like You ...

Original at viewpoints.com external link    Thu, Oct 30

The premise had me confused before the show started, as Slater plays dual characters, Henry Spivey and Edward Albright. I didn't understand whether it was a split personality type of thing or whether he was actually portraying two very ...

Rate TV Review: MY OWN WORST ENEMY - SEASON ONE - 'Hello, Henry'

Original at iFMagazine external link    Tue, Oct 28

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 - Oct 28, 2008 This week’s action portion of the show had Henry/Edward traveling to Mexico in order to retrieve a schematic for something or another – really does it ... My Own Worst Enemy': Double dealings Zap2it.com all 2 news articles

Rate Tonight on the Tube: West Wing Marathon, Chuck, Heroes & My Own Worst Enemy

Original at TVaholic.com external link    Mon, Oct 27

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By Jason the TVaholic Chuck (NBC): New. Tony Hale (Arrested Development) guest stars as an efficiency expert at Buy More and Chuck is having trouble explaining his behavior. My Own Worst Enemy (NBC): New. Edward is sent on a trip to Mexico to get the plans for a new nuclear bomb. Tom’s wife has grown suspicious of all...

Rate TV Or Not TV: 10/20 - 10/26

Original at Quick Stop Entertainment external link    Mon, Oct 20

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By willwilkins In My Own Worst Enemy we meet Henry Spivey.  Henry is a corporate efficiency consultant with a lovely wife, two kids, and he’s not  home a lot because his job appears to require a lot of travel. We also find out that, unbeknownst to Henry, he is also Edward Albright, a highly effective, efficie...

Rate Review: My Own Worst Enemy

Original at Flickscribe » Reviews external link    Mon, Oct 20

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By Kevin When I first heard of My Own Worst Enemy, the new show with Christian Slater, I at once thought something along the lines of “How Lame,” a split personality show.  DUMB.  When I found the debut episode on iTunes recently for free, I even thought several times about downloading it.  Boy am I glad...

Rate Opinion: My Own Worst Enemy: A Gray Zone

Original at brusimm.com external link    Sun, Oct 19

By BruSimm I really enjoyed My Own Worst Enemy with Christian Slater, as I pointed out in my observational review of the show. When I look around the internet, I see great reviews and mediocre reviews. I do think the show has fantastic potential, ...

Rate Opinion: Tonight on the Tube: My Own Worst Enemy, Primeval, Living Proof & Saturday Night Live

Original at TVaholic.com external link    Sat, Oct 18

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By Jason the TVaholic Tonight, NBC has America’s Toughest Jobs on its new night. My Own Worst Enemy (NBC): Repeat. This past Monday’s series premiere episode, “Breakdown,” replays. If you didn’t watch on Monday, you should give it a shot, I thought it was really good and you can read my review and see why.

Rate Review: NBC's My Own Worst Enemy

Original at Crave Online external link    Fri, Oct 17

Review: NBC's My Own Worst Enemy  CA - Oct 17, 2008 Christian Slater, of all people, makes a convincing leap to the small screen in a dual role as a secret agent and suburban dad, both occupying (and vying ...

Rate Opinion: 'My Own Worst Enemy' recap: Confusing, but nice to have twice the ...

Original at Portsmouth Herald News external link    Wed, Oct 15

You see, when Edward Albright goes to sleep, Henry Spivey (Christian Slater) starts his day. One of the tech guys at the office asks him if he cut himself, ... My Own Worst Enemy: Freshman Show in Review BuddyTV Can Christian Slater turn 'My Own Worst Enemy' into his own first ... Los Angeles Times

Rate My Own Worst Enemy: Freshman Show in Review

Original at BuddyTV external link    Wed, Oct 15

One of NBC’s newest offerings, My Own Worst Enemy starring Christian Slater, has been getting mixed reviews from all corners of the critics’ room. BuddyTV had our own opinions on the show, as seen on Don William’s review, in which...

Rate Worthy? - Life On Mars, My Own Worst Enemy, Kath & Kim - 2008 Fall TV Pilot Reviews

Original at Tapeworthy external link    Tue, Oct 14

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By noreply@blogger.com (Vance) Life on Mars - Pilot - Ep. 101 - Series Premiere (ABC/Global Thursdays at 10pm) My Own Worst Enemy - Pilot - Ep. 101 - Series Premiere (NBC/Global Mondays at 10pm) Kath & Kim - Pilot - Ep. 101 - Series Premiere (NBC/E!Canada Thursdays at 8:30pm)

Rate Opinion: Christian Slater in "My Own Worst Enemy" Set Against Tough Competition

Original at Associated Content external link    Tue, Oct 14

Life" is correct in this instance because Edward and Henry are the same man. Christian Slater is just the man for the part. ... Review: My Own Worst Enemy Screen Rant My Own Worst Enemy' recap: Confusing, but nice to have twice the ... Portsmouth Herald News

Rate On SCI FI Channel — Oct. 13-17, 2008

Original at Slice of SciFi external link    Mon, Oct 13

By Sam Sloan Henry (Slater) is a middle-class efficiency expert living a humdrum life in the suburbs with his wife, Lily (Yara Martinez, “The Hitcher”), their two kids, a dog, and a minivan. Edward (Slater) is an operative who speaks 13 languages, runs a four-minute mile, and is trained to kill. Albrig...

Rate Television Review | 'My Own Worst Enemy'

Original at New York Times external link    Mon, Oct 13

The hero of “My Own Worst Enemy” on NBC wakes up on the wrong side of his brain. Christian Slater plays a man with two identities. Henry Spivey is a ... Christian Slater, 'My Own Worst Enemy' Chicago Tribune Christian Slater shines in 'My Own Worst Enemy" San Jose Mercury News

Rate Christian Slater's "My Own Worst Enemy" Gets Great Reviews

Original at Huffington Post external link    Mon, Oct 13

By The Huffington Post News Editors Christian Slater plays a man with two identities. Henry Spivey is a midlevel management consultant and suburban dad with a nice wife, two children, a dog and a minivan. When he is asleep, or thinks he is asleep, Edward Albright takes over as a multilingual superspy and trained assassin.

Rate Opinion: Interview: Christian Slater On My Own Worst Enemy

Original at Fancast external link    Fri, Oct 10

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Rate TV Talk with GMMR and Ducky: Podcast #27 - Fall TV 2008

Original at Ducky Does TV external link    Sat, Sep 20

By Ducky TV Talk with GMMR and Ducky is finally back! We discuss the new fall schedule day by day and break down our returning faves and possible new must-sees. From Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Gossip Girl, Chuck to Heroes and My Own Worst Enemy on Monday. Tuesday’s are Biggest [...]

Rate TV Talk with GMMR and Ducky: Podcast #27 - Fall TV 2008

Original at TV Talk with GMMR and Ducky external link    Sat, Sep 20

is finally back!  We discuss the new fall schedule day by day and break down our returning faves and possible new must-sees.  From Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Gossip Girl, Chuck to Heroes and My Own Worst Enemy on Monday.  Tuesday's are Biggest Lose...

Rate "My Own Worst Enemy" review - bad buzz, good show

Original at recgroups newsreader external link    Fri, Sep 19

By David from the hollywood reporter First look: 'My Own Worst Enemy' by James Hibberd "It's good," NBC employees are saying. "No, really. I was surprised. It's really good." "My Own Worst Enemy" is NBC's most crucial fall show. ...

Rate Originality is apparently overrated

Original at San Gabriel Valley Tribune external link    Wed, Jun 18

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NBC (85% of new scripted series from another source) Office Spinoff:" "The Office," itself based on the British series. Kath and Kim:" Australian sitcom. Crusoe:" Daniel Defoe novel. Knight Rider:" '80s NBC show. Merlin:" Arthurian legend. Kings:" David and Goliath story from the Bible.

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