In October, a group of reporters descended upon the set of Alcatraz on a chilly Vancouver morning to get a first-hand peek at the latest mind-bending show from J.J. Abrams.
Like the JJ Abrams-produced "Fringe" and "Person of Interest," "Alcatraz" concocts a fantastic premise with a dense mythology that essentially creates a procedural — namely, rounding up a couple hundred long-missing inmates, which in theory (and in
By Natalie Abrams, TV GUIDE From the purveyor of mystery series that keep audiences scratching their heads – Alias and Rambaldi, Lost and the island, Felicity and her hair – JJ Abrams has debuted another mystifying series, Alcatraz.
The way J.J. Abrams and Co. are sellig the series — as a weekly procedural with some serialized elements — sounds an afwul lot like the pitch for “Fringe” when it debuted in 2008.
Tonight looks hopeful, with the premiere of JJ Abrams latest television puzzler, "Alcatraz," which, yes, is partially about our own little island of mystery. According to this show, a bunch of prisoners just up and disappeared from the penitentiary
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