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Kiefer Sutherland's Return To Television Gets Cautious Praise

Kiefer Sutherland can't have felt anything but pressure as his first major TV role since 10 phenomenal years spent on '24' aired for the first time last night (26 January 2012).
Fans and critics were certainly eager to see how the Canadian actor was going to follow up what has come to be known as one of the iconic TV characters of the 21st century in secret agent Jack Bauer.
'Touch,' which sees Sutherland playing a single father of a mute son who sees things other cannot, aired last night for the first time - and the answer to whether he's managed to follow up what may be career defining role successfully?
A cautious yes, according to the critics.
Newsday was effusive in its praise, saying the program was "A bit melodramatic, a bit manipulative, Touch is still one of the best pilots of the 2011-12 season to date," and others were similar praiseworthy though understandably a little more cautious given it was the pilot episode.
"It's Mr. Sutherland's portrayal of the father--unyielding in his effort to break through to his mute child and grasp what he's trying to say with his numbers--that is the heart of this story, the power likely to sustain this promising enterprise," said the Wall Street Journal, whilst
TV Guide said "[Touch is] emotionally compelling but wildly fantastical and undeniably manipulative."Not all were enthused though, The New York Times commented "The 11-year-old boy at the center of the story has never spoken and is also the show's narrator.
It's a perfectly acceptable device, if not a particularly interesting one in this case," whilst the Los Angeles Times weren't fans at all, stating "Ironically, given a show that so clearly wants to touch its audience--from that weighty one-word title on down--we have met, apart from Martin, hardly a single character who incorporates more than the hint of an actual person.
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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Top 5 TV Dads

In honor of Father's Day on Sunday here is a list of the Top 5 TV Dads. There was no criteria for this list as all of the contenders made the list for different reasons.
And here we...go:
#1. JACK BAUER- 24
Of the all time total bad A** dads, Jack Bauer takes the cake, beats the hell out of it, gets every piece of vital information out of it and then makes sure it knows who it crossed before he ever lets anyone have a piece. Seriously, if you had a problem and needed help getting out of a jam, who better to go to than the former Counter Terrorism Unit leader?
Since 24 began in 2001, we have seen what has to be at least seven of the worst days of this guys life. He's been betrayed, shot, stabbed, kidnapped and tortured by rogue Chinese government officials, shot some more and has died at least three times. Does it ever stop him?
Of course then again, he was never home and he did get his wife killed and I'm sure Kim lived in fear every day that she was going to be kidnapped because of whatever here dad was into that day...or at least mauled by a cougar. But she did repay him by donating stem cells to save him from the radiation he was exposed to last season, so Happy Father's Day, Jack Bauer!!

http://www.examiner.com/x-11760-Kansas-City-TV-Examiner~y2009m6d19-Top-5-TV-Dads