Ringer (The CW) - starring Sarah Michelle Gellar

[KSiteTV]

"Buffy" is returning to TV!

http://www.ksitetv.com/category/ringer/

Thoughts?

[lorenzovanmatterhorn]

Definitely watch this but then SMG could make a burger commercial and I'd buy the DVD

[dreammaster]

I hope this get pick up

[darkphoenix21]

So in the series she'll play both roles. Another crime drama; no surprise there. I was hoping that we see a supernatural series since CBS cancelled both of their only sci-fi dramas.

[A Flawed Fashion]

Sounds like it could be good. Definitely different and I like that.

[theotherJane]

I hope it gets picked up. I'm excited to see her back on TV.

[Sugar]

SMG is back!! Yay! I'm really excited to see her back on TV. It's been awhile. I'm not really interested in mob shows, but I'll check it out just for Sarah. The twin thing is kind of interesting.

[Clois4eva89]

I'm in the middle of the road with this news i'm a big fan of SMG and watched her for 7 years as Buffy. But the description of the show just doesn't sound interesting if it's set in modern times. I doubt it would make any sense didn't mobsters die out several decades ago?

Also the show would have to center on something else besides the mob, otherwise the show would get dull fast. I don't know I got a gut feeling this won't get picked up as a series.

[LuthorKent90]

I'm in the middle of the road with this news i'm a big fan of SMG and watched her for 7 years as Buffy. But the description of the show just doesn't sound interesting if it's set in modern times. I doubt it would make any sense didn't mobsters die out several decades ago?

Also the show would have to center on something else besides the mob, otherwise the show would get dull fast. I don't know I got a gut feeling this won't get picked up as a series.

I agree about the description, but I really think it will be picked up with SMG's name attached to it.

[jon-el87]

I'm in the middle of the road with this news i'm a big fan of SMG and watched her for 7 years as Buffy. But the description of the show just doesn't sound interesting if it's set in modern times. I doubt it would make any sense didn't mobsters die out several decades ago?

Also the show would have to center on something else besides the mob, otherwise the show would get dull fast. I don't know I got a gut feeling this won't get picked up as a series.

Actually, organized crime (i.e. the Mafia) still exists. Though, I question the concept, that Sarah Michelle's character, assumes the identity of her own twin sister, to hide from criminals. As friends and family is the first place, they'd look for her.

[lorenzovanmatterhorn]

So in the series she'll play both roles. Another crime drama; no surprise there. I was hoping that we see a supernatural series since CBS cancelled both of their only sci-fi dramas.

I imagine that after so long as Buffy she wants to try something new rather than another supernatural series. If you look at the choices the Scoobs have made since (Six Feet Under, Southland Tales, Eurotrip, Private Practice, HIMYM etc) they seem to have deliberately tried to distance themselves from typecasting

[CallMeClark]

*Fanboy faint* FINALLY she's back! Seems like her genre too! I am pumped.

[InactiveUserID]

The upside is we get to see twice the number of hairstyles and outfits.
And that may be the extent of the upside.
Are the sunnyvale alumni picking these obscure roles to avoid typecasting? Or because that's all they can get? All I know about HIMYM is I tried really hard to watch it on several occasions. The witch was sooooooooooo much funnier before CBS got ahold of her and put her in a comedy. This Gellar thing has that similar feel to it, as if some exec heard the idea and said, "Huh, so it's a situational comedy presented as a drama and it's funny because there's the constant threat of death hanging over the girl. You know who used to pull that off every week? BuffBuff! This'll be great!" Then when they actually make the show in reality it comes off as Parent Trap: The Series and it falls flat. Hope not. I'd like to see her with another hit. But this smells like a paycheck and not a lasting vehicle.

[lorenzovanmatterhorn]

The upside is we get to see twice the number of hairstyles and outfits.
And that may be the extent of the upside.
Are the sunnyvale alumni picking these obscure roles to avoid typecasting? Or because that's all they can get? All I know about HIMYM is I tried really hard to watch it on several occasions. The witch was sooooooooooo much funnier before CBS got ahold of her and put her in a comedy. This Gellar thing has that similar feel to it, as if some exec heard the idea and said, "Huh, so it's a situational comedy presented as a drama and it's funny because there's the constant threat of death hanging over the girl. You know who used to pull that off every week? BuffBuff! This'll be great!" Then when they actually make the show in reality it comes off as Parent Trap: The Series and it falls flat. Hope not. I'd like to see her with another hit. But this smells like a paycheck and not a lasting vehicle.

I'll wait and see the series then pass judgement. As for the Scoobs when you see Nic Brendon as a rapist on Private Practice or Michelle Tractenberg as a swearing diva pop princess on Six Foot Under you can't help but think these roles are a world away from Buffy?

[Sugar]

http://www.ksitetv.com/5071/ringer-details-surface/

New info on the Ringer...

http://www.ksitetv.com/5111/more-on-ringer-from-tv-guide/