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As I promised in my last post here at Simple Man Entertainment, we'll be spending some of our time here covering some of the new shows that have just come out on television. One of the shows I've been interested in since I heard about it's pilot is the show Trauma, airing on NBC. It airs on Monday nights, and I decided to check out the pilot show. After all, everyone's proclaiming that it will bet the "new ER," and being a big fan of ER in the past, I just had to check it out.

So, I sat down and watched the very first show this past Monday night. I have to admit, it was a pretty good show. A lot of stuff got blown up in the first show, but beyond all the things blowing up, there were some pretty good characters. Watching the show, my husband and I came up with the top 5 characters that really seem to add to the show.

First of all is Nancy Carnahan, played by Anastasia Griffith. She plays a blond EMT who loses her "boyfriend" (they never called him her boyfriend, but I suppose since they seemed to be "getting it on in the ambulance" he must have been something like a boyfriend) in the very first blow up, where a life flight and a news chopper collide. Her character is in pain and trying to figure out why she keeps going in the job, and she definitely shows some depth.

Another top character is Marisa Benez, played by Aimee Garcia, the new life flight pilot. She gives one of the other characters, "Rabbit," a run for his money, finally punching a bit of sense into him in the pilot.

Speaking of "Rabbit…" He's the flight medic on the life flight helicopter (played by Cliff Curtis). He was the only survivor of the earlier helicopter collision, and while he always seemed to have attitude, it seems the accident (he went through some time in a coma after that accident) really gave him even more attitude. Even so, he seems to be the one holding everyone together in the show - perhaps the glue keeping the show together.

Then there is Cameron Boone, played by Derek Luke. He's another of the EMT's with a wife and family. He's struggling with the weight of his job and can't take that pressure home to his family, which leaves him straying to "less savory" company and coming in the door at 4am in the morning on a regular basis.

Last of all, you get a pretty brief glimpse of Dr. Joseph Saviano, played by Jamey Sheridan. He's a doctor in the hospital. Although you don't see much of him in the first show, you definitely get the feeling that he's an important character in this show.

Is Trauma the new ER? Well, I'm not sure. First of all, it's hard to judge a show on just the pilot show. On the other hand, I'm not really sure anything is ever going to replace the show ER. However, I'm going to keep watching this show because I definitely think it shows a lot of great potential and I'm interested to see if the next shows are as good as the first. It's definitely a show I'd recommend watching at least once - the rest of the story is yet to be told.

I have been watching Patrick Swayze on both the big screen and the little screen for more than thirty years. In that time he has had great success and particularly on the big screen. Some of his most notable films were The Outsiders, Dirty Dancing, Ghost, and Point Break. As a matter of fact I liked the film Point Break so much that I named my daughter after the Lori Petty character Tyler Ann Endicott, which seems a weird thing in hindsight to do now.

He has also had a little success in music as well with the song he co-wrote with Stacy Widelitz called “She’s Like the Wind”, which was originally written for the movie Grandview U.S.A., but a appeared on the film Dirty Dancing. This song has not only been a top ten hit, but it has been covered by artists like David Hasselhoff and Lumidee to name a couple of them.

I can also remember him playing gang leader Bandit in a TV show called Renegades. I have seen him in the M*A*S*H episode of “Blood Brothers and most recently in an A&E drama called The Beast where he played an FBI agent named Charles Barker. He also had a starring role on the small screen in an HBO movie called Letters From a Killer. All in all some great stuff on TV I would have liked to see him do more in this venue.

As far as the personal life of Patrick Swayze what can you say about it? He lived his life just like everyone else does. He had his ups and downs. He battled alcoholism, his sister Vicky committed suicide by overdosing on drugs, and he lost his father to a heart attack. However he had his successes in his personal life as well. He married and remained so until his death to Lisa Niemi whom he met at the age of eighteen and she was fourteen.

Unfortunately for all of us the world has lost another true artist and performer to that killer called cancer. In this case it was a form of pancreatic cancer called Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm, which is a sixty four dollar term for big trouble and no cure. Even so he fought the good fight and continued to work until he passed away just eleven short days ago, and I for one will miss him.

That is all I am going to write about for now here at Simple Man Entertainment, but I will be back again soon with something a little more upbeat I hope. Until then I hope you all have a wonderful weekend my friends CIAO4NOW!!!!!

Fall is officially here, and along with fall has come many new season premieres on TV. A lot of the great shows are back, such as House, NCIS, CSI Miami, CSI New York, So You Think You Can Dance, Fringe, Heroes, Law and Order, 30 Rock, The Mentalist, The Office, Sons of Anarchy, Numb3rs, and many more. Along with great returning shows, there are new shows out, such as Glee, Trauma, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Good Wife, Mercy, Eastwick, Flash Forward, Brothers and White Collar.

Here at Simple Man Entertainment, we'll be taking a look at a lot of these shows. You can definitely expect coverage once again of So You Think You Can Dance, but you'll notice we have a new format for our coverage - you'll like it. We'll also be giving you a look at some of the Season Premieres, some of the new shows we really like, such as Glee, and a look at some we don't.

Stay tuned as we tune in to the hottest (and the no so hot) shows on television this fall. Have a show you want us to review or write about? Let us know and we'll be glad to feature it. We'll also be taking a look at some of the talented actors and actresses behind these shows, and a whole lot more.

You can expect to start seeing more posts here at Simple Man Entertainment. We've got a lot to look forward to, and we hope we'll be seeing you here often!