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HOLLYWOOD HEIGHTS
June 11, 2012  | By David Bianculli

Nickelodeon, 9:00 p.m. ET

 

SERIES PREMIERE: This is more observation than recommendation, but give credit to Nick at Nite, at least, for trying a new form of summer programming. It’s basically an American telenovela, a soap opera aimed at young teens and stripped nightly throughout the summer, with a definite run, and a definitely scheduled ending. Brittany Underwood stars as a songwriter and performer who gets her first show-biz break by winning a songwriting contest for a popular rock star (played by Cody Longo). What happens next? Intrigue, romance, and, eventually, a recurring role by James Franco, who loves the soap opera form. If you do, too, here you go…

 
 
 
 
 
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