A few press snippets:

• » From TV Guide’s Our Take blog -

  NBC’s Life is a great show. Any scoop? - Charlie
  Mickey: You’ve heard the good news that proud parent NBC is moving it from Fridays to Wednesdays, right? If only workaholic Charlie was as considerate a caretaker. Damian Lewis told me that Crews’ new paternal relationship with not-so-typical teen Rachel won’t be easy for him. “It’s important to remember that Charlie is a little cracked,” he stresses.

• » From The Independent’s LA Notebook:

  Damian Lewis rudely interrupted my Sunday morning by jaywalking across the road opposite Santa Monica’s farmers’ market.

  The ginger-nut actor was clutching a single white rose which – presuming it was a gift for his actress wife Helen McCrory – raises serious questions about his personal judgement.

  As any fool knows, white roses are strictly for weddings and funerals (and are unlucky on other occasions). Did that expensive Eton education teach Lewis nothing?

• » Short Radio Times review:

  You can’t be a proper TV cop without a gimmick or a past. Charlie Crews has both. He went to prison for murder, a crime he didn’t commit, and spent 12 years being beaten up by the other inmates and studying Zen Buddhism. Now he’s out, with a hefty settlement nestling in his bank, and he’s back working as a detective in Los Angeles. Of course he’s been changed by his ordeal. He’s fond of Zen musings (repeating statements such as “I’m not attached to this car” with great intensity) and is totally out of touch with modern life (a bit like Life on Mars in reverse). As for that gimmick - it’s fruit. Crews just loves fresh fruit. Damian Lewis, who plays him, softens these idiosyncrasies by giving Crews a generous, gentle side, too - not many cops would soothingly tell someone they’ve just shot to “go back to sleep - it’s just a bad dream”. The result is quirky without being irritating, and intriguing without being too clever. We get a double bill tonight; let’s see whether this Life is a long one.

Spoiler warning! The plot synopsis is now available for episode 2.09 of Life titled Badge Bunny which is scheduled for US broadcast on November 19th:

THE LIVES OF BADGE BUNNIES EXPLORED — When a drug dealer and an elementary school teacher are found dead in a bad part of town, it looks like the typical drug deal gone bad. The investigation takes a turn when Crews (Damian Lewis) and Reese (Sarah Shahi) discover the dead teacher was a “Badge Bunny,” a term used amongst police officers for women who only date cops. The detectives soon realize the killer could be one of their own. Meanwhile, Crews and Jennifer address their complicated relationship and Ted (Adam Arkin) has trouble retaining students in his business class. Donal Logue and Brent Sexton also star.

Click here at the gallery for screencaps from episode 2.06 Did You Feel That?. Many thanks to dj at Caplock!

Remember if you missed the episode or would like to watch it again you can do so for free at NBC.com and Hulu.com. You can also download it from Amazon.com or iTunes or watch it on Comcast On Demand.

NBC has moved Life to a new day and time period!

Beginning November 5th, Life will broadcast on Wednesdays at 9pm ET on NBC! Life will be slotted between Knight Rider and Law & Order as part of NBC’s new “crime block lineup.” Click here for the NBC press release.

The Hollywood Reporter thinks it’s “a potential revival opportunity” for Life. James Hibberd at The Live Feed also says it’s a positive move:

The shakeup represents a real second-chance (third chance?) for “Life.” It’s rare for a drama to get banished to airless Friday nights, then climb back out to midweek.

As previously noted, NBC plugging a leak with “Life” makes sense as CBS crime procedurals are among the few genres holding their water during this difficult season. Also as previously noted, the Wednesdays at 9 p.m. slot is weak, and “there’s room for a new drama here to rule the mob.” “Life” was earning about a 2.7 rating after “Heroes,” then fell sharply when moved to Fridays at 10 p.m.

Though “Life” will have a tough time against CBS’ “Criminal Minds,” the show now has hope once again for a pickup should it perform competitively (and the bar for what’s “competitive” has been lowering faster than a limbo stick this season).

Click here for the rest of the article.

There’s a nice new article/ interview at Telegraph.co.uk. Ha! Damian is still having issues with technology:

Charlie Crews, the character Damian Lewis plays in Life – ITV’s new drama import from America – is perpetually defeated by modern technology. Lewis isn’t too hot on it himself. The London-born 37-year-old can’t stand Facebook, worries that video games are a threat to the film business and struggles with text messages. When we meet he is wrestling with his mobile phone: ‘Sorry, I’ve just got to text my sister-in-law, who’s a tyrant – if I don’t text back within half an hour she shouts at me,’ he says. ‘My text response time is usually about two days.’ His mobile, grey and chunky, is a model so antiquated that most teenagers would probably mistake it for a TV remote control.

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