Paranormal State Season One In Review

Starting on December 10, 2007, the new series Paranormal State began airing on the A&E Television Network. The series consisted of twenty 30-minute episodes which aired on Monday nights. Many weeks featured two episodes while near the end of it’s run, the network showed one episode per Monday evening.
A television show about the paranormal, even when that show is “reality” based, one must keep in mind that the producers first and foremost want to entertain their audience. So to be fair when one is reviewing a show it first must be judged on it’s entertainment value. Not doing so does a disservice to the viewers and to the readers.
However, a reality base paranormal show should also be judged on it’s credibility and it’s ability to make it’s audience think. So to sum up, it should:
- Entertain
- Have Credibility
- Thought provoking
So let’s examine how Paranormal State measured up in these important goals.
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