Lost. It finished it's season last night. It, as per usual, answered some questions and asked others. It perplexed, complexed, and vexed viewers. And yet, boy is it fun to watch. I can't think of another show on television which,… Read More ›
Month: May 2008
Is the Answer In Plain Sight?
Not all television series come to our screens as clear winners or clear losers. Most fall somewhere in the middle. They have good bits and bad, and one isn't quite sure watching the first couple of episodes exactly where the… Read More ›
Jen Serves up Incompetence and Attitude in Hell’s Kitchen
Hell's Kitchen continues to perplex me, truly it does. I still can't imagine wanting to eat at any of the restaurants that the chefs we've seen would end up running. I still can't imagine how Jen takes herself seriously. I… Read More ›
Some Made-For-TV Happiness
You know what I've rediscovered the past two nights? I know, you don't, so I'm going to tell you — made-for-television movies and mini-series. No, seriously. Well, okay, you got me, not all made-for-TV stuff (most of those Sci-Fi Channel… Read More ›
Another Year, Another Baseball Mogul This Time, It’s 2009
In my review last year for the stat-crunching baseball simulator Baseball Mogul 2008, I stated that the game provided a great experience for stat-heads and casual baseball game fan alike. Baseball Mogul 2009, which only sports a few tweaks from… Read More ›
Is A New DVD Release a Second Life for First Knight?
The Arthurian legend, the story of Camelot, is one of the tales that has remained in our culture over the course of centuries. It has been adapted to virtually every medium and in varying degrees of success. One of the… Read More ›
Law & Order and Boston Legal End the Season on Good Notes
I really enjoy Boston Legal. Last night, their season finale (and, just like with HIMYM, the show hadn't been renewed for next year when the episode was filmed) was just one of those episodes that shows you just how good… Read More ›
Looking to Cure the Summertime (TV) Blues
As the song goes, I'm blue da-ba-dee-da-ba-die. The May Sweep is pretty much over and done with, the traditional television season has come to an end, and outside of Lost, which ends next week, tonight marks the last night of… Read More ›
Filming a HIMYM Series Finale Versus a Season Finale
Yearly, I am perplexed by the way the television industry works. I don't know how to change it, but it doesn't seem right that many shows film their last episode of the season not knowing if it will be the… Read More ›
Nova Gets up Close and Personal with the "Lord of the Ants"
For a reason that this writer has yet to deduce, Nova seems to have gotten hyper-specific this season. Broad issues, while present in some episodes, have taken a backseat to vaguely interesting minutiae. Even when there is a broad issue… Read More ›
Fox Again Delivers More than one Schedule for Next Season
Okay, get this — FOX has decided that there are just too many commercials on television. Or, so they sort of, almost, kind of say. At their Upfront presentation they announced that they would launch two series this year with… Read More ›
CBS Delivers Its 2008 Fall Schedule
CBS is one of those networks whose moves I always find interesting. They’ve got a pretty strong lineup these days (even if I watch very little of it), and seem to “tweak” things every season, moving a few shows around,… Read More ›
The CW Delivers Its Fall 2008 Lineup
Oh The CW, whatever are we going to do with you. Your teen identity seems not to attract terribly many viewers (though I’m sure there’s some way to rejigger the numbers to prove me wrong) and you’ve been unable to… Read More ›
ABC Is Upfront About the 2008 Schedule
There’s an old adage that states “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” ABC’s programming honchos have certainly taken that notion to heart in debuting their brand-spanking new schedule, which, while new as a whole, has very few new programs… Read More ›
Nova Takes "A Walk to Beautiful"
It is a sad, unfortunate, truth that just because a documentary deals with an important topic it doesn't mean the documentary is particularly well constructed or presented in a terribly interesting way. A good example of this is the newest… Read More ›
The Classic Caballeros Come to DVD
At times education cloaked in entertainment and at other moments entertainment cloaked in education, the recently released double feature of Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros in a single collection entitled The Classic Caballeros Collection are wonderfully fun films. Both… Read More ›
NBC and Scrubs Show how not to air a Finale
As happy as I was yesterday, with television, today I am disappointed (and so it usually goes). Last night I watched the Scrubs finale, and not only did either my cable company (Comcast) or NBC affiliate (KNTV, which is owned… Read More ›
Watching More TV Than you can Shake a Stick at
I have often told you that I love television. It's a fact. I do. And I love you, my dear readers. So, as you may know, last week I was away, I was out of town, I was … without… Read More ›
Corey, Nuke LaLoosh, and Hell’s Kitchen
There are times when I watch a television show and after it ends I just sit there in amazement and wonder. And not in a good way. Look at last night’s Hell’s Kitchen. I understand, and have said before (and… Read More ›
Sarah Chalke, HIMYM, and Scrubs
Last night Sarah Chalke guest starred again on How I Met Your Mother, and it got me thinking, what if Scrubs wasn't going to be picked up by ABC for the fall? As this season began, Scrubs was, for all… Read More ›
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