Sigh. Eureka only aired its finale yesterday and I miss it already. Sure, this Akashic field thing (the odd, probably alien technology that is making Kevin normal and smart and then paranormal) is weird, but the show was still a… Read More ›
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Head, Shoulders, Heroes Losing Toes, Losing Toes
Let's take last night's Heroes first as we work our way around the television landscape. Last week I was disappointed with the episode, little happened, little seemed to even be set up. It was not bad, it just seemed like… Read More ›
The Housewives are Desperate, are They Worthwhile Too?
I'll tell you honestly, I just don't know how I feel about last night's Desperate Housewives premiere. Despite my skewering the show repeatedly last season I was excited for it to return last night. I do tend to enjoy the… Read More ›
Hey Fantastic Four – You Want Power Cosmic? I’ll Give You Power Cosmic.
Watching Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is an interesting experience. Here is a comic book movie with little action and few fight sequences. It is certainly not a “thinking man's” movie as the plot is minuscule and there… Read More ›
Jim and Pam and The Office
Jim and Pam! Jim and Pam! Jim and Pam! Say it with me one time, people – Jim and Pam! Of course, we always knew those crazy kids would get together, and we knew from the first two minutes of… Read More ›
If Back To You Fries a Fish is That a Kitchen Nightmare?
Heaven help me, I think Back To You is funny. Not fall down on the floor hyena-laugh funny, not Britney Spears comeback train wreck funny, not NY Mets preparing to bow out of the playoffs during the last week of… Read More ›
Shining The Harsh Light Of Day On Moonlight
Watching the new CBS vampire show, Moonlight, one gets the sense that the resurgence of science fiction/fantasy shows on broadcast networks may prove short-lived. It is a truism for television that when something works on one show, many shows and… Read More ›
Don’t Fear The Reaper, Do Lose Your Cool With Denny Crane
I have already discussed elsewhere much of my feelings about last night's Boston Legal, but to recap: frankly, I felt cheated. Actually, the TV I watched last night was entirely about being cheated, wasn't it? On Boston Legal the new… Read More ›
The Slap Countdown Is In Effect, Will Heroes’s Hiro’s Hero, Takezo Kensei, Get Some?
To say that I am thrilled with the return last night of Heroes and How I Met Your Mother is to totally and completely misunderstand who I am. I am not thrilled. I am not happy. I am not overjoyed…. Read More ›
Arnold Goes Commando
By 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger had already starred in two Conan movies and the original Terminator. He was delivering solid action performances and had not yet reached a self-aware, post-modern stance that would require himself to wink at the camera before… Read More ›
Looking For A Killer Time?
From the opening note's of Dexter's theme music, the viewer is made aware that they are in for a dark, yet somehow funny tale. Starring Michael C. Hall (Six Feet Under) as the titular Dexter Morgan, the show focuses on… Read More ›
The Kids All Lived, But Will Frasier?
What an odd, odd night of television for me yesterday, but it was network television, and there is just something wonderful in that feeling. It all started out simply, and mundanely enough, with the premiere episode of the new Kelsey… Read More ›
Negotiating A New Take On Damages
Something became abundantly clear to me last night while watching Damages — Ray Fiske (Zeljko Ivanek), the lawyer for Arthur Frobisher (Ted Danson), has never, not once ever in his entire life, conducted any sort of negotiation. We know this… Read More ›
This Journeyman Time Travels To See Moon Bloodgood
NBC's new time travel epic, Journeyman, is a show so overloaded with backstory that much of the time one spends watching the pilot is used deciphering the interactions rather than focusing on the show itself. This might be a more… Read More ›
With an Office Like This, Who Needs Enemies?
So much is being said about the death of the sitcom. It seems as though the death knell of the sitcom has been sounded repeatedly for the past three or four years as some older show airs its last episode… Read More ›
I Want A New Chuck, One That Makes Me Feel Like I Feel When I’m With You
Reading about this fall's television lineup, one often finds a phrase akin to “the geeks shall inherit the earth.” With new shows like NBC's Chuck airing this fall, it's not hard to see this statement coming true. NBC, having achieved… Read More ›
It’s Always Sunny Even When You Find a Dumpster Baby
There is something about FX’s comedy series It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia that is just plain wrong — in a good way. The show is produced by, and stars Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, and Glenn Howerton, as Mac, Charlie, and… Read More ›
Seriously, What Exactly Are Their Damages?
It seems as though week after week I choose to criticize and complain about the same shows. I see absolutely no reason to break this trend. Can anyone out there watching Damages take a few minutes to explain some things… Read More ›
Bionic Woman: Now 100% More British!
David Eick, who brought the reimagined and incredibly successful Battlestar Galactica to the SciFi network is bringing to SciFi’s corporate older sibling, NBC, another 1970s remake this fall, Bionic Woman. Airing on Wednesday nights at 9pm, Bionic Woman hopes to… Read More ›
Personally I Don’t Need It, But A Lot Of Folks on TV Require Redemption
I wonder if I've ever had a more disparate night of television watching. It all started simply and logically enough, with the NY Giants being unable to provide any sort of defensive support to their offense's efforts. From there, it… Read More ›
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