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Road Tripping With The BBC
I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but there’s this thing going on in America at the moment called a Presidential Election. It’s kind of a big deal, apparently. And in recognition of that fact, the BBC has busted out its big guns and sent two of its finest small-screen stars across the pond, to report [...]
Continue reading...No Sign of Intelligent Life on Mars
15. October 2008 Posted by Samantha
Usually, I feel it’s not really fair to judge an entire series on its pilot episode. Premiere or pilot episodes are often a bit clunky; the actors haven’t settled into their roles yet, the sets have a tendency to look cheap and unfinished (because they often are), and the entire thing is really just a [...]
Continue reading...Gossip Girl Makes the Grade
13. October 2008 Posted by Marcia
I make no secret of the fact that I love Gossip Girl. Sure, the show’s first season had a somewhat rocky start, but I’ve been an unabashed fan for quite some time now, and it is with difficulty that I attempt an objective review of the show’s second season. Let’s face it — we don’t [...]
Continue reading...Big Ideas and Humiliating Holes
9. October 2008 Posted by Plattie
I am forced to write a post of two parts this week, because the BBC has been tickling my fancy at both ends of the quality spectrum recently. First they build me up with an intelligent and thought-provoking documentary, presented by the thinking woman’s crumpet, James May. And then they bring me plummeting back down [...]
Continue reading...House Trained
This week, Pop Vultures is taking a look at returning shows and offering snap judgments on their new seasons. Today, it’s House’s turn. 1. Compared to the previous season(s): House really shouldn’t be interesting anymore. It’s been trotting out the same formula each week for the last four years: someone with an obscure — and frequently [...]
Continue reading...They Can Be Heroes
6. October 2008 Posted by Marcia
Now that we’ve all recovered from the powerful case of apathy brought on by the new fall shows, it’s time to check in with a few returning ones. After all, there’ve got to be some shows worth getting excited about, right? Now that I’m currently taking a long break from teaching, I’m starting to feel [...]
Continue reading...Revisiting Pushing Daisies
2. October 2008 Posted by Marcia
As part of my fall cleaning efforts, I am viewing every returning show with a critical eye: should this show stay on my very crowded television schedule? It was with that attitude that I went into last night’s episode of Pushing Daisies. Forty-two highly stylized minutes later, I have my answer, and it is a [...]
Continue reading...Why I Hate British Soaps
25. September 2008 Posted by Plattie
I hate British soaps. Eastenders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, the late, lamented Brookside, even that young upstart soap, Hollyoaks. I hate them all. And what is more, I cannot for the life of me fathom why everybody else doesn’t hate them as well. But Eastenders regularly attracts in the region of 8.4 million viewers for every revolting [...]
Continue reading...On the Fringe of Quality TV
18. September 2008 Posted by Marcia
When people find out that I’m a TV blogger, the first question, sadly, is never, “Wow! How did you get so lucky? That’s what I always wanted to be when I grew up.” No, nine times out of ten they cock their head to the side, look at me as if I’m a bit simple [...]
Continue reading...Project Runway Takes a Break
I am very late on this week’s Project Runway recap. I know this. I have a very good reason, though: I just care anymore. I still like Leanne, Korto, and Jerell, and I don’t even mind Suede, but the rest of them are just terrible, terrible people. I don’t even want to spend an hour a [...]
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There’s something for everyone on Monday night. How I Met Your Mother still makes me laugh every week, which is something I never thought I’d say for a CBS comedy. CBS, 8:30
Chuck also still makes me laugh. So does Heroes, which follows it, though I’m pretty sure Chuck is the only one that’s intentionally funny. NBC, 8:00 and 9:00
For cheesy goodness, Gossip Girl’s second season has more than lived up to the promise of the first one. Chuck may be the greatest soap villain since Amanda Woodward first flexed her claws. CW, 8:00
23. October 2008 Posted by Plattie
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