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Revisiting Pushing Daisies
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...Welcome to Summer School
19. June 2008 Posted by Plattie
Up on my iPlayer, and also airing on BBC3 this week, is the spoof documentary Summer Heights High, the Beeb’s latest Australian import. This show, which, in the best tradition of The Office, presents itself as a fly-on-the-wall view of a typical Australian high school, has been fairly universally panned by British TV critics. But screw [...]
Continue reading...Stuck in the Middleman
18. June 2008 Posted by Marcia
Every summer, I bemoan the loss of all my favorite shows, and every summer, the networks throw me a few bones to keep me entertained throughout the warm months. (Yes, I know that summer is supposed to be spent outside, enjoying margaritas on patios and long walks in the sunshine, but I live in the [...]
Continue reading...The Addictive Properties of Weeds
When Weeds first aired in 2005, I had absolutely no interest in watching the show. After all, it was on Showtime, and three years ago everyone knew HBO was the cable channel with all the good shows (my, how times have changed — take heart, little CW!). Plus, it was about a pot-dealing mom in [...]
Continue reading...Dear Diary: Confessions of a Call Girl
Here is what you won’t get from watching Monday’s US premiere of The Secret Diary of a Call Girl: a thoughtful exploration of sexual or feminist politics in regards to prostitution, or a sociological inquiry into the class disparity between prostitutes and their johns and the accompanying power dynamic. It ain’t there. You won’t even [...]
Continue reading...Seeing Through The Invisibles
8. May 2008 Posted by Plattie
When I heard that Anthony Head (best known for playing Giles in Buffy) was appearing in The Invisibles, a BBC drama about a retired master criminal trying to go straight and failing, I was cautiously optimistic. I’m a big fan of heist shows, like Hustle, in which clever types plot to steal money in ingenious [...]
Continue reading...Beautiful Things About Ugly Betty
23. April 2008 Posted by Marcia
Guest poster Alexis Kienlen has a few things to say about Ugly Betty. I’m always late to TV shows, since I prefer to watch TV on DVD. I’ve only seen the first season of Ugly Betty, but I knew after a couple of episodes the show was a gem and I was ready to follow America [...]
Continue reading...TV’s Latest Double Act: Echo Beach and Moving Wallpaper
16. January 2008 Posted by Fergus
The best thing about living in the UK during a writers’ strike? Access to lots of original programming. (National health care is a distant second.) Today, Fergus looks at ITV’s latest brainchild, the television twofer of Echo Beach and Moving Wallpaper. Britain’s ITV has a strange habit when it comes to drama. They’ll happily trundle on [...]
Continue reading...Tidbits for January 15, 2008
15. January 2008 Posted by Marcia
Have you finally decided whether you prefer the US or UK version of The Office? Well, another country is about to add its own incompetent boss and his wacky employees to the airwaves. Chile has just licensed its own version of the sitcom. I am resisting making a “I feel God in this Chile’s tonight” [...]
Continue reading...Pushing Daisies: The Debate
2. October 2007 Posted by Marcia
Continuing my theme of watching every new show I can get my meaty paws on in order to have ample mocking opportunities, last night I watched the first episode of Pushing Daisies. After my lament of the last post, I can at least say this: it is original. I’m just not sure yet if that’s [...]
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2. October 2008 Posted by Marcia
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