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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...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...Why I Can’t Commit to Mad Men
16. September 2008 Posted by Marcia
I’m having a very hard time forging a relationship with Mad Men. Sure, it’s an excellent show. It’s been nominated for just about every television award in existence, and deservedly so. The writing is smart, the acting is strong across the board, and the period details are flawless. In fact, it’s hard to find anything [...]
Continue reading...Burn Up Fails to Ignite
31. July 2008 Posted by Plattie
Taking a break this week from your regularly-scheduled reality-show hilarity, I’ve been watching the BBC’s new big budget drama Burn Up, an extravaganza of well-known actors, tight scripting and global filming locations, all about everybody’s favourite hot topic - climate change. This two-part drama tells the story of Tom McConnell, a handsome young executive of Arrow [...]
Continue reading...Swinging Through the Summer
9. June 2008 Posted by Marcia
I was born in the 70s. I drank Tab, and bought records, and wore frighteningly huge jeans. My family would go to potluck block parties, kids rode their bikes throughout the neighborhood, and we all thought that Jello salad satisfied the “fruit” requirement of a square meal. In that way, I recognize the world in [...]
Continue reading...Finale Thoughts: Bones and House
3. June 2008 Posted by Marcia
Finale season is over. The networks have all fired their big guns, looking for ways to hook their audience into returning in the fall. Since seasons that neatly wrap things up in a pretty plot package topped with a bow of satisfying character resolution don’t really get people talking around the water cooler, most shows [...]
Continue reading...Tipple Tuesday: Lost
29. April 2008 Posted by Marcia
Do the many unanswered questions and convoluted plots on Lost drive you to drink? Pop Vultures has your back, with an easy game you can play along with at home. However, we do not take any responsibility if you have to phone in sick the next day — this game is not for the faint [...]
Continue reading...Tipple Tuesday: Drunk on The Wire
4. March 2008 Posted by Marcia
I’m still reeling from the penultimate episode of The Wire and torn between excitement and dread for Sunday’s final installment. Excitement because, of course, it’s the final hour of one of the best goddamn TV shows ever, and dread for pretty much the same reason. The final hour. This is it. No more. It’s all [...]
Continue reading...Questioning Lost
26. February 2008 Posted by Marcia
Right, people. Let’s talk Lost. I must first confess that I am not one of the Lost faithful. I like it well enough, and some episodes have been incredible. On the whole however, I find the questions to answers ratio frustratingly high and wish, just once, they’d wrap up a storyline in a somewhat conclusive [...]
Continue reading...Dem Bones, Dem Bones
6. February 2008 Posted by Marcia
There are rumors swirling that a tentative agreement has been reached and the strike is almost over, to which I say, “La la la I can’t hear you!” It’s not that I don’t want the strike to end, of course, but there have been so many rumors over the last few months that, until I [...]
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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
7. October 2008 Posted by Marcia
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