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Thursday Night Fight: Lost and Supernatural
I would like to have a word with those who did the television scheduling this year. Despite the fact that the television studios are now completely dark and we are down to approximately 38 minutes of original programming to see us through the year, they have gone and scheduled two excellent shows on the same [...]
Continue reading...SAG and The Sopranos, Sitting in a Tree
29. January 2008 Posted by Marcia
Sunday night marked the broadcast of the only WGA-approved awards ceremony, the Screen Actors Guild awards. Although I did a little better than in my dismal Golden Globes performance, I’m still left with one huge, unanswered question: What, exactly, is the big deal about The Sopranos? They won every television drama award it’s possible to win. Now, [...]
Continue reading...“Way Down in the Hole” With The Wire
22. January 2008 Posted by Marcia
The fifth season of The Wire has received a tremendous amount of press, most of it slavering over the pure genius of the show (I include myself in that). There has also been a fair amount of debate regarding the direction of this season. Is David Simon giving too much airtime to the newsroom at [...]
Continue reading...Up on The Wire
8. January 2008 Posted by Marcia
I almost didn’t watch The Wire. I don’t mean this week’s episode; there was no way I’d miss that. Just in general. Five years ago, I sat through the first five minutes of the very first episode and decided it was a Homicide ripoff by someone who was really pleased with their ability to use [...]
Continue reading...‘Lost’ In The Plot: Why TV Blockbusters Can’t Help But Disappoint You.
2. January 2008 Posted by Fergus
The body of a local beauty queen washes up on the beach…a group of airline crash survivors find themselves on a remote island inhabited by invisible monsters…a policeman finds himself transported thirty years into the past. These are great openings, and great openings demand a strong finish. How did he get back to 1973? How [...]
Continue reading...Dexter: The Dark Passenger Rides Again
Sunday night marked the end of the second series of Dexter, and I think I finally have my thoughts in order. This show consistently works on so many layers that I can’t trust my first response; I must consider why I react as I do. After all, as I’ve noted before, this is a show [...]
Continue reading...Tidbits for November 29
29. November 2007 Posted by Marcia
The Wire, one of the few shows completely unaffected by the writers’ strike, has a confirmed air date at last. It’s returning to HBO on January 6, though those that have On Demand can skip that whole “get drunk and desperately find someone to kiss at midnight” ritual and start watching it on New [...]
Continue reading...After All That We’ve Been Through: Breaking Up With Grey’s Anatomy
27. November 2007 Posted by Marcia
Breaking up is hard to do. Everyone knows that. And yet, breaking up with a TV show shouldn’t be that difficult. It’s not like you need to worry about tears, or hurt feelings, or restraining orders. You just stop watching. No muss, no fuss. But then you start remembering all the good times you once had, [...]
Continue reading...Finding the Missing Pieces of Lost
14. November 2007 Posted by Erin
Hi, my name is Erin and I’m addicted to Lost. I would probably need some sort of program with steps but I’m not about to admit that this is a problem. It’s more like a clever spin on a Robert Palmer video. But really, I love this show. I love it like a lovey thing. [...]
Continue reading...Prison Broke
24. October 2007 Posted by Marcia
So far as I can tell, there are three reasons people watch Prison Break: 1. They enjoy the thoroughly implausible predicaments and the MacGyver-esque strategies Michael Scofield must employ to break out of prison/escape insane FBI agents/keep his head freshly shaved with nary a razor in sight/break out of prison again. 2. They appreciate the serialized format [...]
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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
30. January 2008 Posted by Marcia
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