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Why I Can’t Commit to Mad Men
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...Around the World with Charley Boorman
When I first heard that Charley Boorman, of the famous Long Way Down and Long Way Round travel shows, was doing a new series by himself, I was extremely dubious. The Long Way shows, starring Ewan McGregor and chum getting up to lots of good blokey fun while travelling around the world on motorbikes, have [...]
Continue reading...Privileged Tells An Old Tale
9. September 2008 Posted by Marcia
Back in May, I listed Privileged (then called Surviving the Filthy Rich) among the 5 new shows you could skip this television season. Having now seen the pilot episode, I would like to say that I was absolutely right. I love it when that happens. To be fair to the show, it’s nowhere near as dreadful [...]
Continue reading...True Love for True Blood
8. September 2008 Posted by Marcia
I have fallen in love with a new show. It’s lovely, this initial rush. I’m willing to overlook all the show’s faults and just focus on the way it makes me feel, the way it takes me along for a ride I’ve not been on before. It ticks enough boxes on my “must have” list that [...]
Continue reading...Project Runway Plays The Spy Game
5. September 2008 Posted by Marcia
Project Runway, S05 E8: Double 0 Fashion. Last week on Project Runway: Leanne made car part couture and won. Keith had a gigantic nervous breakdown and lost. I started to wonder if the show had lost it, as well, when it couldn’t even make said breakdown dramatic or interesting in any way. This week, the designers [...]
Continue reading...What’s Old Is New Again: 90210
4. September 2008 Posted by Marcia
Tuesday marked the premiere of one of the most buzzed-about shows of the fall season, 90210, and the reception has been notably lukewarm. Tepid. Possibly even a bit bored. I understand that everyone was expecting a bit more, which makes sense. The original Beverly Hills 90210 was a cultural milestone, the show an entire generation grew [...]
Continue reading...Breaking Free of Logic, Prison Break Returns
3. September 2008 Posted by Marcia
I have a bad case of must-finish-itis. It’s an annoying condition, one which forces me to keep watching shows long past their prime because, after investing years in a series, I simply have to see how it turns out. I must finish it, damn it! I tell you this because it’s the best explanation for [...]
Continue reading...Spotted: The Return of Gossip Girl
1. September 2008 Posted by Marcia
Today is, of course, a holiday in the US, and I don’t mean that obscure holiday known as “Labor Day.” Hell, most people can’t even say exactly what is being celebrated. However, any TV fan knows that today is the start of the new fall season, and that is definitely cause for celebration. While there are [...]
Continue reading...Project Runway Gets Behind The Wheel
29. August 2008 Posted by Marcia
Project Runway, S05 E07: Fashion That Drives You Last week on Project Runway, Daniel failed to embrace the dragtastic nature of the challenge and was sent home, where he is surely making a high end cocktail dress at this very moment. This week, the designers face a dreaded “innovation” challenge (read: thinly veiled product placement) when [...]
Continue reading...I’m A Celebrity, Let Me…Conduct?
28. August 2008 Posted by Plattie
Maestro, BBC2’s new celebrity conducting show, is reality TV gone highbrow. And yes, you did read that right. It’s a show in which celebrities (and I use that term relatively loosely) compete against each other to see who is the best at conducting the BBC symphony orchestra. In traditional style, they go up against a panel [...]
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Monday’s top picks:
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
16. September 2008 Posted by Marcia
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