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No Sign of Intelligent Life on Mars
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...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...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...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...Notes from the Fringe
27. August 2008 Posted by Marcia
With the new television season about to start, the buzz about some high profile shows is kicking into high gear, and few shows are buzzing quite as loudly as Fringe, the new sci-fi drama by J.J. Abrams. It was the only new show screened at last weekend’s Edinburgh TV festival, a screening that came complete [...]
Continue reading...Steven Moffat Talks about the Doctor. Sort Of.
26. August 2008 Posted by Marcia
“I’m going to be saying ‘I’m not telling you’ a lot,” warns Steven Moffat, the newly appointed showrunner of Doctor Who. He may be happy to participate in a “conversation” at the Edinburgh TV festival (he was unwilling to use the festival’s preferred term of “master class”), but that doesn’t mean he’s going to tell [...]
Continue reading...Tim Kring Speaks: The Future of Heroes
25. August 2008 Posted by Marcia
Tim Kring has words for fans of Heroes. Passionate. Obsessive, perhaps. And very, very demanding. “Our relationship with the audience is extremely tenuous,” he admits, before answering, yet again, the barrage of questions about exactly what went wrong in season two. It’s day two of the Edinburgh TV festival, and Kring is sitting at the front [...]
Continue reading...More Great TV Women: Battlestar Galactica
7. August 2008 Posted by Marcia
Guest poster Shelly had far too much to say about the women of BSG to limit it to a blurb in another post. Here, then, are some of the reasons the women of BSG are worth talking about. On Tuesday, Marcia posted about the lack of strong female characters in movies, especially compared to the abundance [...]
Continue reading...Who Do? We Do!
28. July 2008 Posted by Marcia
US viewers who finally got a chance to view the fabulous penultimate episode of the season this weekend, don’t forget to check out Anna’s recap of all the Who goodness. And if you really want to spoil yourself, you can even read up on next week’s episode, as well.
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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
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