Pop Vultures

5 Most Ridiculous Seasons of Television

With all the new fall shows kicking off, there’s an awful lot of talk about which ones are worth your time. Like any television season, this year’s selection offers lots of average fare, a few great ones, and an awful lot of truly dreadful shows. Before we get too far into the always entertaining mockery [...]

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5 Great Plot Twists

Sometimes, there is a fine line between surprising the audience with a completely unexpected plot development and jumping the shark, but when a show does it right, the viewers will be discussing it for weeks, and sometimes years, after the fact. I’m not talking about some “Bobby in the shower” kind of plot twist, either. [...]

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5 Worst TV Workplaces

Has this first full week back at work after the holidays felt like a long slog through thick mud on a molasses freeway? Trying to figure out how you’re going to make it to your next set of holidays, sometime in the distant, glorious days of May? Well, in the spirit of “it could always [...]

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Tidbits for November 12: All Strike Talk, All the Time

Have you been panicking about how the strike is going to affect your favorite shows? Well, you should be. However, TV Squad tells us we’ll see at least the first eight episodes of season 4 of Lost in early 2008. Even a writers’ strike has no power over another season of impenetrable plots and murky [...]

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Tidbits for October 26

Fox has released the trailer for season 7 of 24. Considering that, despite having access to every episode from last year, I wandered away for a snack mid-season and forgot to come back, I fear the show has lost its spark. Kiefer Sutherland’s introduction is, I am sure, a genuine thank you to the fans [...]

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