I’ve been thinking back, yet again, to the days of old. So many shows that have joined the annals of television history, some good, most bad. Actually, an overwhelming number of shows that have seen life have been bad. Yet in the totality of things, every network can boast at least one lineup of historical […]

Though many of the series, as well as Blackadder’s Christmas Carol, appear on your local PBS station, they come infrequently as stations rotate their never-ending supply of British comedies. With the DVD box set, they can watch the series, in any order, while enjoying a number of special features.

Or, put another way, is there only so much funny out there in TV land that if another success story shows up, or something already on the air gets better, everything else is destined to get worse? Maybe it’s that as individual viewers we’re only allotted so much laughing in a week. I don’t know […]

“Dude. I’m Chuck Bass. Even Europeans must know what that means.” Chuck was sadly underused in this episode, but really, that line made up for all of it. In fact, that one line was so perfect, that it’s not even worth sullying it by talking about the beyond-boring Jenny storyline in which it appeared. Jenny […]

I’m going to try to save a bunch of you from wasting anymore hours on this mini-series, because it’s just not worth it.

Sometimes Community gets so meta it makes my head spin. Ever since the pilot, Community has seemed very aware of the fact that it is a television comedy, complete with familiar sitcom characters. In this episode, Abed (who is the character who breaks down the fourth wall on a regular basis) basically says, “You guys, […]

Parks and Recreation has never been (and probably will never be) the best, or most talked about, show on NBC. That being said, I’ve watched every episode, and for the most part have enjoyed them. One thing is for certain: it’s a heck of a lot better than Kath and Kim was, regardless of what […]