Fifteen years ago the chances I would write anything singing the praises of television were remote. I was a movie guy first, last, always. The ’90s was a banner decade for film. I won’t bore you with a list of great movies. If you follow the big screen at all, you know the titles. With […]
Highlights of the Week In my house, baseball is still the American pastime, and this year the All-Star Game is in my backyard. (FOX, Tue. 8pm ET). HBO offers up Teddy: In His Own Words, proving that there’s more to Ted Kennedy than booze … or there isn’t. Really, it could go either way. (Mon. […]
(Season Two, Episode Four) Since the beginning of the series, I have held that there is one central problem with True Blood, and since I’ve begun reviewing the show this season, I’ve shared this opinion (again, and again, and again): Bill Compton is a singularly boring character, with no discernible personality. What I think, however, […]
Okay, so that threw me for a huge loop. Did anyone follow the logic at the end of last night’s episode of In Plain Sight? Rafe’s (Cristián de la Fuente) mom is in town for his and Mary’s engagement party. Already a little strange, but, fine. Time for a game of pretend this is happening, so […]
We knew this was coming; not least of all, because Lifetime touted last night’s episode of Army Wives as the “most emotional of the season.” We can also see a crescendo when it’s staring us in the face. And yet, who wasn’t surprised by what happened last night? Let’s back the bus up (beep, beep, […]
It was the return of the heavy hitting Internet favorite, Big Brother, this past week. Since 2000 the show and its live feeds have enjoyed more than a cult status in cyberland. Y’see, the show is geared to the Internet. The 24/7 live feeds show an entirely new dimension than what the folks see on […]
… and very tiny ones for the King of Gilboa. And, if we want to carry on with that little game, very good numbers for the King of the Courts. It was another fairly typical summer week. As has been the pattern, FOX was the big winner in the demo, taking 5 of 7 nights. […]
