(Season 1, Episode 1 – “Pilot” – Series/Season Premiere) As I stated in my preview of Lie to Me, I’m a fan. I talked about liking the writing and the cast in that preview, but I wanted to talk specifically about the pilot for this post. Apart from the show airing opposite Lost, I am […]

(Season 5, Episode 1 – “Because You Left” – Season Premiere) Lost is back, everyone, and it is bringing the thunder! This episode certainly was not a let down, and I was actually surprised at the amount of “meat” that we got in the premiere. There was no easing in to the season, we just […]

“Michael, what is going on here?” — Madeline Westen I’ll tell you what, Madeline Westen — Burn Notice is back! In case you’ve been asleep these past few years, Burn Notice has been sizzling up USA Network, and returns for part two of its second season on Thursday, January 22nd. Now, I don’t know about […]

Where have all the decent scripted shows gone? To cable, of course. Over the last few years cable has become the home to the better (and, in many cases, best) dramas and comedies that we find on television. That’s why more and more cable shows dominate the awards ceremonies against fewer and fewer legacy network programs. Additionally, […]

(Season 1, Episode 11 – “Bound”) You know how we’ve been talking about how much more likable Olivia Dunham has become over the last few episodes? Well tonight, she upped the stakes and proved herself a real badass in the process. It won’t give away anything to come right out and say right here that […]

As a wee boy I cut my comedy teeth on Monty Python’s Flying Circus and The Benny Hill Show. Watching the silly escapades of the Python crew and the ribald frivolity of Benny Hill made my tear ducts flow with joy. Both these seminal programs laid the groundwork for sketch comedy smashes like Saturday Night […]

Over at TV Squad, I wrote a column that made the front page of Digg.  For a low-level blog peddler like myself, making the front page of Digg is sort of like coming across Megan Fox just seconds after she’s made a bet to have a wild night of sex with the first guy she […]