I’ve never been a huge fan of the Claire character on Lost. I’ve always found her slightly annoying, mostly due to her propensity to walk up and down the beach yelling “Chah-leee!” at the top of her lungs. It drove me nuts. When her rocker boyfriend sacrificed himself to get his fellow castaways saved I […]

(Season 2, Episode 12 – “Trapdoor”) I was going to say that this episode was kind of underwhelming, especially since it’s the last new one until freakin’ February. But then, well, I got to the last three minutes, and holyhellwhatjusthappenedwasthatreal? Talk about a surprise ending. First things first: I found the actual mystery of the […]

Spotlight Show of the Night A Muppet Christmas: Letters to Santa (8:00 p.m./7:00 p.m. Central) – Say what you want about NBC, but they’re the ones airing the new Muppets Christmas special, and that’s always a good thing. We need more Muppets in our lives, and especially during these tough times. I know, it sounds […]

There’s more to TV than television. Every year — heck, every month — there are more new Internet-only shows popping up online and in podcasts, and existing shows expanding their worlds in the same way. Here are some notable things going on in the world of webisodes … Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy […]

When Twin Peaks first came out in 1990, I was too young to watch it. Luckily, it’s reputation preceded it and I discovered it in college. As I often do, I quickly became completely obsessed with the show, watching it whenever I had a free moment, reading about it on the internet, and even posting […]

(Season 1, Episode 10 – “Red Brick and Ivy”) “I’d hate to be a state’s attorney. Jane’s always pulling crap like this but they always win.” – Lisbon So I hope everyone enjoyed this series finale episode of The Mentalist. After what the team pulled in this one, everyone will be arrested and sent to […]

UPDATE: We’ve got the fall 2009-2010 TV show return schedule posted now. This is old stuff! Back in the day — sometime before the turn of the century — the end of the first half of the fall season really didn’t mean too much in the land of television. Yes, some shows left the air […]