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2015 Emmy Predictions: Comedy
COMEDY SERIES Louie (FX) Modern Family (ABC) Parks and Recreation (NBC) Silicon Valley (HBO) Transparent (Amazon) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) Veep (HBO) Should win: Parks and Recreation Could win: Veep Will win: Transparent Should have been nominated: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox) … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, big bang theory, blackish, brooklyn nine-nine, comeback, episodes, getting on, girls, grace and frankie, hbo, house of lies, inside amy schumer, key and peele, last man on earth, louie, modern family, mom, netflix, nurse jackie, parks and rec, saturday night live, shameless, showtime, silicon valley, snl, transparent, unbreakable kimmy schmidt, veep
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Emmy Predictions 2014: Comedy
COMEDY SERIES The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Louie (FX) Modern Family (ABC) Orange is the New Black (Netflix) Silicon Valley (HBO) Veep (HBO) Should and will win: Orange is the New Black Could win: Modern Family Should have been nominated: … Continue reading
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Tagged big bang theory, brooklyn nine-nine, derek, episodes, girls, glee, hbo, house of lies, louie, mike and molly, modern family, mom, netflix, nurse jackie, oitnb, orange is the new black, parks and rec, portlandia, saturday night live, shameless, showtime, silicon valley, snl, veep
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2013 in Review: The Best Shows — Honorable Mentions
There’s a lot of great TV every year. But not every season is worthy of my Top 10. Below are the best of the rest. Arrested Development — “Colony Collapse” The biggest overall problem with Season 4 of Arrested Development … Continue reading
Emmy Predictions 2013: Comedy
COMEDY SERIES 30 Rock (NBC) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Girls (HBO) Louie (FX) Modern Family (ABC) Veep (HBO) Should win: Louie Could win: Modern Family Will win: 30 Rock Should have been nominated: Parks and Recreation (NBC) COMEDY ACTOR … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 rock, arrested development, big bang, big bang theory, enlightened, episodes, girls, glee, house of lies, louie, modern family, nurse jackie, office, parks and rec, saturday night live, veep
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The Weekender: ‘Spectacular’ Spectacular
IN THEATERS: Kick-Ass 2* (R) Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jim Carrey Screenplay by Jeff Wadlow Directed by Jeff Wadlow It’s just a hair off the nut-punch of the first one, but for my money this is the summer’s … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, ashton kutcher, butler, chloe moretz, girls, iceberg slim, jobs, kick-ass 2, liam hemsworth, oprah, paranoia, paul rudd, prince avalanche, shailene woodley, spectacular now
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Reactionary Tale: Emmy Nominations 2013
I watched more TV than ever, which left me more vulnerable to the Emmys’ penchant for snubbing great shows and performances in favor of the same ol’, same ol’. Even so, there were still plenty of surprises. Here are my … Continue reading
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Tagged americans, arrested development, behind the candelabra, downton abbey, enlightened, episodes, game of thrones, girls, hannibal, happy endings, house of cards, jimmy kimmel, louie, modern family, newsroom, office, parks and rec, ring of fire, saturday night live, snl, veep
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Emmy Picks 2013: Comedy
The Academy will announce the Emmy nominations on Thursday. It’s always a crapshoot in predicting what strikes voters’ fancy, but it’s usually whatever struck their fancy last year. I’m going a little more in depth this year, picking which six (or … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 rock, arrested development, big bang, big bang theory, episodes, girls, glee, hot in cleveland, house of lies, louie, maron, mike and molly, modern family, netflix, new girl, nurse jackie, office, parks and rec, raising hope, saturday night live, snl, two and a half men, veep
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Emmy Guessing 2013
The Emmy nomination period ended Saturday, so let’s take a quick look at the shows and actors most likely to make it. DRAMA SERIES Guarantees: Game of Thrones (HBO) Homeland (Showtime) Mad Men (AMC) Good bets: Breaking Bad (AMC) Downton Abbey (PBS) The … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 rock, americans, behind the candelabra, big bang theory, boardwalk empire, breaking bad, closer, community, damages, dexter, downton abbey, enlightened, game of thrones, girls, good wife, hannibal, happy endings, homeland, house of cards, house of lies, how i met your mother, justified, law and order, legit, louie, mad men, mike and molly, modern family, nashville, new girl, newsroom, nurse jackie, office, parenthood, parks and rec, phil spector, raising hope, snl, svu, two and a half men, veep, walking dead
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Girls: Season 2, Episode 10 — “Together”
The alternate title for this finale could have been “Grow the F*** Up.” Almost every character gets told this on some level, and many of them don’t respond well. Including me. The last five minutes made me angry, like, really … Continue reading
Girls: Season 2, Episode 9 — “On All Fours”
At least four times during this week’s Girls, I shouted at the screen some variation of, “No! Stop! What are you doing?!” I realized I must be pretty hooked on a show to do that, because that’s only happened once … Continue reading