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What I Watched This Week: 19 Oct 2014
NEW SHOWS The Simpsons – “Treehouse of Horror XXV” (B+) A surprisingly solid entry. I found plenty to like in all three segments, particularly the first one’s vision of Hell as a school where Bart can actually succeed, but still … Continue reading
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What I Watched This Week: 12 Oct 2014
NEW SHOWS Brooklyn Nine-Nine – “The Jimmy Jab Games” (A-) For better or worse, this is the heir apparent to The Office, with its consistently great ensemble cast, sweet little romances and the workplace’s own mythology. But I like this … Continue reading
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What I Watched This Week: 5 Oct 2014
Between moving and being without internet for the week (because of the aforementioned moving), I wasn’t able to catch any of the new shows. Better luck next week. OLD SHOWS The Simpsons (Season 8) – “Treehouse of Horror VII” (A) … Continue reading
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What I Watched This Week: 21 Sept 2014
And so begins another fall season. My erratic schedule these next couple months may prevent me from checking out all the shows I want to, but I’ll at least post something here each week. (Also, Hulu and Comedy Central: get … Continue reading
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Tagged family tree, hbo, mindy project, modern family
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Summer TV Hangout 2014 Recap & Fall Preview
I didn’t watch quite as much TV this summer as I did last summer, and that’s probably a good thing. While I never made time for The Office (again) or season 2 of The Wire (that will come this fall), … Continue reading
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Tagged blackadder, blackish, brooklyn nine-nine, gotham, hbo, key and peele, marry me, mindy project, modern family, mulaney, netflix, newsroom, saturday night live, simpsons, snl, undeclared, wire
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Summer TV Hangout 2014: Week 13
The Wire (Season 1) “Sentencing” (A) A satisfying finale for the viewer, but for the characters, the guilty pleas of most of the Barksdale crew are merely Pyrrhic victories for the detail. The montage at the end – showing that … Continue reading
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Emmy Predictions 2014: Drama
DRAMA SERIES Breaking Bad (AMC) Downton Abbey (PBS) Game of Thrones (HBO) House of Cards (Netflix) Mad Men (AMC) True Detective (HBO) Should and will win: Breaking Bad Could win: True Detective Should have been nominated: The Americans (FX) DRAMA … Continue reading
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Tagged boardwalk empire, breaking bad, downtown abbey, game of thrones, good wife, hbo, homeland, house of cards, mad men, masters of sex, netflix, newsroom, ray donovan, scandal, showtime, true detective
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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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Summer TV Hangout 2014: Week 12
The Wire (Season 1) “Cleaning Up” (B+) A good set-up episode that strives for greatness with its tragedy, but doesn’t quite get there. Blackadder (Season 4) “Major Star” (A-) The sharpest episode yet, even if the Chaplin references are a … Continue reading
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Summer TV Hangout 2014: Week 11
The Wire (Season 1) “The Hunt” (A-) I love it when serial dramas pick up exactly where the previous episode left off, with the chaos from the botched undercover buy extending in all directions. As excessive use of force by … Continue reading
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