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Summer TV Hangout 2014: Week 1
And so begins another summer of working our way through classic series. I’ll continue my coverage of The Simpsons‘ 7th season and begin with the first seasons of The Wire, Undeclared and Blackadder. The Simpsons (Season 7) “The Day the Violence Died” (A) … Continue reading
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Tagged blackadder, hbo, netflix, simpsons, undeclared, wire
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Summer TV Hangout 2014 Lineup
Last year was a sort of experiment for me with TV coverage. I think I tried to do way too much, and shows I planned on burning through got left off entirely. Other shows I worked through much more quickly … Continue reading
Posted in Previews, Television
Tagged blackadder, hbo, netflix, newsroom, office, simpsons, undeclared, wire
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What I Watched This Week: 27 Apr 2014
NEW SHOWS Last Week Tonight – “Week of April 27, 2014” (A-) / series premiere It’s a lot like The Daily Show, but so what. Oliver is an adroit host, and not even Jon Stewart would devote a good portion of … Continue reading
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Tagged broad city, following, hbo, last week tonight, parks and rec, simpsons
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What I Watched This Week: 20 April 2014
NEW SHOWS The Following – “Silence” (C+) Better executed (no pun intended) than last week’s debacle, but it’s readily apparent – if it wasn’t already – that this show goes for the easiest, most obvious twists and never tries to … Continue reading
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Tagged 700 sundays, billy crystal, fargo, following, hannibal, hbo, modern family, simpsons
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What I Watched This Week: 12 Jan 2014
NEW SHOWS: The Simpsons – “Married to the Blob” (B+) This is the second episode in a row that I have not had to drop in any caveats. This was a genuinely hilarious episode filled with some terrific animation. Even … Continue reading
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Tagged brooklyn nine-nine, community, hbo, hulu, modern family, parks and rec, simpsons, true detective
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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
Posted in Best Of, Television
Tagged arrested development, behind the candelabra, bill cosby, bridge, community, daily show, girls, gun control, hbo, house of cards, it's always sunny in philadelphia, john oliver, modern family, netflix
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2013 in Review: The Best Shows
What a year for TV. I watched more of it than ever but, as you’ll see at the bottom, there was so much I couldn’t even get to. Such is the embarrassment of riches we have on our TVs, tablets … Continue reading
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Tagged americans, breaking bad, brooklyn nine-nine, hannibal, happy endings, hbo, key and peele, netflix, newsroom, orange is the new black, parks and rec, veep
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What I Watched This Week: 22 Dec 2013
CURRENT SHOWS: Saturday Night Live — “Jimmy Fallon/Justin Timberlake” (B+) The season’s best episode by a country mile. Some better songs from Timberlake and a reunion of “I Wish it was Christmas Today” would have pushed it even higher. Still, the … Continue reading
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Tagged hbo, saturday night live, snl, veep
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What I Watched This Week: 8 Dec 2013
NEW SHOWS: The Simpsons – “Yellow Subterfuge” (B) A conflicted episode. The B-plot was wildly unnecessary, yet contained the episode’s funniest moments. The A-plot focused on Skinner, which is always welcome, even if a riff on Django Unchained feels way … Continue reading
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Tagged brooklyn nine-nine, community, hbo, modern family, saturday night live, simpsons, snl, veep
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Test Pattern: Fall Pilots 2013
As the fall season got further and further away from me, I ended up dropping shows that were already on the verge of being canceled (Trophy Wife, The Goldbergs) or popular ones that I never had that much of an … Continue reading
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Tagged brooklyn nine-nine, derek, getaway, hbo, hello ladies, michael j fox, netflix
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