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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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Summer TV Hangout: Week 10
The Simpsons (Season 7) “Summer of 4 Ft. 2” (A) Subjectively, any character on The Simpsons could be your favorite. But objectively, it’s hard to think of a character that’s better than Lisa. She remains resilient, even while carrying a … Continue reading
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Summer TV Hangout 2014: Week 9
The Wire (Season 1) “Game Day” (A) This show. The cold open took place all inside that gym, as Stringer and Avon pay $20,000 for a ju-co ringer for their Eastside-Westside game. And I almost forgot about the cops. And … Continue reading
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Summer TV Hangout 2014: Week 8
The Simpsons (Season 7) “Homerpalooza” (B) An episode I loved as a kid, but don’t quite love so much now. Sure, there are great digs at Jostens (essential as someone who worked on the yearbook staff in high school) and … Continue reading
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Summer TV Hangout 2014: Week 7
The Simpsons (Season 7) “Much Apu About Nothing” (A) Though it aired in 1997, this episode perfectly captures the ongoing immigration “debate” and the stupid rhetoric of “hard-working Americans.” The Wire (Season 1) “One Arrest” (A) Much like last week’s … Continue reading
Reactionary Tale: Emmy Nominations 2014
Procrastination got the better of me, and I never got around to posting my picks for this year’s ceremony, though I would have been dead on in several categories from my notes. But there’s still plenty to be excited and … Continue reading
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Tagged 700 sundays, americans, billy crystal, breaking bad, brooklyn nine-nine, community, emmys, fargo, hannibal, hbo, house of cards, key and peele, lego, modern family, netflix, oitnb, orange is the new black, scandal, simpsons
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