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What I Watched This Week: 21 Dec 2014

CURRENT SHOWS Hello Ladies: The Movie (B+) A sweet-natured wrap-up movie for a show that already ended on a perfect note. Still, I enjoyed all these characters so much that I was grateful to see them all again, even if … Continue reading

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What I Watched This Week: 26 Oct 2014

NEW SHOWS Eff you, baseball! CURRENT SHOWS Saturday Night Live – “Jim Carrey/Iggy Azalea” (B-) Despite Jim Carrey giving it his all, this definitely fell flat more often than it succeeded. But it failed by doing a lot of high-concept … 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: 28 Sept 2014

NEW SHOWS The Simpsons – “Clown in the Dumps” (B) / season premiere Yeah, Krusty’s dad died. Big whoop. Though Lisa’s increased attention to Homer is sweet, it’s not very well executed. The Jewish Heaven and depressed comedian stuff is much better, … Continue reading

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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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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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What I Watched This Week: 18 May 2014

NEW SHOWS Louie – “Elevator, Part 2” (A-), “Elevator, Part 3” (B+) Louie is one of those rare shows where the A-story is good but is overflowing with great stuff in the periphery. I can’t think of another show that would have … Continue reading

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What I Watched This Week: 4 May 2014

NEW SHOWS The Simpsons – “Brick Like Me” (A-) To me, this LEGO episode works even better than Community‘s G.I. Joe episode. The animation is gorgeous and this feels like the first time in forever Homer’s been given something more to do than … Continue reading

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2013 in Review: The Worst Shows + Special Awards

Even with the abundance of great television we had this year, there was still some egregiously awful stuff at there. Below are the two worst hours I endured. THE WORST SHOW: Low Winter Sun (AMC) Perhaps my dishonorable mention has … Continue reading

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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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