Category: TV Reviews

Time to start rolling out the midseason shows… “Rake” comes on Fox Thursdays and feels like it probably won’t be around next year or maybe that’s just wishful thinking on my part. It stars Greg Kinnear as a “sleaze bag” lawyer with a very messy personal life and that’s pretty much it. The real problem…

Sure, I get a perverse kick out of pairing two shows as wildly different as The Following (about an unrealistically well-organized cult of serial killers) and HBO’s new series “Looking” (about gay men and their relationships in San Francisco). What will I group together tomorrow? Duck Dynasty and Andy Cohen Live? The Following…I’m not entirely…

Last night brought the premieres of two “mature” animated comedies on FX, and Showtime’s forever-disappearing sitcom “Episodes” is also back in the game. Plus, the early premiere of Cinemax’s unexpected delight “Banshee” is now available. All shows I like, to various degrees… Archer…The season 5 premiere put in motion a major reboot of the spy comedy…mostly because…

There are a lot of strange show pairings on cable, and HBO’s sunday night lineup usually features the weirdest ones, say… “Boardwalk Empire” with “Eastbound and Down” or “Game of Thrones” with “Veep.” The “strangest bedfellows” award might be pairing up “True Detective” with “Girls.” The two shows have literally nothing in common: “True Detective”…

Three very different types of cop shows, but only one of them good (guess which one ahead of time and win a free click on one of my advertisers)… Chicago PD…Another generic cop show, but hey “this one’s got a twist!” What’s the twist? The lead cop might be a bad cop! Of course, he only breaks…

Three different shows, all about different forms of espionage…   Hostages…This show finally, finally ended over on CBS, and I’m thrilled that I don’t have to watch it anymore. The season (and certain series) finale tied up most loose ends, but in the most over elaborate and suspense-less way possible. The biggest problem with a…

Amidst the hustle and bustle of the end of the new year, a lot of people might have overlooked the ending of HBO’s red-headed stepchild Treme and tonight’s return of NBC’s looooong underrated gem Community (now back with Dan Harmon behind the creator’s helm). Treme…An unsatisfying show sputters to a close. I wrote a few…

The TV cycle of life continues, as “The Walking Dead” ends (but is coming back in only two months) while “Treme” begins (but is ending forever after this five episode final season)…hmmm, maybe things are more complicated. The Walking Dead…I guess viewers aren’t the only ones who weren’t satisfied with the third season finale that…

HBO seems to be falling on tough creative times judging by its recent spate of shows. I love The Newsroom, but even I was rolling my eyes with the second season finale. True Blood is a parody of itself. Hello, Ladies is occasionally hilarious but too often feels like it should be called “Depressing Losers…

NBC had a double wallop of cheese last night on their new “scary” Fridays. The fact that this is the scariest thing on broadcast TV—-while even basic cable gets away with the likes of The Walking Dead and American Horror Story—-is mildly amusing. [How long until Hannibal comes back again?]   “Grimm”…While both shows went…