Category: TV Reviews

“Mixology”…The novel premise of this show is that it’s centered entirely in a bar during one night, and there’s ten single people (five straight guys, five straight girls) and we have to wonder who gets with who by the end of the night. Last night mainly focused on one of those horribly bitchy women who’s…

NBC’s debuting two “new” comedies tonight (although one is a remake and the other an adaptation) but they’ve already shown the pilots after two different nights of the Olympics, so the secret’s out somewhat…   “Growing Up Fischer”…One long blind joke. See, the title kid’s father is blind and his newly divorced mom (Jenna Elfman)…

Netflix’s somewhat-overpraised sensation House of Cards is back and the internet giant sure has gotten cocky in the space between. Before House of Cards first season, Netflix had Lilyhammer…Now, they’ve been nominated for Emmys, had two shows that were on every critics Best of the Year list (the other being “Orange is the New Black”),…

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…