Category: TV Reviews

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…

This show may be one of the most jaw-droppingly silly programs I’ve ever seen on a broadcast network. It looks like it would fit right in on the Syfy channel after a re-airing of Sharknado, and is somehow even goofier than the show it spun off from, “Once Upon a Time.” Maybe it’s because almost…

I skipped the entire second season of American Horror Story because, for some crazy reason, a show set entirely in a dreary, old-style insane asylum with torture and a serial killer named Bloody Face on the loose just didn’t appeal to me. However, I was willing to give this new season a try because of…

Three new comedy shows, none of them very good, but one of them is almost good, so that’s something…[Also, what’s up with longer names for comedy series? Who wants to say “Sean Saves the World” every time they’re talking about a show they just watched?]   Sean Saves the World…A gay man has to raise a daughter…

Many predicted FX’s new drama series The Bridge (their first new drama series since Justified premiered four years ago) would be the next great TV drama. It had all the classic elements: a soulful protagonist (Damian Birchir’s Juarez cop Marco), a slightly off-center protagonist (Diane Kruger’s autism-afflicted El Paso detective), a culture clash, societal issues,…

A so-so TV movie based on the Supreme Court trial of whether or not to uphold the conviction of Muhammad Ali for not going to Vietnam when drafted. Ali said he was a conscientious objector because of his beliefs as a member of the Nation of Islam, and the government said that didn’t cut it….

It’s not easy for a show that’s been on the air a whopping 25 years to still generate headlines, but that’s exactly what happened (sort-of…they were small headlines…mostly online) when The Simpsons announced that famed fantasy director Guillermo Del Toro would be directing the opening credits sequence for their 25th Treehouse of Horror episode. And…

Low Winter Sun was given the tough-task of having to follow the final season of Breaking Bad, which broke ratings records and captured a specific moment in the culture. Sure, just about anything coming on after Breaking Bad would have seemed like a letdown, but that doesn’t mean Low Winter Sun had to lean into…

It’s only the second episode into SNL’s new season so it’s a little early to tell what new cast members (if any) will pop out of the pack, and right now I’m having a hard time telling at least two of the five new white guys apart. Still, I’m ready to welcome the change since I feel…

Tonight brought the third season finale of AMC’s against-all-odds successful Western, “Hell on Wheels.” Hell on Wheels is subtly groundbreaking in that it keeps fighting uphill battles: an actual Western show that’s managed to survive three seasons, a show about the building of the Transcontinental railroad that manages to keep from putting us to sleep, a show…