Category: TV Reviews

Nashville…A good show that people are mistaking for a great show. The pilot was fine…f-i-n-e, not terrific like a lot of the hyperbolic praise suggests. The best thing in it is Hayden Panettiere, playing the up and coming country star that’s a little less wholesome than her red-state image suggests. [Think Carrie Underwood if she…

Another week of fall premieres. Some old shows coming back, some new shows just getting started, let’s dive right in… 666 Park Avenue…This will definitely be one of those shows you should only review after a few episodes. However, last night was the premiere and I haven’t seen any others, so I have to work…

Nobody really comes to the site to read TV reviews on a Friday, but there’s been so many shows premiering that I feel I shouldn’t wait until Monday (where there will be a fresh crop of reviews). The Last Resort…Hopefully I wasn’t the only who watched ABC’s new drama last night because I’m pretty excited…

Just in case five new movie reviews wasn’t enough, let’s talk about the season premiere of HBO’s Treme (if we have to), and first episodes of Ben and Kate/The Mindy Project, which are currently sneak previewing on demand before airing this week over on Fox. Season 3 Premiere of Treme…Treme is from the creator of…

NBC’s comedy block was back tonight, and FX had one of the most significant (plot-wise) episodes of Louie ever. Let’s get to it… Louie: This often brilliant, sometimes frustrating show is widely touted as the best comedy on TV, with the caveat that it’s not really a comedy show so much as a show centered…

Fall TV is back, and so is cramming in a lot of reviews for new shows and season premieres alike… Boardwalk Empire’s Season Three Premiere: It’s funny the way we like some characters and not others, isn’t it? Breaking Bad’s Walter White is my absolute favorite character on TV, and I acknowledge that he’s a…

As we gear up for the new Fall season (which, to be honest, doesn’t seem like a particularly strong crop this year), let’s take a look at some “in-between” shows that clean up during the low competition months. Totally Biased…This is W. Kamau Bell’s new show on FX, and if you don’t know who that…

For the last couple summers, HBO has featured a Monday night documentary series. They show a different doc every week, and I’m glad they do. Still, I think last year’s crop (that included the hilarious wannabe superheroes doc, the fascinating Afghanistan women’s prison doc Love Crimes in Kabul, and the excellent expose of our legal…

Okay, so technically it’s not Breaking Bad’s season finale, and it’ll continue this season with eight final episodes, but that’s all the way until next year. For now, let’s get into it… Breaking Bad…It’s no secret I consider this the best show currently on television, and this season has been no exception. It may not…

Although I really want to talk about a great show a little later today (Newsroom), let’s warm up by quickly grading some shitty ones. [Except for Grimm, which is just mediocre, not bad.] True Blood…Last night was the fifth season finale of HBO’s (current) longest running drama show, and just realizing that makes me depressed. The fact…

In the last week, we’ve seen long running TV series end (The Closer), short running TV series end (Political Animals), and the second season finale of an occasionally strong, often frustrating series (Falling Skies). The Closer…I’ve never watched a single episode of this show, so the “finale” (which really just set up an almost identical…

In what must have seemed like a strange coincidence (or maybe it was deliberate), both of AMC’s dramas revolved heavily around train robberies last night. This type of heist hasn’t been popular since the days of Jesse James, so it was more than a little unique (and refreshing) that it was last night. First, the…