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Evil Pilot Recap: “You Don’t Care That I Don’t Believe?”

Josh Zyber — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 17:00:11 +0000

The prospect of watching a new procedural drama on CBS isn’t something that typically appeals to me, and appearances that it might be a thinly-veiled X Files knockoff certainly don’t help. Remarkably, Evil may be more promising than some of the early previews made it look. To be honest, the only reason I agreed to...

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Murphy Brown 11.01 Recap: “What If It Tarnishes Our Legacy?”

Josh Zyber — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 12:00:10 +0000

If we really must live in an era where every popular TV show from 20 or 30 years ago is going to get brought back on the air, at least CBS’ venerable journalism sitcom Murphy Brown actually makes sense to revive in the era of Trump and Fake News. But does this comedy still have...

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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Pilot Recap: “Starfleet Doesn’t Fire First”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 15:00:28 +0000

Like a drug pusher offering customers a first taste for free, CBS premiered its new ‘Star Trek’ series on regular broadcast this week, but you’ll need to pay a subscription fee for the CBS All Access streaming platform to see more. Is the show worth getting hooked on? ‘Star Trek’ has been absent from television...

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‘Supergirl’ 2.06 Recap: “I Can’t Hide Behind My Camera Anymore”

Shannon Nutt — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 20:00:10 +0000

With Martian Manhunter, visits from Superman and the newly arrived Mon-El, you’d think National City wouldn’t need any more superheroes. Nonetheless, this week Jimmy Olsen makes his debut as Guardian, the latest crimefighter in a series that seems to be forgetting who its focus is supposed to be on. The episode begins at an Arctic...

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‘Supergirl’ 2.05: “My Whole Life I’ve Been a Sidekick”

Shannon Nutt — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 17:00:39 +0000

As if National City didn’t have enough heroes, it gets one more in this week’s entry of ‘Supergirl’… from a most unlikely source. This week’s episode opens very entertainingly. Kara (who is now officially Mon-El’s guardian) introduces him to the world and brings him in for his first day of work at CatCo. First, though,...

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‘MacGyver’ (2016) Pilot Recap: “If This Guy Is the Hero, It’s Not Looking Good”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:00:15 +0000

The new 2016 ‘MacGyver’ attempts something I don’t recall seeing before. It tries to consolidate and reboot two shows in one. It really ought to be called ‘MacGyver: Impossible’. Considering that the ‘Mission: Impossible’ movie franchise has little to nothing to do with the old TV series, I can certainly understand why CBS would want...

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‘BrainDead’ Pilot Recap: “God, I Hate Politics”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 13:00:40 +0000

In a very unexpected turn of events, the weirdest and perhaps most interesting new TV series of the summer is on CBS. While I’m not sure that ‘BrainDead’ is a new television classic yet, it’s a hell of a lot more fun than ‘Under the Dome’, ‘Zoo’ or other similarly stupid garbage the network usually...

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‘Supergirl’ 1.20 Recap: “You Saved the World… and I Saved You”

Shannon Nutt — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:00:10 +0000

Even though it has yet to be officially renewed by CBS (although it’s hard to believe it won’t be), ‘Supergirl’ flies boldly through its first season finale, acting like this story is far from over. The show even leaves fans with a cliffhanger to mull over the summer. Things pick up right where they left...

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‘Supergirl’ 1.19 Recap: “Hope Is Stronger Than Fear”

Shannon Nutt — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 16:00:13 +0000

That’s it? That’s all that “Myriad” is? After weeks of waiting to see what Non’s big plan was for taking over the Earth, we finally find out in the penultimate episode of ‘Supergirl’ – and, honestly, it’s kind of stupid. After taking a week off, ‘Supergirl’ returns to action as the citizens of National City...

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‘Supergirl’ 1.18 Recap: “It Was Our Turn to Help You”

Shannon Nutt — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 16:00:42 +0000

This is the episode of ‘Supergirl’ a lot of you have been waiting for. The Girl of Steel teams up with a certain speedster from The CW. Was the pairing worth the wait, or is this just a desperate attempt to boost the show’s ratings? After she saved herself from a high-rise fall via her...

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‘Supergirl’ 1.17 Recap: “What Is Project Cadmus?”

Shannon Nutt — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 16:00:35 +0000

Once again avoiding the standard “Villain of the Week” format, this week’s episode of ‘Supergirl’ finally fills in some backstory we’ve been waiting to see – not just for J’onn J’onnz, but for Kara and Alex as well. The episode begins with Kara reclining on her couch in her apartment, scarfing down donuts and watching...

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‘Supergirl’ 1.16 Recap: “Sometimes Heroes Fall”

Shannon Nutt — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:00:23 +0000

Supergirl falls victim to the effects of red kryptonite this week, and the result not only impacts her, but has serious ramifications for this freshman series as a whole. In short, this is by far my favorite episode of ‘Supergirl’ to date. This week’s entry opens with Cat Grant making an appearance on ‘The Talk’...

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