It looks like Seven of Nine’s about to pull off a victory against ol’ Raylan Givens. Raylan always gets distracted when a hot blonde comes around, so it’s no surprise that he lost this TV Madness battle. Today, can Buffy can finally derail Brisco County, Jr.’s improbable run through the tournament?
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Now that David Banner has edged out Sherlock Holmes, and Malcolm Reynolds has a stranglehold on Sylar, it looks like we’re ready to move onto the final eight characters in the TV Madness tournament.
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The TV Madness battle between David Banner versus Sherlock Holmes is still a very close race. We’ll have to see how that one plays out when the poll closes. Today is the last match-up of the final sixteen characters. After today’s match, we’ll be down to eight. Let’s see what happens when fan-favorite Malcolm Reynolds goes up against super-powered villain Sylar.
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I liked Linden in this week’s episode of ‘The Killing’, but the revelation of which character the killer(s) might be doesn’t seem to jibe with me. Thinking back on these past two seasons, I wonder if it makes sense at all, but I just keep tying my brain in knots.
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As I more or less expected, that amazingly epic second-to-last episode of ‘Game of Thrones’ turned out to be the climax of the season. While it has become a modern convention for serialized TV shows to save the climax for a season finale episode (if not the very last scene in the finale), ‘Game of Thrones’ instead follows a literary structure (patterned closely on the George R.R. Martin books, I presume) by winding down its second season with a slow-burning dénouement.
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In recent lawsuits, major broadcast networks NBC, CBS and Fox have all attempted to sue Dish Network over the satellite provider’s so-called “Auto Hop” feature that allows viewers to automatically skip TV commercials. This makes me wonder: How many of you actually watch commercials?
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Apparently, when nobody was looking, Brisco County, Jr. pulled off the biggest upset of TV Madness so far. After I announced that his match was too close to call, Brisco rallied and won by a healthy margin against Jonas Blane. This just goes to show that anything can happen in the tournament.
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During the months of May and June, the major broadcast networks wind down their TV seasons and make way for the cable nets to dominate the summer. Most of the shows we’ve watched over the past several months have either already rolled out their season (and in some cases, series) finale episodes or will do so shortly. This seems like a perfect time for a Roundtable about some of the best and worst finales in television history.
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Surprisingly, Brisco County, Jr. has gone head-to-head with Jonas Blane and hasn’t backed down. At the time of writing this post, their TV Madness contest is still too close to call. As Blane and Brisco fight it out, we’ll take a look at Cameron versus Worf.
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The one and only program that I have or will ever watch on ESPN, the Scripps National Spelling Bee, aired its 2012 finals last night. The winning word, “guetapens,” is a French term for an ambush or trap. That seems appropriate, doesn’t it?
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