A lot of television shows took a brief hiatus during Thanksgiving week, allowing Americans to spend a bit more quality time with their loved ones to feast, to fight their way through the crass, vulgar mayhem known as Black Friday,...
‘Doctor Who’ celebrated its 50th anniversary on November 23rd. Leading up to the occasion, the BBC has been airing tons of ‘Doctor Who’ episodes and specials in preparation for this television milestone. I’...
I’ve been a huge fan of AMC’s ‘The Killing’, which was canceled twice, breaking my heart both times. So I was euphoric when I learned this week that Netflix has picked the series up for yet another final season. I’m qu...
My DVR has been working overtime lately. It seems like just about every current show is pumping out new episodes. I’m almost looking forward to the holidays and reruns, just so that I can ease up a little. I keep threatening to cu...
Halloween-themed episodes did nothing notable to raise the profile of struggling and middling sitcoms last week. See the mediocre results proffered in ‘The Goldbergs’, ‘Trophy Wife’, ‘The Millers̵...
What’s obsessing me in TV this week? Let’s fire up the old Idiot Box to find out.
Maybe it’s just my personal preference, but I’ve noticed that the current crop of television dramas is infinitely better than the current crop of comedies. I love a good comedy, but almost all of the ones I’ve watched this season ...
As a gainfully employed, functioning, non-hermitic member of society, I’ve been finding it impossible to keep up with all the television shows I’d like to watch. As far as that goes, the good news is that enough time has passed fo...
We’re now well into the beginning of the new television season, and let me say up front that, in general, I’m pretty disappointed. There aren’t a lot of new shows that I really love, and there aren’t a lot ...
I’ve been in thrall of television for as long as I can remember. When I was a child, I loved ‘Sesame Street’, ‘Our Gang’ reruns, game shows, ‘Donahue’, reruns of ‘The Brady BunchR...
