‘Arrow’ Pilot Recap: “We’ll Put Out an AP
It’s been more than a year since ‘Smallville’ finally went off the air. Hoping to lure back some of that comic book geek audience, the CW network premiered its new series ‘Arrow’, based on the DC Comi...
It’s been more than a year since ‘Smallville’ finally went off the air. Hoping to lure back some of that comic book geek audience, the CW network premiered its new series ‘Arrow’, based on the DC Comi...
After braving the mind-numbing stupidity of NBC’s ‘Whitney‘, I’m back again to check out another seemingly mediocre TV series that somehow remains on the air. Taking a break from sitcoms, this time I’...
Even if I don’t particularly care for the direction that this final season of ‘Fringe’ is taking, I’m certainly not going to drop the series now, five years in and so close to its conclusion. This puts me I...
It appears that ABC’s much-hyped military/political thriller ‘Last Resort’ is a ratings dud and likely to be canceled. I suppose this means that I shouldn’t get too attached to it. Given that the second epi...
As a rule, I’m wary of any show that a network tries to promote as a “guilty pleasure.” That’s usually code for: “We know this stinks, but we hope you’ll think that’s intentional so that y...
Honestly, I hadn’t planned to continue recapping this season of ‘Haven’ beyond the season premiere. However, Friday’s episode was preceded by a warning about gruesome, disturbing content, and how could I re...
‘Fringe’ returned for its fifth (and final) season this past Friday. I suppose that I ought to be more excited about this than I am. Unfortunately, considering how poorly Season 4 ended, and considering the path that t...
The new CBS mystery procedural series ‘Elementary’ has the ingenious concept of updating Sherlock Holmes to the modern day. What a novel idea! Why has no one else thought of this before? Oh, wait…
The new fall TV shows are here. How many of them will stick around for an entire season, we can only guess. This past Thursday, ABC premiered one of the years’ more promising new series, the Navy-themed mystery thriller R...
Last year, NBC and ABC launched ambitious primetime dramas set in the swinging 1960s (‘The Playboy Club’ and ‘Pan Am’ respectively). Both proved to be ratings duds and were canceled in the first season. (In...
We’re officially in the fall TV season now. This week sees the premiere of several new shows and the return of a few favorites. Among the latter, ‘Castle’ started its fifth season on Monday. Geez, I wish this ser...
Formerly a summer series, the Syfy network decided to move its Stephen King-based supernatural mystery/procedural ‘Haven’ to the fall this year. The show returned for its third season on Friday. I have to admit that, a...