How nice is it to turn on your DVR and discover that it has recorded a show that you really like but, because you weren’t paying attention to its network, hadn’t realized was already back with a new season? That happen...
It used to be that, once the major networks shut down their programming schedules, there was little of interest to watch on TV during the summer months except reruns and Reality crap. However, in recent years, the cable networks h...
In our last couple of polls, we’ve looked at some of our favorite movies of 2011. Now it’s time to look at some of our favorite new TV shows. Which of these series that debuted in 2011 have you watched and liked?
Just as the fall TV season ramps up, the last of the summer series finish their runs. The fact that these two things have to overlap for a couple of weeks makes for a very crowded DVR schedule in my household. ‘Alphas’...
‘Alphas’ keeps rolling out the nerd favorite guest stars. Last week gave us Summer Glau, and now we get her ‘Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ co-star Garret Dillahunt. He plays the leader of a relig...
If there’s one sure-fire way to get nerds to perk up and pay attention to a TV show (or movie), it’s to give Summer Glau a role. The actress must be well aware of the effect she has on that particular segment of the vi...
In a somewhat interesting development, this week’s episode of ‘Alphas’ is the first in which the team doesn’t try to track down an Alpha villain – but rather just some regular, garden-variety criminals. Hey...
I shouldn’t be disappointed. When ‘Alphas’ premiered, the show clearly set itself up to take on a case-of-the-week procedural structure. It’s ‘The X-Files’ for superhumans. Nonetheless, the last...
After last week’s shockingly intense episode, I have to admit that I expected ‘Alphas’ to ease off this week and give us something lighter, perhaps a routine case-of-the-week with fairly low stakes for the charac...
The Bill Bixby TV version of ‘The Incredible Hulk’ used to say, “You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.” Well, this week’s episode of ‘Alphas’ has a whole lot of angry people in ...
After the surprisingly intriguing pilot episode, does the second episode of Syfy’s new superhero series ‘Alphas’ hold up? For the most part, yes.
I don’t often tune in to the Syfy Channel. Its schlocky Z-grade monster movies and nearly-constant rotation of ‘WWE SmackDown’ reruns just aren’t my thing. Of its current original programming, I didn’...
