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Weekend Roundtable: Worst TV Cliffhangers

Josh Zyber — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 19:00:16 +0000

The season finale cliffhanger has been a time-honored TV tradition ever since ‘Dallas’ left viewers guessing “Who Shot J.R.?” over three decades ago. Nevertheless, when ‘The Walking Dead’ ended its latest season with a cliffhanger last weekend, the show’s entire fan base collectively lost its shit in outrage as if none of them had ever...

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Poll: Fall 2014 Returning TV Shows

Josh Zyber — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:00:49 +0000

In last week’s poll, we asked you which of this fall’s new TV shows you planned to check out. Let’s follow that up with a look at all the returning shows coming back for another round this season. Which old favorites will you continue to watch this year, and which have you dropped? I’ve attempted...

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Weekend Roundtable: Hate-Watching TV

Josh Zyber — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 19:00:47 +0000

This week’s Roundtable was inspired by a couple of TV shows currently on the air. Have you ever found yourself hate-watching a show just so that you could complain about it afterwards, or at least so that you’ll understand what other people are complaining about? We sure have. Shannon Nutt For those of you who...

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Spike’s Idiot Box: Down but Not Out

Michael Spike Steinbacher — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 20:00:01 +0000

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 quite excited for the show’s return, the date of which is currently unknown. In the...

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‘The Killing’ Gets Resurrected… Again!

Shannon Nutt — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 17:00:15 +0000

File this in the “Wake me up, I must be dreaming” category. Believe it or not, despite being canceled (twice) by AMC, ‘The Killing’ is coming back for one more final season, thanks to the folks over at Netflix. Of course, Netflix was one of the big reasons that AMC decided to bring the series...

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Spike’s Idiot Box: Pilot Episode

Michael Spike Steinbacher — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:00:18 +0000

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 Bunch’, ‘Gilligans’s Island’, ‘Bewitched’, and ‘The Andy Griffith Show’. Saturday mornings were spent on the carpet directly in front of the idiot box...

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AMC Kills ‘The Killing’

Josh Zyber — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:00:17 +0000

To the dismay of many fans (but probably to the relief of our recapper Aaron, who’d grown frustrated with the show towards the end), the AMC network drove ‘The Killing’ out to the woods this week, dropped it to its knees, and put a bullet in its heart. Oh, right, spoiler alert. Sorry. This is...

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‘The Killing’ 3.11 & 3.12 Recap: “You’re a Monster!”

Aaron Peck — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 15:00:54 +0000

I don’t like to brag, but I have to say that I absolutely nailed it with last week’s recap of ‘The Killing’. I predicted the season’s final plot twist, and as the reveal happened this week, I kept thinking to myself, “Boy, I wish I wouldn’t have been so right.” Handicapped by its own formula,...

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‘The Killing’ 3.10 Recap: “Salisbury Steak Isn’t Steak”

Aaron Peck — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:00:36 +0000

Say what you will about ‘The Killing’ (anyone who reads these recaps knows that I’ve said plenty), but the show sure knows how to pack a wallop during the face-to-face conversations. The story might be muddled as hell, but this week’s episode has some intense scenes going on. Let’s see, how many emotions does Linden...

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‘The Killing’ 3.09 Recap: “Hey Babe, Where Ya Been?”

Aaron Peck — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:00:56 +0000

Did anyone else notice the credits at the beginning of this week’s episode of ‘The Killing’? I was surprised to see Jonathan Demme’s name pop up as director. Perhaps that played a part in this being the best episode of the season by far. After realizing that Demme had directed, I scrambled to his IMDb...

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‘The Killing’ 3.08 Recap: “Where Do You Want to Go?”

Aaron Peck — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 16:00:17 +0000

Another red herring bites the dust. Boy, the writers of ‘The Killing’ are really trying their damnedest to stretch this season out until the last episode. So, all those creepy shots of Pastor Mike staring at young girls, all his disturbing glances just over the brim of his hipster glasses, and his strange way of...

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‘The Killing’ 3.07 Recap: “People Only See What They Want to See Anyway”

Aaron Peck — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:00:12 +0000

If ‘The Killing’ had anything going for it in the past two seasons, it was the fact that the show didn’t play by the book a whole lot. Instead, the writers decided that focusing on the grief, pain and anguish of a murder was more important than actually solving the crime. Fine. It makes for...

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