Monday: Men of a Certain Age
When it comes to original programming, TNT hasn’t fared nearly as well as fellow cable netlet USA. That’s because whereas the latter channel has succeeded by matching high concept fluffiness (Burn Notice, Royal Pains, White Collar) with up and coming actors (Jeffrey Donovan, Mark Feuerstein and Matthew Bomer), Read More
We hope you’re sitting down (preferably in front of a TV). In a study released by The Nielsen Company on Tuesday, it was revealed that the average American spends four hours and 49 minutes per day watching television, up four minutes from last year and nearly 20 percent from 10 years ago. Somewhere Read More
You can take Kevin Reilly out of NBC, but apparently you can’t take NBC out of Kevin Reilly. The former NBC entertainment president, who now holds the same position at Fox, announced the fall schedule yesterday at Fox’s upfront presentation, and the results were positively Ben Silverman–like. Much can be made of the laughable decision Read More
Monday: Wet Hot American Summer
Does anyone do absurd comedy better than David Wain? Sure, Role Models might have been the most formulaic Judd Apatow movie that Judd Apatow didn’t have anything to do with, but the last act—a full on LAIRE (Live Action Interactive Role-playing Explorers) battle royale complete with KISS Read More
It’s normally not until May when network executives get their knives out to slash the hopes and dreams of many a showrunner, but this year it looks like things are starting a little early. Late Monday night, ABC predictably canceled the lowly rated Life on Mars, though the series will be allowed to Read More
A quick note before we dig into our ten favorite television shows of the year. You’ll most likely notice the absence of How I Met Your Mother. This has nothing to do with its quality (or lack there of), as our omission of The Office does. We just don’t watch it. That being said, we’d Read More
After six episodes, we’re still not sure what to make of Fringe. While J.J. Abrams’ much-hyped new show has become a permanent fixture on our DVRs, we can’t say that we really like it. However, we don’t really dislike it either. Tonight brings the series’ first new installment in two weeks, ominously titled "In Which Read More
Good news for fans of absurd science fiction! Fox has picked up J.J. Abrams’ Fringe for a full season order. After an iffy pilot and slack ratings, Fringe has become a moderate hit since being paired with House on Tuesday nights. Its audience has grown and stabilized, two good signs for a network show, Read More
More evidence that this fall season of TV is weak: no one is watching anything!
Despite our tremendous affection for HBO’s vampire drama True Blood, it tanked in the ratings. We suggested it might be Alan Ball’s own personal John From Cincinnati, but it may even be worse: True Blood had fewer Read More
We stayed home last night to watch J.J. Abrams’ new show Fringe and, happily, found it to be passable entertainment, perched even, on the precipice of possible excellence. We won’t give you a review, since our esteemed colleague already did that, but the pilot did leave us with one question. What was with all Read More
