You are now entering the Retro Squad, where we are reviewing past episodes of your favorite shows, in order, every week. (S03E01) Most of my fellow Squadders are starting their Retro Squad coverage at a specific show’s pilot. But, overall, the episodes in those first two seasons moved pretty slowly...

Each show, along with 24 and The Sopranos, has been mominated for three Television Critics organization awards. Earl has been nominated for new program of the year, for best comedy series, and for Jason Lee’s leading performance. It’s not a big stretch to say that both shows are going to...

Whew, still sends chills down my spine. It wraps with what I’m assuming is the tagline for the rest of the season: “No One Rests in Peace.” Neither will I until 2007 rolls around. I can’t wait. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Filed...

The viewers voted and they chose… She’s a Harvard grad so the girl ain’t no dummy. Filed under: Other Reality Shows, NBC, The Apprentice, Celebrities As we mentioned last winter, NBC will feature an Olympian on the next installment of The Apprentice. In case that gimmick isn’t...

Leading the pack with ten dead was 24, with Alias slightly behind at seven. The list creators welcome any additional deaths that they missed. In a tie with six dead each were Prison Break and, surprisingly, Veronica Mars. On the other hand, it plus shows that we watch waaayyy too much television and...

That was one hell of a return. Rescue Me is one of those rare shows that smacks you from every angle and it does it well. Tonight’s season three premiere didn’t hold anything back. Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Cable, OpEd, Rescue Me, FX (S03E01) Wow. I’m still not certain how...

Season 2″ year ended with a whimper in December 2004. This date around, we’re back to the usual format, opening with a two-hour show where talent scouts Ross Mark and Bob Read comb the country for candidates to take to the semi-finals in L.A. What struck me about the audition phase that...

He’s part of an American organization called Ahead for Horses, which believes that horseback riding is therapeutic to physically and mentally disabled kids. He spent Memorial Day promoting horseback riding in Jerusalem. Shatner launched a new fundraising effort in Jerusalem to bring 30 riding...

Filed under: Other Reality Shows, NBC, OpEd, The Apprentice (S05E14) that is it! He currently works as an analyst for one of the largest business/consulting firms in the world. (Information courtesy of NBC, except for the stuff I made up.) Twenty-two-year-old Lee is a recent graduate of Cornell...

It was, after all, dubbed the first ever “R-Rated” TV series. Continue reading NYPD Blue: Pilot Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Retro Squad, NYPD Blue Do not adjust your web browser. When men were men, gas was...

Though we have a few cool premieres starting in the coming weeks, from Rescue Me (5/30) to Deadwood (6/11), let’s face it — TV isn’t the same after May sweeps. Filed under: TV on DVD, The Simpsons, Site Announcements, Retro Squad, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Prisoner, Angel,...

Let us know in the comments. [via The Futon Critic] Permalink | Email this | Comments Filed under: NBC, Industry, Programming, ER, Las Vegas, Law and Order, Medium, Scrubs, My Name Is Earl, The Office Well, that was bound to happen: NBC has decided to move their highly-anticipated...

Instead, HBO will run a mini-marathon on the past three episodes of The Sopranos (”The Ride,” “Moe n’ Joe,”and ”Cold Stones“) starting at 9PM. Filed under: Other Drama Shows, HBO, Showtime, Premium Cable, Programming, The Sopranos, Huff While everyone is...

Filed under: Other Drama Shows, CBS, OpEd, CSI: Miami (S04E25) Well that was easily the best of the three CSI season finales that year. While investigating the scene, Jessop triggered a grenade wired inside of a barbeque grill. Well… Alexx pronounced him minutes later. On top of that, it had...

I get paid no matter what our commenters think? Oh. And now, heeeerrrrreeeee’s The Apprentice! Continue reading The Apprentice: Who Wears the Pants? Permalink | Email this | Comments I have a brief statement, soon after I’ll open the floor to questions. I was informed...

Filed under: Other Drama Shows, CBS, OpEd, CSI (S06E24) I wasn’t too excited about that episode mainly considering I watched so few episodes that year. particularly when you consider how much they put into last year’s two-hour Tarantino explosion. It was amazing. that one just felt...

I just thought it was one of those cheesy three minute trailers that are rarely worth watching. I guess I didn’t realize that it was a fifteen minute mini episode. Well that was certainly worth checking out considering not only is it laugh out loud funny, but it additionally highlights the...

For those of you waiting to see what would come from Vito’s “situation,” let’s just say, that was what you’ve been waiting for that whole season. Something makes me wonder, though, whether or not Vito would have appealed to Tony’s good side had he not brought his...

Like I said, he didn’t react too well. The rest of the episode (and it was far more interesting) dealt with the one character in that show who’s frequently mentioned, yet we’ve never met: Margaret Eppes. Continue reading Numb3rs: Hot Shot (finale) Read | Permalink | Email...