According to this article in Variety (registration required), getting the rights to air these pilots from the studios and their current cable homes was rugged, but deals were struck that included moment and date promos for the cable reruns and ads for the DVD releases by the studios. Anyway, it should...

The show is on fire now, and we’re only three episodes into its second season. My one ask is to see Brenda fail. She can’t knock it out of the park each duration with suspects. She plays a great fish out of water as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson, with her ‘Thank Yous’ that mean...

Today, we tell you what CBS has in store for the 2006-07 season. Remember, these are only “previews”; even though we’ll give our impressions, many things about the show may change by the date the pilots air. Here’s what we’ll be previewing: The Class, Smith, Jericho, and...

More on that a little later. Continue reading Seinfeld: The Library Permalink | Email this | Comments The intensity that Bookman has for his seemingly mundane task — investigating overdue library books — comes through in Hall’s performance, particularly in the enlarged...

But after Mrs. So he held it. I was just disappointed that that was the episode we got before going on a two-week hiatus considering of next Tuesday’s holiday. Continue reading Rescue Me: Chlamydia Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments After last week’s...

I mean, everyone’s tastes are different, but the audience in that “Last Comic Theater” can clearly tell who’s funny and who’s not, right? I guess not. Continue reading Last Comic Standing: Adam Carolla and a surprise Permalink | Email this | Comments...

As part of the deal, Ventimiglia will undergo regular substance abuse checking and a drug abuse program, as well as lecture high school students on the evils of alcohol. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Filed under: Other Drama Shows, HBO, Celebrities, The Sopranos John...

Gabriel how to inform a family of a death to be riveting. That was very effective storytelling: cutting from Brenda’s directions to the interaction with Det. Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, TNT, The Closer (S02E03) I loved the beginning of that episode. Stirring line from Brenda: “You’re...

Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Retro Squad, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (S01E05) that is where I feel comfortable saying that Buffy started to find what kinds of stories defined the series. We’ve got the right kind of humor, the subtle hints of what’s to come, and an ending that throws...

Arquette and her longtime boyfriend, actor Thomas Jane, married in Italy by the weekend. All the focus was on Nicole and Keith down in Australia while television stars Marcia Cross and Patricia Arquette quietly married. Filed under: Other Science Fiction Shows, NBC, Medium, Celebrities The last weekend...

I didn’t think we’d get one of these that early in the game. right? Ahh, the joys of the suspension of disbelief. Continue reading NYPD Blue: Emission Accomplished Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments One of the things I like about that show is seeing...

As one would expect, his return went downhill fast. “Dom”inated. I honestly wasn’t too impressed with that episode. Only just now did the wordplay of that episode’s title prepare any sense to me. First moment that’s ever happened with Entourage. Continue reading Entourage:...

The episode casts doubt on the existence of aliens and shows us just how complicated The X-Files can be. We plus return to the aliens-on-earth mythology storyline, complete with possible government coverup. Unfortunately, it’s all done in a rather boring and complicated episode. Continue reading...

Tommy Gavin (Denis Leary’s character) may or may not have raped his soon-to-be ex-wife. I actually found it to be thrilling television that showed how complicated an effed-up  relationship like that can get. I’ve read at least three Op/Eds about the incident that do everything from...

Sure, there’s Star Trek. I mean, William Shatner has produced so much material that is worthy of mocking that it’s nearly dizzying to think of it all. I certain hope Jeffrey Ross is there. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments But there’s plus his...

This is where Elaine and George find that they don’t have anythng to say to each other unless it’s about Jerry. Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on DVD, OpEd, Retro Squad, Seinfeld (S03E04) This is one of the last episodes in Season Three that feels  like “early Seinfeld“:...

Actually, they didn’t show all that much “house” stuff in that episode, which is probably a good notion. I mean, to be honest, I watch that show to see comedy, not to see humans anatomy alliances and yell at each other. Stand back and let the wacky sparks fly. Continue reading Last...

None of them, not a restricted one, would do that episode justice. His argument? Take that Al. Continue reading Rescue Me: Sparks Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments As a conclusion of ignoring the medical signal, they got called out on the evening news by the...

Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, TNT, The Closer (S02E02) I just adore the Brenda character. Bummer about the story shift, considering I love the walking wreck that is Brenda’s personal life. Continue reading The Closer: Mom Duty Permalink | Email this | Comments She...