Even before Fox debuted Fringe in 2008, the series suffered under the unfair question of whether it would be the next version of its producer J.J. Abrams’ Lost. Once the show aired, it was quickly clear that the show had no such …
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30 Rock Returns: So You Think You Know Me
Spoilers for the season 6 premiere of 30 Rock below:
One of the best set pieces in the pilot of 30 Rock had Jack Donaghy, meeting Liz Lemon for the first time, give her a withering rundown of her personality, habits and …
CBS’s ¡Rob!, Why It ¡Stinks!, and How Not to Do Race on a Sitcom
Judging from the reports of my TV-journalist brethren at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, yesterday was Casual Racism Day, brought to you by CBS. First, a panel for new hit 2 Broke Girls devolved into a …
Work It: Say No to the Dress
You do not need me to tell you that Work It, ABC’s new sitcom in which two unemployed, burly men squeeze themselves into women’s clothing to get jobs as pharmaceutical representatives, is a dumb TV show. The question is: is it …
TV Tonight: I Hate My Teenage Daughter
When you create a new sitcom, and it is not very good, and the title begins, “I Hate…,” you can pretty much expect every TV critic in America to come up with their own play on the title to express how much They Hate This …
Top Chef Returns: You’re Texas Toast
Last night saw the debut of Top Chef Texas, and true to the popular cliché about the nation’s largest state (until Alaska ruined everything), it was bigger. I have long since learned that it is pointless to really judge a Top …
South Park‘s 1% Solution
Sometimes South Park makes strong episodes out of topical stories that are happening in the news. Sometimes it makes strong episodes out of non-topical stories that involve its main characters dealing with childhood. Given that …
Starz’s Politics Drama Boss: Powerful But Messy, Just Like Its Subject
The dramatic grimness comes quick and often in Starz’s new show starring Kelsey Grammer as a Chicago Mayor
Review: The Descent of Man Up!
ABC’s newest manxiety sitcom is about men estranged from their masculinity, and it will never let you forget that.