Series creator and writer Mike White gives himself a sweet, sad showcase as an actor, as Tyler exposes himself in more ways than one.
House of Cards Watch: I Ate the Whole Thing
I went through 13 episodes in a week. Did it hold up to my original review? (Yes, no, and yes.) And when will there be a critical mass of viewers ready to discuss?
TV Tonight: Community Is Back. Or Is It?
In the new, post-Dan Harmon episodes, this once-brilliant community college sitcom now looks like a Cliff’s Notes version of itself.
TV Tonight: Love, Hate, or Love-to-Hate It, Smash Is Back
NBC’s musical returns, retooled and apologetic. What you think of season two depends on how deep you thought the problems with season one were.
Super Bowl Watch: A Fiery Stage, Lights Out and a Voice from Beyond (Oh, Yeah, and a Game Too)
The big game is an all-day, bloated TV affair, and yet it was still able to turn on a dime and snatch excitement from the yawning jaws of boredom.
30 Rock Finale: I Lizzed, I Cried
Back in 2006, I would not have described 30 Rock as a love story. But the funny, sweet finale confirmed that, in many ways, that is exactly what it was.
Review: House of Cards Sinks Its Sharp Teeth into Washington
In Netflix’s new drama, Kevin Spacey guides a gleeful tour through a Washington D.C. where you are either eating flesh or you’re on the menu.
The Americans: Do You Pledge Allegiance?
FX unveiled the first chapter of its Cold War story about a fascinating fake (or is it?) marriage.
New Girl Watch: Will They? Won’t They? They Did
Last night, a couple of characters finally “violated the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act.” If you catch our meaning.
TV Tonight: The Americans
FX’s Cold War thriller about a deep-cover Soviet spies in the suburbs is the thriller you’d expect but also an intriguing study of marriage as partnership.
Enlightened Watch: Consider Levi
In a beautiful episode, Amy’s ex goes to rehab, proving that you can lead a man to water, but he has to find the turtle himself.
The Office Watch: Lowering the Boom Mic
Well, things got real there awfully quick.
Dead Tree Alert: 30 Rock–It Peacocks TV So Much
The whole series, and last night’s episode, portrayed TV as a business, a farce, and, the one thing that gave sense to its neurotic characters’ lives.
