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I’m really enjoying ABC family’s Bunheads this summer, but to appreciate it, you have to get past the beginning. I don’t mean the pilot or the premise (though more on those in a second); I mean the opening title sequence.
First, there’s the show’s title itself—a slang term for ballet dancers—which is a trifecta of badness. It’s …
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Busy, busy, busy! As I mentioned in my Homeland post the other day, Sunday is quite the crowded viewing/blogging night for me right now, what with Breaking Bad wrapping up, Boardwalk Empire back in the regular rotation, and The Good Wife, Homeland and The Amazing Race, among other shows, competing for DVR space and time. In the …
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The TCA TV critics’ press tour (which I will be joining next week) continued with its cable round yesterday, as critics and reporters heard from AMC, a critics’ darling that has recently taken some dings in its Teflon armor over the season finale of The Killing, ugly negotiations over Mad Men and a shakeup at hit zombie drama The …
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Just caught up on How to Make It in America, the first episode to air since the review copies HBO sent me. In my review, I, like most critics I’ve seen compared the series to Entourage (with which it shares a producer). The makers of the show have resisted the comparison, though it’s meant as a compliment: it reminds me of the things I …
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…or, you could just watch the whole thing, right now, without HBO, cheap-like-for-free at YouTube. (I could say NSFW. But is it ever safe to watch a half-hour TV show at work? I mean, unless you have my job.)
For what it’s worth, I recommend it. I’ve seen four episodes of How to Make It in America, and while I can’t say that it’s a …
