Last night, HBO aired the pilot of Luck, the new David Milch drama which debuts for realsies late in January. I may post some first impressions later, but not for now because: (1) I first need to handle the season finale of Boardwalk Empire, which HBO did not screen in advance and (2) HBO is sending the whole Luck season, so I’m not sure …
TV Weekend: A Little Louie, a Little Luck, a Little More Debating
Earlier this week, I posted my Top 10 TV series of 2011 list, with Louis CK‘s remarkable first-person show Louie at #1. You’ll have to wait until next year for the next season, but in the meantime, there’s a Louis CK special this …
Parks and Recreation Watch: Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose!
Spoilers for last night’s Parks and Recreation below:
Last night after rewatching “Citizen Knope” (having gotten a screener earlier in the week), I tweeted half-jokingly that Parks and Recreation had become “the Friday Night …
Dead Tree Alert: The Trump Primary
To the list of absolutely crucial wedge issues distinguishing the Republican primary candidates, this week added a new one: What is your position on Donald Trump? In my latest TIME column (subscription required), I look at the …
M*A*S*H’s Harry Morgan Dies at 96
Harry Morgan, best known to TV audiences for playing the gruff, lovable Col. Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H, died Wednesday morning. (Given that he died at the age of 96, I think congratulations are in order along with the condolences.)
The Top 10 TV Episodes of 2011: The Best and the Rest
My list of the Top 10 TV Episodes of 2011 is also up at time.com. (See my post about my Top 10 TV Shows picks for some explanations and general philosophies of listmaking.) After the jump, my annual caveats/explanations, the …
The Top 10 TV Series of 2011: The Best and the Rest
TIME’s annual collection of top-10 lists is up, including my list of the Top 10 TV Shows of 2011. (Also up is my list of Top 10 TV Episodes, which I’ll cover in a separate post.)
After the jump, I’ll post my complete list, …
Sons of Anarchy Watch: To Be… or To Be Continued
Spoilers for last night’s Sons of Anarchy season finale below:
The two-part season 4 finale of Sons of Anarchy was titled “To Be,” a direct declaration, if you needed one, that the series had returned to its initial form, …
The Morning After: Enlightened’s Origin Story
Brief spoilers for last night’s Enlightened below:
I realize that Enlightened is a polarizing show, to the extent that a TV show that a couple hundred thousand people watch is capable of polarizing anyone. I’ve argued here …
Breaking News! Aaron Sorkin’s HBO Cable-News Drama Gets a Name
Things are moving along at the HBO Aaron Sorkin Project formerly known as “Untitled Aaron Sorkin Project.” According to Alex Weprin at TVNewser, the series, set at a fictional cable-news network now has a name… wait for it… …
Boardwalk Empire Watch: Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?
SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, wait for that noisy train to finish passing by, then watch last night’s Boardwalk Empire.
“Let’s just say your life is pretty Jacobean all by itself,” Jimmy Darmody’s Princeton …
Celebrity Apprentice: Donald Trump to Moderate GOP Debate
Because the Republican presidential primary has been too stodgy and dignified lately–what with all the sex-harassment eruptions, memory-lapse gaffes and “SexyBack” parodies—Donald Trump will host a GOP debate in Iowa on Dec. …
Prison Break: Fox Slates Alcatraz, Idol, New Kiefer Drama for Midseason
For the past several seasons, midseason—the stretch of the TV calendar starting in January—has been when Fox’s season really began in earnest, as it brought out powerhouses like American Idol and, back in the day, 24. That’s …