Rosie O’Donnell began the second night of her OWN network talk show, The Rosie Show, by reading a selection of reviews of the first night of The Rosie Show, for the audience to cheer or boo. I didn’t review the first night, but …
The Morning After: Parenthood, Now With More Parenthood
I will admit that, when it comes to Parenthood, I am part of the problem. It’s always occupied a spot with me where I’m warm to the show but not driven enough to watch it live every week and thus blog about it.
TV Tonight: Last Man Standing
On behalf of the men of the world, I want to apologize to women for the existence of Last Man Standing, ABC’s new Tim Allen comedy, if for no other reason than its existence seems predicated on the idea that I need to watch it to …
The Morning After: Enlightened: What Is This Show, Anyway?
There are plenty of reasons to critique some of the half-hour series on HBO and Showtime (Weeds, Hung, The Big C) but the critique I’ve never gotten, nor had much patience for, is: “It’s supposed to be comedy, but it’s not funny …
Interview: Talking Gus Fring with Giancarlo Esposito
SPOILER ALERT: The following post and interview contain spoilers about the season finale of Breaking Bad.
Gustavo Fring, immigrant from Chile to Mexico to New Mexico, maker of delicious chicken, purveyor of high-quality crystal meth, was one of Breaking Bad’s greatest creations—and one of TV drama’s most memorable villains, …
Interview: Vince Gilligan on Breaking Bad’s Finale, Season Four and the Future
SPOILER ALERT: The following post and interview contain spoilers about the season finale of Breaking Bad.
Last week, after watching a screener of Breaking Bad’s gut-punch of a season ending, I got on the phone with Vince …
Boardwalk Empire Watch: Crank Up the Old Victrola
Spoiler alert: Before you read this post, stop reading that derivative script about the rich society boy who falls for the servant girl and watch last night’s Boardwalk Empire.
I need to keep this week’s Boardwalk Empire Watch …
Breaking Bad Watch: The One Who Knocks
SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, stop watching House, or something, and watch last night’s season finale of Breaking Bad.
“A guy opens his door and gets shot, and you think that of me? No. I am the one who knocks.”
TV Weekend: Breaking Bad Cooks Up Another Finale
You probably don’t need a reminder if you’re interested, but Breaking Bad‘s season 4 finale is this Sunday. When last we left Walter White, he was crumpled on a roof, having found himself in a kill-or-be-killed situation with …
The Morning After: Straight Outta Eagleton
Last night’s Parks and Recreation, “Born and Raised”—in which Leslie Knope encountered the Pawnee version of birtherism—was the strongest yet of the new-season episodes and one that gives me great hope for what it can do with …
The Morning After: The Fast Food and the Furious
Quick spoilers for last night’s return of South Park below:
Some last-minute deadlines prevent me from giving the longer writeup I was hoping to “Ass Burgers,” which resolved the sort-of-cliffhanger from the midseason finale. I found a lot to like in the episode, like the topical spoof of vaccine paranoia. (Even the semi-insensitive …
Women Watch TV Like This, But Men Watch TV Like This
Over at ThinkProgress, critic Alyssa Rosenberg (whom you should be reading if you aren’t already), has a thought-provoking post on all the new fall shows with female stars, and whether or not those shows are actually speaking to a female audience. “This was supposed to be a great fall for women on television, but several weeks in, it …
RIP Steve Jobs: He Let Us Inside the Media
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I spend most of any waking weekday inside Steve Jobs’ idea.
I wake up to an alarm clock set by my iPhone, which is docked to it. I get up and go for a run, listening to my iPod Nano on shuffle. Back home I get dressed, listening to NPR (iPhone app). Breakfast time and I read the …