Was Glee’s Lindsay Lohan moment really about comeback—or does something darker lurk below the show-choir sparkles?
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Glee Watch: The Bully Becomes the Bullied
Spoilers for last night’s Glee below:
I will say this for the way Glee handled Karofsky’s suicide attempt in “On My Way”: the beginning of the episode was a very effective 15 minutes or so of television. The problem: it was …
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Glee Watch: Wedding Bell Curve
I got to watching Glee late last night, and before I fired up the Tivo, asked my Twitter feed its verdict on the episode. “The best in a while,” came the answer. Also: “The worst in a while.” This being Glee, not only did the …
2012 Golden Globes: The Best and Worst Dressed
As Hollywood celebrates the best performances in film and television, TIME looks at the winners and losers on the Golden Globes red carpet.
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Glee Watch: Monstrous Mash
Quick spoilers for last night’s Glee below:
I’ll keep my issue with “Mash-Off” brief, because it is essentially the problem I had with last week’s (much superior) “The First Time.” Here’s the thing: Glee is itself a mash-up. At base, it’s a story about kids (and teachers) in Ohio with real, believable problems—a little unrealistic, …
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Glee Watch: The Birds and the Beiste
Spoilers for last night’s Glee below:
Right up front, let me say that “The First Time” was the best episode, overall, of Glee season three. Before we get to the good stuff, though, we had to get through about fifteen minutes …
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Glee Watch: Gotta Dance!
In my review that posted earlier this morning, I neglected to mention one of the biggest reasons to root for the success of American Horror Story. It could give Ryan Murphy a full-time distraction, so that the new team of writers can get Glee under control, free from the need to throw in more and more insanity to fend off the boredom …
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Glee Watch: Back to Basics?
Preparing for Glee‘s season 3, the producers stressed repeatedly that they would be easing up on the stunts (musical and casting) and getting back to the basics of their show. Which raises a couple of questions: what are the …
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Fox at TCA: Seth MacFarlane Remaking Cosmos (Really); Zooey Deschanel Sprinkles Pixie Dust
It was a packed day of sessions for Fox shows Friday at the TCA TV critics’ tour, including presentations for the dinosaur drama Terra Nova and reality-TV megafauna The X Factor. Here’s a sundry round of tidbits from the rest:
* When Fox held its upfronts presentation this spring, it had some programming news for the 2013 season: Seth …
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Graduation Date: Several Big Stars to Leave Glee
I’ve had my issues with Glee this past season, and written about them here, but one thing I have to give it credit for. The producers said from early on that they planned to have the high schoolers graduate on time—real time, not TV-teen-show-time—and it looks like they’re sticking by it, popularity or no. Producer Ryan Murphy …
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While I Was Out: A Little Luck, Colbert's PAC, The Final Chord
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I’m back from vacation! Related: I was on vacation! Before we get back to business as usual (i.e., superficial blog posts, grudgingly written and read with a feeling of vague dissatisfaction) a quick rundown of a few things that happened in TV while I was away:
* HBO released a new …
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Welcome to the Emmys, Jane Lynch! Please Leave Sue Sylvester at Home
The good news first. Well, at least it’s potentially good news. Jane Lynch is the host of the next primetime Emmy awards! Yes, I liked Neil Patrick Harris too, but apparently he can’t host everything all the time and he was good enough to endorse Lynch on Twitter and he has a point. Lynch is personable, she’s a good stage performer, …
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Glee Watch: If You Can Make It Here…
Spoilers for the season 2 finale of Glee below:
Seen one way, New Directions blew their visit to New York by wasting a lot of time. They spent their visit mooning around Broadway stages, running around the fountain in Lincoln Center and getting into pillow fights, while spending apparently all of five minutes slapping together two …