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Pilot Review: Awake
For almost a year now, those of us who lurk in the wings of the television criticism world have been teased with rumors and details about an NBC drama called Awake. Introduced at the upfront presentation in the summer of … Continue reading
Posted in TV Criticism
Tagged Awake, B.D. Wong, Breaking Bad, Cherry Evans, David Slade, different lives, Dylan Minnette, Homeland, Howard Gordon, Jason Isaacs, Kyle Killen, Laura Allen, Lone Star, Michael Britten, NBC, nbc drama, Open House, pilot episode, pilot review, police procedural, psychological drama, Steve Harris, teenage son, Terra Nova, The River, V, Wilmer Valerrama
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Hanging One’s Hat: Haberdashery as TV Criticism
Last Sunday, sandwiched between the juggernaut of the NFC/AFC championships and the surprising resilience of Once Upon A Time, NBC elected to burn off the two remaining episodes of their beleaguered drama Prime Suspect. The decision came as no surprise … Continue reading
Posted in Television Columns
Tagged Al Capone, AMC, Arnold Rothstein, Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad, businessman's Stetson, Chalky White, Deadwood, Don Draper, Eleventh Doctor, fez, For Those Who Think Young, FX, Gilbert Sorrentino, haberdasher, haberdashery, Hatless, hats, Heisenberg, homburg hat, Jane Timoney, Jimmy Darmody, Justified, Mad Men, Maria Bello, NBC, nbc president, Nucky Thompson, Pete Campbell, porkpie, Prime Suspect, Raylan Givens, Robert Greenblatt, Stetson, television critics association, The Emerald City, Timothy Olyphant, trilby, Walter White
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Pilot Review: Are You There, Chelsea?
While this seems to happen every year (if not every day), once again the question of why NBC continues to fail has generated a lot of ink over the last week, following Bob Greenblatt’s frank admission at the TCA that … Continue reading
Mid-Season Check-In: Grimm
So, Grimm‘s managed to thwart the naysayers who said it was going to die a quick death, and has become the first freshman drama on NBC to be picked up for a full season. Whereas Playboy Club was justifiably taken … Continue reading
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Tagged Adalind Shade, Bauerschwein, Beeware, Blutbad, Captain Renard, Danse Macabre, David Giuntoli, Eddie Monroe, Grimm, Hexenbiest, Law and Order: SVU, Let Your Hair Down, Lonelyhearts, Mellifer, NBC, Oregon, Portland, Prime Suspect, Reaper, Reinegen, Silas Weir Mitchell, supernatural elements, The Playboy Club, The Three Bad Wolves, Ziegevolk
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Televitmus Test: Whitney
(Editor’s note: Now that we’re a few episodes into the fall season, it’s time for me to apply my test of four episodes – previously described as my “televitmus test” to some of the new shows I’ve taken the time … Continue reading
