When The Real World first premiered on MTV, the cast members’ voices reminded us during the credits that this was what happened when people “stopped being polite and starting being real.” And for the past almost-twenty years of the reality craze, show after show has offered us some sort of glimpse into the real lives […]
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There are few things I hold sacred in this world. I pretty much take most things lightly. But Buffy the Vampire Slayer might be the closest thing I have to a religion. Think about it. You’ve got it all. Moral Code? Check. Heroes? Check. A strong respect for life and souls? Check. Witty puns? Double […]
CLICK ON THE SCALE TO SEE A CLEARER VERSION Our annual scale’s first edition- see how we had Wes, Juan and David nailed early on as terrible while Michael, Ed and Kiptyn are rightly hanging out at the “love” end. We apologize for our shortsighted love of Jake (which has diminished over the years, […]
 Amidst a storm of good news at the recent network upfronts, the sadness of harsh cancellations went unfelt. Now, with our joy over the renewals of Dollhouse, Chuck, Better Off Ted and Scrubs fully felt, it is time to turn our attention to the heartbreaking cancellations of two of TV’s most uplifting shows: Privileged and […]
Rachael already covered the finale in her trademark depth in the post “What If” so I’ll try and keep it brief on this one. Gossip Girl‘s sophomore season was a bumpy one. There were low points at which it seemed like the worst of teenage television (Blair and Nate’s early season entanglements with the […]
This season I picked up Dancing with the Stars as what can, at best, be described as a “casual viewer”. I watched a couple episodes here and there, mostly just cheering for Melissa (who’d won my heart on The Bachelor only a week earlier). But after last night’s finale (and the previous night’s competition show) […]
… for making you watch Glee. All I wanted was for someone to make a show I understood. Not one where the emotional arcs of the characters made them human enough that I could relate to upper east side fashionistas, stylish demon slayers, Texan high school footballers or polygamists from Utah, just a show about […]
What if your two favorite, bubble-stuck shows both got renewed? And what if your other two favorite shows had finales that restored your faith in them AND made you incredibly excited for next season just at the moment when you thought there was nowhere left for them to go? Yeah. That’s right. […]