First let me say that this week’s episode of Privileged(“All About the Haves and Have Nots”) was oodles better than the last. Now on to my point. TV has rules by which most shows play. Rules about archetypes and morality and edginess and socio-economic statements and what couplings work best. Privileged, since it began, has […]
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According to Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly, CBS has announced that they’re breaking up with The Ex-List. I am very sad for TV’s loss of Alex Breckenridge and Adam Rotherberg as Bella’s best friends, and especially sad that Rachel Boston won’t be returning as Bella’s sister Daphne. The show as a whole I’ll miss less. […]
Ok, we’re talking about how much I loved this week’s Gossip Girl. Though I’ve always had a bit of a weakness for them, frivolous teen shows almost never get me fully on board because they almost never succeed in making me like all of their characters. For every Seth Cohen there’s a Marissa Cooper, for […]
… that The West Wingpredicted the future. They may not have known how close the democratic primaries would be or the approximate age of the 2008 Republican nominee when they wrote the prophetic final 2 seasons, but apparently the parallels between Matt Santos and Barack Obama aren’t an accident at all. Check out this article […]
This weekend I went to see The Secret Life of Bees, which was full of wonderful surprises. Yes, Dakota Fanning’s talent did survive puberty. No, apparently singer/actors are not always substandard, Queen Latifa, Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson were all wonderful in their roles in the film. Yes, Paul Bettany is so phenomenally talented that […]
This week’s ex, surfer boy Shane, was pretty cool. I thought he deserved at least a two episode arc. But it is promising to know that even though he left to go to El Salvador, Bella didn’t cross him off the list yet, she claims he’s “still in play”. And though this was the only […]
Though I’m very excited to get 30 Rock back, I’ll be sad to see SNL Weekend Update Thursdays go. I don’t have time to watch the full show every week so having 22 minutes of just the political stuff was really great. Politics has always been a Saturday Night Liveforte and Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler […]
One of the best things this show ever did was give Michael Scott a partner in crazy. Holly grounds him, keeps him from crossing into that unfunny insane territory he’s populated for the last 2 years. She also brings out his sweet side, which has always been there but often got overshadowed. And Holly is […]