Tad Quill, the creator of this latest Jane Lynch delivery vehicle, has excellent sitcom pedigree- Spin City, Scrubs, Samantha Who?, Dirty Sexy Money, the too-soon-canceled Perfect Couples and one of my early favourites Good Morning, Miami. Maggie Lawson is a sweet, solid leading lady, Kyle Bornheimer (who plays her brother) is great, Kevin Pollak (who […]
It’s time, once again, for the On DVD series featuring new releases from Paramount Home Distribution, Elevation Pictures and more!. TV Inside Amy Schumer: Season Three This show was great in seasons one and two but it just keeps getting bigger. The special features on this disc don’t amount to much but the rewatch value is high […]
I’ll admit that there’s still a part of me watching Supergirl entirely because I refuse to give up hope for a musical episode. I’ve spent way too much time thinking about “song and dance demon“-type ways to force series stars/powerhouse singers Melissa Benoist, Laura Benanti and (most importantly) Jeremy Jordan into bursting into song. Add […]
To celebrate the home entertainment release of the sci-fi sitcom classic My Favorite Martian, we have two Complete Series DVD Box Sets to give away to lucky readers. When My Favorite Martian premiered on CBS in 1963, TV was something you were home to see or never saw. There was no recording, no pausing, no rewinding, no […]
Minute for minute, was that the best episode of Survivor ever? In the last 5 years? At the very least, it was the best since Cagayan. At some point in this episode, every single one of my favourite players (except Jeremy, I guess) was either in serious danger or playing a major role in putting […]
Code Black begins with a definition of the title and an explanation of the setting. Code black is a term for an influx of patients so great, there aren’t enough resources to treat them. While the average ER is in code black 5 times a year, Angels Memorial Hospital in LA (our setting) is in […]
CBS’s new sitcom Life in Pieces is just Modern Family without the diversity. They really really don’t want you to think that, but it’s true. It’s derivative and palatable and simple and sometimes very and sometimes very not funny… just like Modern Family. And, just like Modern Family, it’s about an extended family and their […]
I understand the complaint; the formula is exhausting. A rag tag team- each with a complementary special ability- forms a makeshift family as they solve a new crime and/or crisis every week. At this point, said formula fills up the vast majority of network primetime programming. I usually ignore the entire slate of these shows, […]