There are TV actors, and there are movie actors. TV actors were second class talents who dreamed of making it through the glass ceiling into films. Many tried, most failed, and the few who made it off the small screen never even thought to go back. For decades this has been the gospel truth in […]
Congratulations, friends! It’s official: you guys have made it impossible for me to watch Breaking Bad. In fact, I can now, semi-officially, say that I might HATE Breaking Bad, admitting entirely that I have only watched the first two episodes and will probably love it when/if I ever actually watch it. But right now, I […]
The penultimate Breaking Bad launches with Saul entering his own version of witness protection. Played by Robert Forster (Jackie Brown, Mulholland Drive), Ed sets up Saul with a new identity and then escorts him below his vacuum store cover business where Walter is also hiding out with his barrel of money and a tornado of […]
There are times when I watch Grey’s Anatomy and wonder if the writers know how dramatic they are being. I would assume so, since they are writing a drama, but their premieres and finales are consistently bordering on soap opera status. The season ten premiere is no different. When they begin the episode, not only […]
I am going to keep watching Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. I will watch it until I become so enamoured– with its characters, with a weekly dose of Whedon (or Whedon-esque) writing, with the overarching plots– that I can’t turn it off. I will probably one day even consider it one of my favorite shows currently on […]
With the overall decline of traditional TV viewership, the networks put an enormous amount of pressure on every show to be a hit right from the start. If the pilot episode of a show gets bad ratings, it is entirely possible that the show will be canceled. This pressure is in many ways counter-intuitive, and […]
Over the past few episodes, Dexter fans have been forced to ride a range of emotions. While a roller coaster of heart-pumping reactions are expected from a series finale, the problem with Dexter’s final season is that most of the emotions are from lacking plot points and cringing storylines. “Remember the Monsters?” premiered on September […]
“Everybody! The neighbors are filiming, time to go inside!” With the premiere of Trophy Wife, ABC seems out to prove that despite its cancelation of Happy Endings, The B**** In Apartment 23, and the moving of Cougar Town to TBS, the network still has not completely given up on single camera comedies. At a time […]