The third episode of The Newsroom is essentially a six-month montage detailing how Will, Mackenzie and Co. covered the events leading up to the November 2010 mid-term elections (they downplayed the Times Square bomb, shouted down anti-gay arguments, and went after the Tea Party). That’s all juxtaposed with the introduction of Jane Fonda as the […]
I’m loving Bunheads, but I put off doing the Pilot Watch until I’d given it a little more time. I needed to know that I loved it out of something more than Sutton Foster/Kelly Bishop fondness, surprise at quality on ABC Family, my ballet obsession and Gilmore Girls loyalty (it’s the first major series from creator […]
Aaron Sorkin’s Newsroom is not exactly popular with people who talk about television- most are bugged by the hyperstylized idealism, the show’s nostalgic insistence, and Sorkin’s own contentious personality. But among the honest-to-god Sorkin fans who populate my life, This was more the feeling after the pilot episode last week (and I quote): “I think […]
First Things First: If you’ve been watching the show and thinking… “meh,” last episode was aptly titled because THE TIDE WAS TURNING, YO! The episode was nuttier, funnier, dramatic-er, stupidly schmoopier, and epic-er than those that came before it. If nothing else, it was NOT meh. It was anti-meh. It was insane hysterical laughter followed […]
In the interest of full disclosure, I should probably admit that I feel a greater connection with the characters on Girls than I probably have with any characters since Freaks and Geeks. I should probably also admit that this connection is a double edged sword, given how often people like to casually toss off the […]
*For an update after this week’s episode, check the end of this article The most addictive summer show in years is back on the air for season two. The Glee Project is Glee‘s more sincere black sheep cousin, complete with a cast of 14 mostly likable kids, the Nikki-Zach-Robert-Erik dreamteam of decent judges, and a […]
My expectations could not have been higher for The Newsroom. From A Few Good Men to Sports Night, The West Wing, The Social Network, all the way to The Farnsworth Invention, Aaron Sorkin has written almost everything I love. There is literally no writer like him in the history of English-language art (I mean it, […]
When season 8 of Jenji Kohan’s criminal sitcom Weeds hits Showtime at 10pm on July 1st, it’ll be the last start for the notorious Botwin clan. Heading into the hit’s final season, we’re left with the massive cliffhanger of “who shot Nancy?” (there’s a dude in the bushes with a rifle aimed at her head- […]