Summer is weird. As we await the September coming of the latest in big commercial “must-see TV”, our airwaves fill with guilty pleasure reality (Big Brother, Bachelor in Paradise), niche prestige fare (Hannibal) and strange new stuff the executives aren’t quite sure about (did anyone watch Wayward Pines? What was that?). And also the burn pile. […]
Cable half hour comedy is killing it lately. I’d go so far as to say that it’s the strongest sector of the modern television landscape when you combine the fantastic content on FX and FXX (Always Sunny, The League, Archer, Louie, The Comedians, You’re the Worst), Showtime (Episodes, the recently ended Nurse Jackie), and even […]
So it turns out, this Stephanie Savage ABC drama was commissioned as a limited series, scheduled to wrap up in the span of its 10 episode run, making Thursday’s finale the end of the road for the Mercury Seven. While I think the limited timeline rushed the story far more than was helpful (nearly 10 […]
I’ve been obsessed with Wet Hot American Summer for years. It just gets me, and it only gets better the more you watch it. So I freaked out when I heard that they were making a prequel. And Netflix’s eight-episode prequel Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp did not disappoint. Yes, it was […]
CLICK HERE to read our full coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2015. FX’s latest comedy courtesy of everyone’s favourite Irish-American loudmouth Denis Leary just premiered a few weeks ago with a killer pilot that set up a washed-up band reunited by a talented, manipulative, well-funded vixen who happens to be the former frontman’s long-lost daughter. […]
Canada’s best mainstream TV drama is yet to be renewed for a 7th season as it concludes its 6th (11 episodes that were originally ordered as part of a 22-episode fifth season but were later separated to air a year). The writers were clearly prepared for the possibility that this is the end- every single […]
Six years in the making, the moment we have all been waiting for is finally less than a week away. The big A reveal on Pretty Little Liars will finally happen on Tuesday August 11th. Maybe you’ve had other things to do (perhaps living your life?) but if you’re anything like me, you’re anxiously waiting […]
CLICK HERE to read our full coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2015. Jon Hotchkiss is a veteran of the TV industry. He has been nominated for 14 Emmy Awards and written for shows including Penn & Teller. He worked with several major studios before founding his own company, Hotchkiss Industries, where he has been the […]