Scandal is probably a show you’ve heard about for a long time. It’s probably a show you’ve heard about, and didn’t even know people were talking about, because it’s been called a few different names, like Damage Control and In Crisis. But Scandal it is, and Scandal is (almost) finally here, and trust me, this is a [...]
Take an advanced look at Off the Map, premiering Wednesday, January 12 at 10|9c, only on ABC.
If there are three upcoming shows I’ve heard great buzz about this summer, it’s ABC’s Better With You, No Ordinary Family, and FOX’s LoneStar. I’ve seen the pilots to all three but as of this writing can only discuss one of them: LoneStar. There’s a torrential amount of good things floating around about this new series, so [...]
[ This review covers Season One, Episode One of The Gates, entitled Pilot, which premieres on Sunday, June 20, 2010 ] I wasn’t really expecting much from The Gates, which from ABC’s marketing makes it look like some cheap Twilight rip-off to simply capitalize on the vampire craze. In reality, however, The Gates is so much more. [...]
[ This review covers Season One, Episode One of Scoundrels, entitled And Jill Came Tumbling After, which premieres on Sunday, June 20, 2010 ] Summer is usually a wasteland in the television world, when the networks populate their schedules with ridiculous reality series and burn off series that just couldn’t survive during the primetime season. [...]
[ This review covers Season One, Episode One of Parenthood, entitled Pilot, which originally aired on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 ] So let me start this review out with a disclaimer: I abso-freakin-lutely love Lauren Graham. Like, love her. She’s just one of the most fantastic actresses ever. As a result, I wound up having [...]
[ This review covers Season One, Episode One of Life UneXpected, entitled Pilot, which originally aired on Monday, January 18, 2010 ] There are five areas in which I need a new television show to excel to impress me enough to return for a second episode. The CW’s newest product, Life UneXepected, passed all five [...]
[ This review covers the pilot episode of The Deep End, which premieres on ABC Thursday, January 21 at 8/7c ] Damn. The Deep End creator David Hemingson must really hate Shonda Rhimes. Like seriously hate her. Because she totally stole his idea for a new series and got it on the air six years [...]
[This preliminary review covers Season One, Episodes One and Two of Happy Town, entitled In This Home on Ice and I Came to Haplin for the Water] Appy On. What is “Appy On”, you ask? Well, it’s what this show would be named without the letters, W, T, and H. That’s right, WTH–as in, “what [...]
[ This preliminary review covers Season One, Episode One of V, entitled Pilot, which airs Tuesday, November 3, 2009 ] DISCLAIMER: I have only seen an allegedly “rough” official screener of the 46-minute V pilot. The following review is less of an actual review/recap of the episode and more of a statement of my opinion [...]