Category: Featured
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TV Surveillance Podcast Episode 9 — Will Schuester is a horrible person
In the latest edition of the TV Surveillance Podcast, I’m joined by my buddy Austin Morris for a discussion of all things Glee. Remember, you can subscribe to the TVS Podcast on iTunes, if you like.
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Test Pilot: File #25, L.A. Law
Test Pilot #25: L.A. Law Debut date: September 15, 1986 Series legacy: One of the most popular and well-respected legal dramas of all-time It’s time for a new theme in the site’s most popular ongoing feature, Test Pilot. The primary reason I started this feature almost a year ago was so that I could have…
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TV Surveillance Podcast Episode 8 — I Won
In this episode of the podcast, I’m joined by Adam Lukach for a lengthy postmortem of the Breaking Bad season four finale “Face Off” and a discussion about the season as a whole. Please note that this episode was recorded differently (i.e. on phones instead of Skype) and therefore the audio quality is somewhat mediocre. I’m…
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TV Surveillance Podcast Episode 7 — A Collage of Pictures of Collages
In the seventh episode of the TV Surveillance Podcast, Chris Ryan joins host Cory Barker for a lovely, friendly discussion about the pilot episode of American Horror Story. Remember, you can subscribe to the TVS Podcast on iTunes by following this link!
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#TVFail Entry 11: Survivor: Samoa, “This Game Ain’t Over”
The accused: Survivor: Samoa, “This Game Ain’t Over (Season 19, Episode 14) The crime: Presenting a conclusion that flies in the face of everything the audience saw that season and maybe even the series’ values as a whole Television’s failures are supposed to be obvious. From the overhyped non-starters that flop from the very beginning…
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TV Surveillance Podcast Episode 6 — Lincoln Lee’s Glasses are Ridiculous
In the sixth episode of the TV Surveillance Podcast, Tim Bavlnka joins host Cory Barker for a discussion of the very young seasons of Supernatural and Fringe. The two talk about why season seven of Supernatural is on the path to success and why season four of Fringe feels a lot like the exact opposite of that. Also: You can now subscribe to the…
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Review: New Girl, “Wedding”
When I reviewed the New Girl pilot, I was very skeptical/curious about what the series would look like post-pilot. The departure of Damon Wayans Jr. and the entrance of Lamorne Lewis had a great deal to do with my skepticism and curiosity, but I also had trouble really figuring out what New Girl would be…
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Tuesdays with Walt — “End Times” (Podcast edition)
There are loads of great critics writing Breaking Bad reviews every Sunday night/Monday morning. Because of skill and scheduling, I’m not going to be able to stand alongside those reviews. Instead, I hope to write something about Breaking Bad each Tuesday when I have more time and perhaps you are ready for a new day’s worth of material on…
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Season Finale review — Warehouse 13, “Emily Lake”/”Stand”
This season of Warehouse 13 has been pretty tepid. The first half of season three was especially bad, as the early episodes quickly moved away from the emotional weight and damage of season two’s conclusion and chose to re-focus on the quirky – and often dumb – standalone episodes that didn’t have much last impact.…
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Chitchat: You’re probably too excited about this Arrested Development news
I talk television with a lot of people. Friends, family, other critics on Twitter, vagrants on the street. I just love talking about TV. Because I don’t have the time and resources to do a podcast like I used to in college, I’m going to sort of replicate that experience in textual form in a…
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Review: The Vampire Diaries, “The End of the Affair”
Ed note: Hey folks, I’m very, very short on time today, so this review is going to be shorter than normal. Apologies. I’ll be honest with you folks: I grew a little tired of the flashbacks during the second season of Vampire Diaries. The trips back to 1864 were fine and generally purposeful, but for…
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Review: Community, “Geography of Global Conflict”
The nature of the television sitcom is often, if not always, in direct conflict with substantial character development. Critics and people like me want to pull at thematic threads and discuss the big moments for our favorite fictional people, but when it comes to a sitcom, even one as complex, complicated and interesting as Community,…
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Review: Luther, Season Two
Luther returned for its second season on BBC America last night. The episodes aired this summer in the UK and I, well, procured and watched them during that time. I’m not going to write weekly reviews about this season’s four episodes for a couple of reasons: I don’t have enough time and I wasn’t particularly…
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Review: Glee, “I Am Unicorn”
If Will Schuester runs for public office against Sue Sylvester I will burn down Fox Television Studios, never watch television again and quit Twitter. Glee has had some terrible ideas in its first two-plus years on the air, but the political campaign portion of season three is already at the top of the list. Having…
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Test Pilot: File #24, Quantum Leap
Test Pilot #24: Quantum Leap Debut date: March 26, 1989 Series legacy: Well-respected science fiction series with a (surprising to me) rabid fan base It’s time for a new theme in the site’s most popular ongoing feature, Test Pilot. The primary reason I started this feature almost a year ago was so that I could…
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