Tag: Battlestar Galactica
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Test Pilot: File #27, Carnivàle
Test Pilot #27: Carnivàle Debut date: September 7, 2003 Series legacy: A rabidly-beloved series that was deemed too dense and too slow for even the refined pallets of HBO’s audience For nearly a decade-and-a-half, HBO has been the biggest power player in the television industry. More than any other individual network or entity, HBO has…
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Compelled, not connected: On my lack of emotional connection to Boardwalk Empire (and why it doesn’t matter)
I don’t know about you folks, but to like a television program, I have to feel some connection to the characters in that program. I don’t necessarily have to adore every lead or cry when a character gets murdered, but I almost always have to care, in some way. Clearly everyone is different and what…
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Waiting for Superman, week four: How important is the ending?
With only five more weeks of Smallville, there are mixed emotions in the TVS headquarters. To work out those conflicting feelings, I’ll be writing a pre-episode piece every week from here on out until the final episode on May 13. You can the first three pieces here, here and here if you missed them. You…
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Test Pilot: File #2, The X-Files
Test Pilot #2: The X-Files Debut Date: September 10, 1993 on FOX Series legacy: One of the best science fiction television series of all-time, a major catalyst for modern fan cultures and the primary innovator of the use of “mythology” and its balance with standalone, procedural episodes. Welcome to the newest regular feature here at TV Surveillance,…
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That’s a wrap: Extended thoughts on Comic-Con 2010 and what series are buzzing
As you hopefully know, I’ve been away for the last week or so, and for the last part of that trip, I was in San Diego for my first Comic-Con experience.
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