Tag: Steve Levitan
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Love to hate, hate to love: On contemporary comedy’s reliance on bickering
Yesterday during the ABC Wednesday comedy showrunners panel at the Television Critics Association gathering, Modern Family honcho Steve Levitan made a comment about how he would like to see the “far right” to not like his series’ two gay characters, Mitchell and Cameron. The implication from Levitan’s statement being that everyone has to love Mitchell […]
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Wasted potential: On frustrations with Modern Family
The Modern Family pilot is the best comedy pilot of the last five years. It is one of the only great comedy pilots we have seen in that time and this probably holds true going back even further (the only thing I can really think of is the Arrested Development pilot). On a personal note, […]
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2011 Primetime Emmys: Clear eyes, full hearts, moderate confusion
I don’t have a whole lot to say about tonight’s Emmy ceremony, if only because I said so many things on Twitter tonight that I’m mostly over talking about it already. This also might have something to do with the fact that I barely guessed any of the major winners correctly, which isn’t the worst […]
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2011 Primetime Emmy Predictions: Outstanding Writing for Drama and Comedy Series
The 2011 Primetime Emmys are so close! September 18th to be exact. Up until the ceremony airs on FOX, I’ll be working through most of the major categories and discussing who could win, who should win and of course, who will win. I’ll likely be tackling two categories in each post, just so you know. Happy […]
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2011 Primetime Emmy Predictions: Outstanding Directing for Drama and Comedy Series
The 2011 Primetime Emmys are so close! September 18th to be exact. Up until the ceremony airs on FOX, I’ll be working through most of the major categories and discussing who could win, who should win and of course, who will win. I’ll likely be tackling two categories in each post, just so you know. […]
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Modern Family, “Earthquake” and Cougar Town, “Makin’ Some Noise”
I’ve been tough on Modern Family this season, both on the blog and in discussions with friends and family. Though I liked last week’s episode, it still bothered me in some ways and the season premiere was particularly problematic and frustrating to watch. But this week, I’m going to try to be more positive because […]
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Season Premieres — Modern Family, “The Old Wagon” and Cougar Town, “All Mixed Up”
ABC’s two best comedies enter their second seasons with varying degrees of expectations. With all the critical hype and Emmy validation, Modern Family has been crowned as the new comedy king. Meanwhile, Cougar Town has grown in stature in the eyes of the critical community, but still isn’t seemingly as respected as its lead-in, particularly […]
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Huh? Reflections on the 2010 Emmy Awards
The 62 Annual Emmy Awards just wrapped up a few minutes ago, and if there’s one thing I’ll say about this telecast: It was far from boring. Well, at least the first 90 minutes weren’t boring. I did a live blog for the folks over at TV Overmind (you can check out that out here […]
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