It is that time again folks! The end of the year is upon us and that means it is time to look back on the highs, lows and WTFs in television from the past 12 months. There is a lot to reflect on in regard to television 2011. Charlie Sheen went crazy. Well, crazier. … Continue reading TV Surveillance’s Best of 2011: Best 30 Series of the Year, 30-16
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TV Surveillance’s Best of 2011: The Top Episodes of 2011, 50-1
It is that time again folks! The end of the year is upon us and that means it is time to look back on the highs, lows and WTFs in television from the past 12 months. There is a lot to reflect on in regard to television 2011. Charlie Sheen went crazy. Well, crazier. Comedy … Continue reading TV Surveillance’s Best of 2011: The Top Episodes of 2011, 50-1
TV Surveillance’s Best of 2011: Best New Series
It is that time again folks! The end of the year is upon us and that means it is time to look back on the highs, lows and WTFs in television from the past 12 months. There is a lot to reflect on in regard to television 2011. Charlie Sheen went crazy. Well, crazier. Comedy … Continue reading TV Surveillance’s Best of 2011: Best New Series
2011 Dream Emmy Ballot: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
It’s that time again, folks. The Emmy nominations will be announced on July 14, which means I have almost an entire month to flood this space with hopes, dreams and predictions about what could happen come nomination time. To kick things off, I’ll be bringing back the Dream Emmy Ballot. It’s something I did last … Continue reading 2011 Dream Emmy Ballot: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
2011 Dream Emmy Ballot: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
It’s that time again, folks. The Emmy nominations will be announced on July 14, which means I have almost an entire month to flood this space with hopes, dreams and predictions about what could happen come nomination time. To kick things off, I’ll be bringing back the Dream Emmy Ballot. It’s something I did last … Continue reading 2011 Dream Emmy Ballot: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2011 Dream Emmy Ballot: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
It’s that time again, folks. The Emmy nominations will be announced on July 14, which means I have almost an entire month to flood this space with hopes, dreams and predictions about what could happen come nomination time. To kick things off, I’ll be bringing back the Dream Emmy Ballot. It’s something I did last … Continue reading 2011 Dream Emmy Ballot: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
2010-2011 season wrap: The top 10 series of the season
The 2010-2011 television series officially ended last week. Obviously, there will be a lot of great television coming in the summer months ahead and it is sort of silly to stick to the ancient constructs of the broadcast television season (which ran from September 20, 2010 to May 25, 2011 this season), but I’ve never … Continue reading 2010-2011 season wrap: The top 10 series of the season
Season/Series Finale — The Chicago Code, “Mike Royko’s Revenge”
I'll be perfectly honest with you dear readers: I stopped watching The Chicago Code three or four weeks ago. With the end of the semester and various other things weighing me down, I had to free up some time and ditch Code was one of the things that helped me do that. I let episodes … Continue reading Season/Series Finale — The Chicago Code, “Mike Royko’s Revenge”
Surveillance Spring Stumping: Why FOX should renew The Chicago Code
It’s May, which means we’re very close to the network upfronts. Choices about which series live and which series die are probably being made right now by all the major networks. This of course means it’s time for fans and critics to start stumping for their favorite series stuck on the bubble between cancellation and … Continue reading Surveillance Spring Stumping: Why FOX should renew The Chicago Code
The Chicago Code, “St. Valentine’s Day”
This review is going to be short, not a lot of time this afternoon. If The Chicago Code is going to succeed in the long-term, it has to do one of two things: A.) Either make Delroy Lindo's Gibbons the most intelligent and cunning corrupt politician of all-time (and thus impossible to catch) or B.) … Continue reading The Chicago Code, “St. Valentine’s Day”
The Chicago Code, “Wild Onions”
Heat wave episodes are fun. It's a go-to gimmick for television series, but one of the better ones. "The heat makes people do crazy things!" is an easy, but effective premise to start building an episode around, especially on a police drama that requires people to do crazy things on a weekly basis. The Chicago … Continue reading The Chicago Code, “Wild Onions”
Stuck in the middle — The failure of the complex, restrained television series
Let's play pretend for a moment (since I planned on writing this column had this thing we're pretending about actually happened), if you don't mind. Let us assume for the sake of argument that AMC's fantastic new drama series The Killing didn't open to nearly 3 million viewers, which is a sizable success for the … Continue reading Stuck in the middle — The failure of the complex, restrained television series
The Chicago Code, “The Gold Coin Kid”
I thought this was going to a 200-word blurb before class, but it ended up being much longer. First of all, I really like this series. A lot. I think that it still has some kinks to work out, but I'm really hoping that FOX sees the value and is willing to let it continue … Continue reading The Chicago Code, “The Gold Coin Kid”
The Chicago Code, “Cabrini-Green”
The Chicago Code is so close to becoming a really great television series, but every week there are some random shortcuts or plot issues that bring individual episodes down just enough to annoy or frustrate me. This week's effort, "Cabrini-Green," is absolutely no different. There is so much to like about Code. I think all … Continue reading The Chicago Code, “Cabrini-Green”
The Chicago Code, “Hog Butcher”
As I and other, real critics like to talk about, second episodes are tricky, especially for series' with a lot going on. Pilots are intended to hook the viewers in with great characters, big moments and a nice, established world, but when the second episode rolls around, it's time to really think about what the … Continue reading The Chicago Code, “Hog Butcher”
