This week NBC premiered the new drama The Blacklist starring James Spader (You know the weird boss guy from The Office*) as Raymond ‘Red’ Reddington, a former FBI agent who goes missing on Christmas Eve leaving his wife and daughter and sells secrets to bad guys thus becoming a bad guy himself. Super dick move…
Michael J. Fox is the most likeable person on the planet. This program acknowledges it and tries to give the impression of moving past it, but also plays it safe and lets the overly oozy shmoozy tone of a Michael J Fox television triumphant return come through. Michael plays Mike Henry, a news anchor who…
Always Sunny In Philadelphia – Mac and Dennis Buy A Timeshare 157! That’s so bad! 157 units of stress are really bogging Charlie down. He needs some kind of super berries to get him out of this rut. Luckily for him that’s exactly what Dee is selling. Dee’s gotten roped into a pyramid scheme…
A pilot can obviously make or break a series. In most cases, this refers to the actual survival of a show, as establishing an initial audience is often life or death when it comes to modern network programming. In the artistic sense, this refers to tone setting, character establishment, episode format, etc. When it comes…
Early on in this episode Lee Toric’s hanging out with a prostitute. He hears someone outside and grabs his gun and peeks out the window to see the District Attorney. The hooker comes up behind him and he accidentally shoots her in the stomach. It’s kind of hilarious, with him saying stuff like, “Oh my…
First off, how long is Kelly MacDonald’s name going to be included in the opening credit sequence without an actual appearance from her? Half the season? Nucky’s in Tampa here at the behest of a fellow booze runner friend McCoy. It turns out his friend is in debt to a local big shot named Tucker…
There are now two Homelands. The Homeland That Could Have Been, and the Homeland that Is. The Homeland TCHB includes much of what remains in the Homeland that Is. All of the best elements from Zero Dark Thirty are in. Bi-polar-as-fuck, wall-collage-pasting Carrie is certainly in. Mandy Patinkin’s beard is without a doubt in, but…
Its that time of year again! School is back in session, weather is taking a turn for the cooler, leaves are starting to drop and Jeff “Peachy” Probst is back in action with what seems to be an unlimited supply of Columbia fishing shirts in every color. Its time for Survivor! Cue the tropical drums…
Sweet Jesus! Survivor is back! Pardon me but I’ve been drinking and I have no clue what tropical locale the 20 castaways have been taken to this season. But that’s not important. What is important is the fact that we have some new twists this season. The 27th season of Survivor is titled “Blood vs…