Archive: March 2011 (21-30 of 39)

Mar 15 2011 10:02 PM ET

Kathy Griffin as a Sarah Palin conservative on 'Glee': No laughing matter

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In an otherwise above-average episode of Glee, the much-publicized appearance of Kathy Griffin guest-starring as a Sarah Palin parody fell as flat as Brittany’s speaking voice. READ FULL STORY »

Mar 14 2011 03:41 PM ET

Is 'Harry's Law' the worst show David E. Kelley has ever created?

Harry’s Law, one of the few new show ratings successes in recent months, looks as though it is filmed on a cheap studio set, and features dialogue so mawkish and florid, it reminds me of an earlier Monday-night-TV standby, the WB’s spiritual-family-show 7th Heaven. Indeed, the clunky rhythms of Harry’s Law make 7th Heaven sound like Paradise Lost by comparison. Despite the presence of Oscar winner Kathy Bates in READ FULL STORY »

Mar 14 2011 01:39 PM ET

The 'Double Dare' revival continues!: Check out this new Funny or Die/Good Charlotte video

No sooner had I posted last week about a nostalgic yearning for Double Dare than Good Charlotte went and released this new video featuring no one less than DD host Marc Summers READ FULL STORY »

Mar 13 2011 07:42 AM ET

'Saturday Night Live' recap: Zach Galifianakis, bursting with wit, energy, and shaving surprises

I think we have a new candidate for the Saturday Night Live best-host hall of fame: Zach Galifianakis turned in a pretty flawless succession of performances this week. And the man sure knows how to make the most of the show’s final good-night-everybody sign-off segment. READ FULL STORY »

Mar 12 2011 10:58 AM ET

'Saturday Night Live' with host Zach Galifianakis: Your opinion is desired.

Zach Galifianakis is back to host Saturday Night Live this week, bringing what looks like a fresh beard. (You may recall that the last time he hosted, in READ FULL STORY »

Mar 11 2011 11:53 PM ET

'Fringe' recap: The strange brew of Olivia, William Bell, and a post-'Lost' Hurley

On Fringe this week, Alan Ruck joined the succession of initially-well-intentioned scientists in this series who end up breaking the law or causing a tragedy. Aside from Walter Bishop and William Bell, the original Fringe outlaw-science-guys, foremost among them was  READ FULL STORY »

Mar 11 2011 04:05 PM ET

Let's revive (or at least rerun) 'Double Dare': Yes or no?

Following my colleague Lynette Rice’s spine-tingling report that TeenNick will be rerunning some semi-klassic-kids’-TV this fall (Pete & Pete, you were the Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel of the 1990s), I have a modest proposal: Let’s make sure Double Dare gets back on TV. READ FULL STORY »

Mar 11 2011 10:07 AM ET

'Fringe': Save this show! A guide (and a plea) for new fans.

The bonds of family, the ecstasy of romance, the exhilaration of intellectual inquiry, and a secret government agency working to protect you from all kinds of crazy, weird stuff. If I told you there was a TV series featuring all of that, plus great acting and superb action sequences, wouldn’t you want to watch that?

Sure you would. And people who are watching Fringe now know  READ FULL STORY »

Mar 8 2011 10:55 PM ET

The 'Glee'-ful Gwyneth Paltrow: A review

Undeterred by the sad box office flop of Country Strong, a mildly underrated film featuring a tensile performance by its star, Gwyneth Paltrow seems determined to secure a footing as some sort of pop star. Thus her brassy,  READ FULL STORY »

Mar 7 2011 10:22 PM ET

'House' spoofed 'Two and a Half Men,' 'The Walking Dead,' and bad soap opera: A review

Oh, that House: Just when you think the series has become a ridiculous soap opera, it becomes… an accidentally timely ridiculous soap opera. READ FULL STORY »

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