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Feb 16 2013 12:05 AM ET

Good night, and a few more opinions and recommendations

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Here’s the way I began this blog in 2008:

“Hello. I’ll use this space to: talk about what I watched last night
 (strong opinions guaranteed); what I think you shouldn’t miss tonight; and
 what’s coming up that you should set your DVR for. Absolutely anything is
 open for dissection, celebration, criticism, and discussion, from an actor’s 
great performance, to a story-line that’s starting to stink, to championing 
TV shows both obscure and famous. I watch TV, you watch TV: Let’s share our 
thoughts and passions, OK?” READ FULL STORY »

Oct 26 2012 09:05 PM ET

'Mockingbird Lane' review: A stylish 'Munsters' make-over

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Mockingbird Lane was an attempt to update The Munsters for an audience that likes Once Upon a Time and True Blood — is there such an audience? Apparently NBC didn’t think so, because the proposed series doesn’t seem to have a green light from NBC. Instead, the network aired this pilot on Friday evening. It was smart and colorful — which makes sense, since producer Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies) was behind it, but it also didn’t feel as though all of its elements had come together to make it clear where such a weekly series might go. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 20 2012 09:32 PM ET

'The Office' season premiere review: Now THAT's the way to start a season

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The season premiere of The Office has a lot more snap and vigor than most of last season’s episodes. The half-hour felt as though, with the end of the series in sight, it now has a renewed sense of purpose — to go out strongly, and perhaps paying off on a number of long-running subplots. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 17 2012 11:03 PM ET

'Revolution' premiere review: You say you want a 'Revolution,' or not?

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The timing for the premiere of Revolution could not be more perfect. For anyone in the throes of indecision over whether to upgrade to the new iPhone, how better to unwind than by grokking a new fantasy in which electricity is kaput, and one’s only truly pressing decision is whether to upgrade one’s crossbow? Set 15 years in the future (or to put it in perspective, that’s one Romney term as President [electricity thus resigns in protest], followed by two Hillary Clinton Presidencies and then the shocking election of a 79 year-old Bob Dylan), Revolution is neatly high-concept for NBC: How do people adapt and survive, especially when they’re trying to storm ABC’s Castle? READ FULL STORY »

Sep 15 2012 11:06 AM ET

NBC's new fall season: Sitcoms and 'Parenthood'

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The new TV season is in full swing on NBC, with sitcoms such as Go On and The New Normal having aired their second episodes, and the season premiere of one of my favorite dramas, Parenthood, aired earlier this week. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 10 2012 10:31 PM ET

'The New Normal' premiere review: Will you be spending more time with this family?

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The New Normal got a nice little showcase preview after the season premiere of The Voice on Monday night, and it is, in the manner to which we have become accustomed with productions mounted by Ryan Murphy, a briskly-paced mishmash of the well-performed, the extravagantly sentimental, the insufferably self-congratulatory, and the witheringly sarcastic. Plus, NeNe Leakes and a cameo by Gwyneth Paltrow. READ FULL STORY »

Aug 8 2012 11:35 PM ET

'Go On' premiere review: Does Matthew Perry have a new-season sitcom hit?

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Go On premiered on Wednesday night after the Olympics — it won’t be back until its regularly scheduled series debut in September — and on a first look, I’d have to say I’ve rarely seen a show with such a gap between the abilities of its cast and the ideas at the heart of the series. Matthew Perry, making another attempt at using his prodigious comedic timing after the ratings failures of Mr. Sunshine and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, has surrounded himself with very good performers pushing an odd agenda. READ FULL STORY »

Jul 24 2012 05:01 PM ET

New NBC sitcoms: Pitting 'broad' comedy against 'sophisticated' comedy is the wrong approach

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Robert Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment, said to the country’s critics at the Television Critics Association’s press tour In Los Angeles that while he respects sitcoms on his network such as Community, 30 Rock, and Parks and Recreation — shows that are, as he said, “sophisticated” ones that “critics love,” his plan for the fall involves “broadening the audience.” The idea that the way to reach a broad audience is by going less sophisticated is an odd one, and one that suggests a problem NBC might have for its sitcom development in the near future. READ FULL STORY »

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