Highlights of the Week Woah, man, like let’s get totally stoned tonight and watch Woodstock: Then & Now. Ever seen a burned out hippie? I have. It’s not pretty. (Mon. 8pm, History) The first season of Merlin wraps with a two-hour block starting at 7pm. While it’s been picked up for a second run in […]
The big news in ratings this week wasn’t another series high for True Blood, the further decline of Defying Gravity, or even the return of Millionaire. Instead, it was the announcement that several big media and advertising companies are joining forces to create an alternative to Nielsen. My kneejerk reaction? The announcement is full of […]
We seem to have a glut of nursing shows right now, and I’ve been wondering why. Nursing shows aren’t new, per se. If you look back through history, you’ve got Julia, the 1968 series in which Diahann Carroll played a young nurse and single mom. The show was groundbreaking for a variety of reasons, namely […]
The time has come to say so long, I tried, and tried, but for me you’re wrong. Jada Pinkett Smith, forgive my forsaking, The work that you’ve done, my heart it’s not taken. TNT knows drama, of cops and of robbers, Leverage combines thieves with do-gooder plotters. Grace and The Closer, and Dark Blue with […]
I don’t understand anyone who’s light on stuff to watch during the summer. We’re loaded with new shows, plus, summer’s a great opportunity for the networks to bombard us with reruns, must watch and not. I spent twenty minutes last night, searching for later showings of movies that I’ve recorded, so I can free up […]
I seem to be continuing my enjoyment / boredom relationship with TNT’s newest question mark, HawthoRNe. I’m also about past the point of “it would be foolish to stop watching at this point”, so I seriously need to make a decision: keep watching HawthoRNe, or let it go? Maybe the biggest hurdle I’m facing is that […]
I know what I said last week. Nevertheless, after four episodes, there still isn’t much that’s new to say about HawthoRNe. It’s interesting, or not, to note how slowly the show is evolving. Are we even getting to know the characters better, or has each episode just given us a little more of the same? And, […]
