My Spirited Defense of Jimmy Fallon My Spirited Defense of Jimmy Fallon
For those who don’t know, tomorrow night is the end of Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and Alan Sepinwall has written a fantastic article taking a look back on the historic run of the tall, skinny, awkward red head that we all grew to love and call one of our own. In his place steps Jimmy...
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Chuck [television] Chuck [television]
One of the things that is great about E is that he gets really, really, really into things upon occasion. I think that it’s awesome that he displays a high level of passion for things. Recently, one of those things was the show Chuck. At his behest, I began watching the show (Season on on Netflix,...
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Chuck Yeah [tv] Chuck Yeah [tv]
I’m going to come right out and say it. Chuck is one of the best tv shows right now. Period. Exclamation point. No caveat. If you watched this week’s stellar episode in the part 2 of 3 trilogy involving Jordana Brewster’s guest spot, I’d find it hard for you to disagree. What...
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I Can’t Be Your Superman [movies, tv] I Can’t Be Your Superman [movies, tv]
I’ve noticed something strange lately, not just in movies, but also in tv shows. It’s the rise of the anti-hero. Hancock, Hellboy II, The Dark Knight, The Hulk, all of them featured to some (or a large) degree, an anti-hero. Hancock’s the easiest example, as the movie basically shoves...
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How do We Kill Izzie? [tv] How do We Kill Izzie? [tv]
With the news being reported that creators and writers of the venerable estrogen-fest, Grey’s Anatomy, will KILL OFF Katherine Heigl’s character “Izzie” due to contract disputes, one has to wonder…what would be the best way to kill her off? I submit to you, Shonda Rhimes,...
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Because You Needed Another Article on Mad Men [tv] Because You Needed Another Article on Mad Men [tv]
It’s easy to call AMC’s Mad Men a period piece, even though a large amount of the widely lauded show rests on the fact that it took place in the 60’s. But the meat of the story of a booming NYC ad agency that represented clients like big tobacco companies and Dick Nixon, exists in...
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Apples and Bananas and Serials [tv] Apples and Bananas and Serials [tv]
Ok, I’m caught upY’know, it wasn’t too long ago that hour dramas on tv were relegated to episodic shows like Law & Order. I mean, I know that I grew up in an era where tv shows weren’t meant to end, and when any kind of character growth or enormous plot development happened,...
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The Wire! and other musings [tv] The Wire! and other musings [tv]
Look, I’m not exactly coming with groundbreaking commentary here when I say that The Wire is incredible. It is. It’s undeniably among the finest things to ever grace a TV screen, if even a screen period. My friend Mike puts it well when he calls it one of the “best works of art ever...
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Cupid! and other musings Cupid! and other musings
It’s weird that so many tv shows are getting the greenlight to come back from the dead lately (i.e. Futurama, Jericho, Family Guy), but this has to be the first time that a network is going to resurrect a show from a decade ago. But that’s what ABC’s doing for Rob Thomas’ (Veronica...
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Daily Rec [TV] Daily Rec [TV]
Time for a one-day break from music recommendations.  Lost is back with a furious vengeance, and if you haven’t been paying attention, it’s time.  Every episode is packing at least one plot-related revelation, and to say the show has been reinvigorated by having a planned conclusion is...
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