Thursday, April 21 2011
How Much Does an Accurate Location Matter When Watching TV?
Unlike other formats, the sitcom allows us to suspend disbelief because we know this is a set, we know there’s a reason we’ve never actually seen a New York street in Friends, or the fourth wall of an apartment in any show. And we’re okay with that.
Monday, March 14 2011
Got a Bad Case of the Second Season Itch? The Cure: Kill All TV Shows Before they Make Season Three
TV is better than film. The best scripts, the best acting, and the best directing are deserting the multi-plexes for the freedom of the small screen. But all TV series should die by the end of their second season.
Friday, February 11 2011
‘Perfect Couples’ Tries to Be ‘Friends’ for the Modern Audience
Perfect Couples, with its sort-of recognizable cast, sets up the conceit that all couples are weird, no matter how you look at them, and no matter how normal they think they are.
Monday, February 7 2011
Why Your Facebook Friends Don’t ‘Like’ You
Is your social network giving you the cold shoulder? There may be a reason you're turning off your online friends.
Friday, February 5 2010
All in the Modern Family
Modern Family is more than just a very funny show. It also takes a step toward rescuing the sitcom family from the mean-spirited vein it has been stuck in for more than a decade.
Wednesday, October 23 2002
The Right Words at the Right Time by Marlo Thomas and Friends
Hollywood Babylon breeds with the 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' series in this book.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Friends
In the end, 'Friends' has become the epitome of 'Must-See TV' -- not because it's in our best interest to watch it, but because without us, these people have no reason to be together.
