Wednesday, October 10 2007

Part 3 - The New Networks

By PopMatters Staff

It would never work... no one challenged the reigning broadcast junta and survived. No surprise then that the upstarts snuck in and changed the face of TV forever.

Wednesday, June 27 2007

Kitchen Confidential - The Complete Series

By Shaun Huston

Alas, while leavened with small insights into the lives of professional chefs and benefiting from high production values, this series was, ultimately, not much more than a conventional workplace comedy, its premise employed as a set up for wacky hijinks, and, above all, as a pretext for sexual and romantic tension.

Monday, September 26 2005

Kitchen Confidential

By Samantha Bornemann

Presentation, on the plate or on television, goes a long way, and Confidential has the look of a winner.

Monday, December 13 2004

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Seventh Season

By Mary Colgan

Joss Whedon says, 'We sort of worship at the same altar. Me and my staff are the biggest Buffy nerds alive.'

Tuesday, June 17 2003

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Fourth Season

By Cynthia Fuchs

That is, the season that many fans have called out as disjointed and erratic, maddening and disappointing. To a point, the complaint is justified, as Joss Whedon and company tend to concede. But only to a point.

Sunday, January 1 1995

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Angel

By John G. Nettles

Given Buffy's track record for playing with conventions, there may be hope for Dawn Summers on the horizon, but as of now she is definitely the Scrappy-Doo of the Scooby Gang.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

By Michael Abernethy

With so much going for it, why isn't 'Buffy' the hottest show on television?