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, January 14 2011
Gotta Be ‘In Treatment’
Loss is a necessary part of life, sure, but must it be a necessary part of TV?
Friday, July 9 2010
Brava, Bravo!
Those Bravo executives are tricksters, fooling me into believing familiarity breeds contentment, not contempt. I'm totally hooked.
Thursday, April 29 2010
United States of Tara and Its Equally Dysfunctional Cable Neighbors
The Gregsons. The Botwins. The Henriksons. Most of my recent favorite TV families live on cable. But do they all have to be so dysfunctional? Blame the Sopranos.
Monday, January 4 2010
Yes, TV is art. Can we talk about wrestling now?
TNA's live broadcast against WWE on January 4 could be a turning point for American TV wrestling. One shot alone won't make it through the WWE's bovine skull, but at least someone's started firing.
Wednesday, May 27 2009
In Treatment: Fantasy Therapy for All
Explorations of the outer limits of the patient/ therapist relationship titillate viewers with the possibilities of what could happen.
Tuesday, June 19 2007
The Sopranos: Series Finale
A priest once explained to Carmela, "God understands that we all live in the middle of tensions." David Chase understands that too.
