Features
Wednesday, January 12 2011
The Best TV Shows of 2010
Running the gamut from the ever-present to the new and novel, PopMatters' TV picks prove that, as a medium, the small screen challenges the big at every entertainment (and aesthetic) level.
Friday, January 8 2010
The Best TV of 2009
Aside from one or two new shows, this look at the Best of TV 2009 seems awfully familiar. A look at early '60s admen? A practically incomprehensible drama about an island of airplane crash castaways? The Americanization of a UK workplace comedy? That definitely rings a bell.
Reviews
Thursday, September 29 2011
'The Amazing Race' Rushes into a 19th Season
Beyond the obvious set of emotional and sexual appeals inherent to the show, The Amazing Race has a cultural savvy and undercurrent of intelligence that wins it fans from all levels of the socio-economic and educational spectrum.
Sunday, September 26 2010
'The Amazing Race' Season 17 Premiere
You'd think that with 16 previous seasons of The Amazing Race to watch, new team members would know to learn how to drive a stick shift before starting the race.
Sunday, February 14 2010
The Amazing Race: Season 16 Premiere
The Amazing Race encourages personal growth, even if contestants have to be led by the nose by host Phil Keoghan.
Friday, September 26 2008
The Amazing Race: Season 13 Premiere
The first episode features profile-establishing soundbites, a lot of running and plenty of encouraging “Gos!” The best line, courtesy of Anita, is easily this: “Bees are much calmer than all this!”
Friday, November 2 2007
The Amazing Race
This is the way the best reality show on TV returns. Not with a bang, but a whimper. I love The Amazing Race, but I'm increasingly unhappy with how its handling.
News
Wednesday, October 26 2011
Mike White, master of the awkward moment, plies his craft in a new HBO series
LOS ANGELES — How many indie film auteurs get the green light to create a series on HBO, then postpone finishing it to compete in…
Monday, February 22 2010
Olympics isn't the only contest on TV
From "swifter, higher, stronger" to "outwit, outplay, outlast," wherever you turn, February is a huge month for competition on television. —The Winter Olympics (continuing through…
