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.
Monday, February 2 2009
The New Golden Age of British TV Comedy
Every once in awhile, Britain rules over America. The Office, Spaced, Coupling and other British shows are gradually narrowing the Atlantic-sized gap between the United States and England.
Thursday, October 16 2008
Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 3
Day Three - The final ten, a cross-culture collection teeming with big ideas, larger than life visions, and perhaps the greatest documentary on rugby you've probably never heard of.
Friday, October 12 2007
Part 5 - Beyond the Envelope
The format forced the issue among cult and commercial products. And TV on DVD highlighted the cream of the creative, forward thinking crop.
Reviews
Wednesday, September 14 2011
'The Office: Season Seven': Headed for an Event Horizon?
This five-disc set is packed with deleted scenes, extended versions, cast and crew commentaries, a blooper reel, three webisodes, and the full version of Michael Scott's epic Threat Level Midnight movie. It will please any fan.
Tuesday, May 25 2010
Is This the Return of Must-See TV?
This year, NBC featured four strong comedies -- Community, Parks and Recreation, The Office, and 30 Rock -- each with its own distinct style and point of view, not a Single Guy among them.
Thursday, October 11 2007
The Office
Next came a series of sitcom-ish moments that read like the white board from the writers' room.
Monday, October 8 2007
The Office: Season Three
Fans met the news of an American adaptation of The Office with outright skepticism, but it's safe to say that the American version of The Office has lost little of the original's sense of unease in its portrayal of the American workplace.
Wednesday, May 23 2007
The Office
The Office offers someone we can always laugh at: Michael (Steve Carell), arguably the most sympathetic asshole on television, ever.
Blogs
Wednesday, May 18 2011
The Top 5 Candidates for Regional Manager at 'The Office's' Dunder Mifflin
With a celebrity guest list the Oscars is envious of, this year's season finalé of The Office carries an equally intriguing question: who will replace Michael Scott?
Tuesday, April 26 2011
Goodbye Michael. Hello Cal?
As Michael Scott fades into reruns, can Steve Carell continue his climb to movie star status?
Wednesday, January 26 2011
Dear TV Executives: A Few New Years Resolutions Notes for 2011
Television executives should resolve to do a few things for me this year.
Thursday, December 16 2010
Top 10 TV Shows of 2010
In 2010, television brought us cops in Hawaii, bikers in California, British investigators and a different kind of situation at the Jersey shore.
Thursday, August 5 2010
Anatomy of a Joke: 'The Office', “Fun Run”
The flipside to the comedic realism of The Office is the sometimes shocking vulnerability of its characters.
News
Tuesday, April 26 2011
'The Office,' like 'Two and a Half Men,' faces challenge of replacing its central character
The folks at Dunder Mifflin didn't realize how attached they were to Michael Scott until they were about to lose him. Better the crazy boss…
Wednesday, June 30 2010
Steve Carell says he's leaving 'The Office' at end of next season
Adios Michael Scott? Could it be true? Steve Carell, who recently told BBC Radio that he's leaving "The Office" after next season, confirmed the "decision"…
Friday, February 19 2010
'The Ricky Gervais Show'
LOS ANGELES — British comedian Ricky Gervais' third television series, after "The Office" and "Extras," is a cartoon called "The Ricky Gervais Show." Its audio…
Wednesday, February 17 2010
'How I Met Your Mother' hits 100 episodes
LOS ANGELES — Reaching 100 episodes is a milestone for a television series because it means the show has attracted enough viewers to last at…
