Sunday, January 1 1995
City of Angels
For all the primetime-melodramatic cliches at work in the men's conflicts -- the moral and political posturing, not to mention the dick-swinging -- it is significant that these battles are waged by black men, pitted against one another as they wrangle over the scant resources allotted them by a larger governing system.
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Larry David as Larry David seems very real, very whiny, very self-absorbed, and in the end, not someone who's much fun to hang out with.
Courage the Cowardly Dog
The fact is that all cartoons, from the surreal output of the Max Fleisher studios ('Betty Boop') and Disney's elitist morality fables ('Snow White and the Seven Dwarves') to Hanna-Barbera's execrable attempts at hipness ('Groovy Ghoulies'? 'Funky Phantom'?) and today's post-'Ren & Stimpy' moment of unrelenting gross-out humor ('Cow and Chicken', 'South Park'), are worthy of appraisal, if only because the medium itself is inherently subversive.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Scooby Love
But the Scoobies have expanded the tv series, to include character study and analysis of the bonds of humankind.
PopMatters - Television - Reviews - The Beat
The syndicated series Cops proved that blue-collar cops keep viewers hooked, whether the show’s beat officers are chasing down DUIs, bagging teenage felons or shmoozing…
Boston Public
Boston Public is, in short, a view of high school that dovetails with conservatives' worst fears: here, teachers can't teach because the students are too horny and violent to learn.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Angel
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.
Blade: The Series
Race has been the most compelling narrative and political theme in previous Blade iterations, and it appears to be the case again.
Band of Brothers
The genie of wholesale civilian slaughter is clearly out of the bottle for good, no matter the attempts to bowdlerize it away into forgotten history, or the indignant objections of those who insist 'we' did not 'bring this on ourselves.'
The Bernie Mac Show
As in his stand-up act, the comedy in 'The Bernie Mac Show' is driven by Mac's outrageous verbal and physical expressions.
Baghdad ER
No one in Baghdad ER is more reflective about what he witnesses than the Army Chaplain whose dismayed face is ever present in the ER.
Big Brother Australia
And even when 'Big Brother Australia''s storylines weren't captivating, the people were -- their reactions, thoughts, and feelings, how they took on this environment and either made it their own, or let it swallow them whole.
Battlebots
Let's face it, this is one professional sport where the heroes, like Biohazard and War Machine, won't be caught in a room full of cocaine and hookers.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Boys and Girls and Buffy
We've all learned a lot about the politics of being young and being adult, about sexuality and gender roles, as well as about the difficulties of daily life from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but perhaps we've learned the most about all of this from Xander.
Battlebots
Let's face it, this is one professional sport where the heroes, like Biohazard and War Machine, won't be caught in a room full of cocaine and hookers.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Surprises
Many non-initiates of Buffy the Vampire Slayer dismiss it as a show about teen angst or girl action. But Buffy's diverse fan base understands that these things are worthy of our attention, and know Buffy as a series with a little something for everyone.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - We Could Be Heroes
The finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer marks not only the end of a great series, but also the end of one of the most popular myths of our postmodern times.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
With so much going for it, why isn't 'Buffy' the hottest show on television?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Family Relations
Combining the family conflicts characteristic of the horror genre with those typical of melodrama, Buffy the Vampire Slayer has consistently challenged popular notions of feminism and monstrosity.
