Last night a new show hit Canadian airwaves about an eccentric teacher at a competitive private school. The titular “Mr. D” thinks he’s pretty damn awesome, in a sort of Phil Dunphy meets Michael Scott meets actual moron who can’t spell “renaissance” kind of way. The series is created by, written by and stars Gerry […]
Fox’s newest sitcom balances on a premise that has hilarious truthful potential. Almost all teenage daughters are monsters, but to former geeks who grow up to mother girls just like the ones who tortured them, the trauma is all the more potent. It’s a tricky concept, but such a universal and generally untouched one that […]
FOX’s newest animation offering is right up my alley. The Jonah Hill-headed Allen Gregory is a quick-witted and sarcastic satire of pretension, a wonderfully clever addition to a Sunday night lineup largely headed by dodo patriarchs. Hill’s deadpan voice performance in the title role is as close to perfect as animation has gotten since Ellen […]
Of the many promising new shows premiering in this well-above-average fall season, ABC’s Once Upon a Time was one of the ones I was looking forward to the most. The fairy tale twist stars Ginnifer Goodwin, one of my favourite actresses whom I’m shocked is returning to TV so soon after the finale of the […]
ABC was very “man”ly this week with the premiere of the atrociously sexist (or, rather, atrociously bad and offensive to all well-rounded and sensible people) Man Up!, a pretty-great-actually male-centric Grey’s Anatomy that contradicted Man Up‘s theories of Neanderthal superiority and the premiere of Tim Allen’s new show, complete with trademark grunts and “I’m a […]
Every once in awhile I’ll be watching TV late at night, computer shutdown for the day, when something makes me react so strongly that I come downstairs, restart my laptop and set about writing a very early morning review. The pilot episode of ABC’s new Tuesday night comedy Man Up! was such a show, and […]
Do you remember Amy Abbott? I do. She was sweet and funny, good natured and forgiving. Do you remember Rebeca Harper? I do. She was smart and self-assured, easy going and charming. Now, the woman who gave life to both is back on network TV in a dark show about the need for ruthless revenge. […]
The new Charlie’s Angels has more problems than anything that should ever have made it to series. First there’s the simple issue of the outdated premise- one Hollywood seems to think is “classic” and everyone else knows to be played out. There’s the tone- the franchise thrives as a comedy (see the tongue-in-cheek films and […]