This was an amazing TV season for new shows, but I would trade all of them in (except New Girl, we have to keep New Girl) to save my favourite, Pan Am. I think the concept seemed odd to a lot of people, so they just didn’t tune in from the get-go and critics hardly […]
I flip flop on how much I like FX’s zany bad-person comedy It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The inspired pilot and strong first season earned the show my continued devotion, but Danny DeVito’s grotesque Frank became a thorn in season 2’s side and has remained a symptom of the show’s idiotically broad tendencies ever since. […]
Today I was asked a question that I’m asked quite often: what’s your favourite TV show on the air? I barely paused before giving my answer: there’s nothing currently airing that’s as touching or achingly real as the genius of The Big C. For half an hour a week I completely lose track of everything […]
Season three seemed to fly by in the always dramatic world of Jane/Deb and her quirky coworkers, sweet best friend, various lovers and adorable guardian angel (aka worst guardian angel ever). Skirting past season two’s silly cliffhanger amusingly quickly, Josh Berman and co.’s third outing had some wonderful highlights and the occasional let’s say misdirected […]
The second season of Canada’s best primetime soap finished off last night with back to back episodes. True to its Grey’s Anatomy formula, the cop show avoided the dreaded sophomore slump by simply getting better with age. This season we got to know our central rookies even better as an awkward but fun love triangle […]
On a show as meta as Community, the season finale was bound to be semi-tongue-in-cheek dramatic. So in theory I shouldn’t have minded when all the romantic drama usurped what was otherwise an episode about dalmatian fetishes and John Oliver’s penis. But I did. The season finale was probably my least favorite episode of […]
This week on 30 Rock, perennially single gal Liz Lemon met the perfect man. And as we’ve all known since way before he first figured out “it’s not [his] fault” thanks to Robin Williams , the perfect man is Matt Damon. This is guest casting at its finest, like Brad Pitt playing the charter […]
In a season that was often uneven, and that came after a season that was so over-the-top gimmicky that its emotional epiphanies often felted tainted by the ridiculousness, Bones actually somehow managed to make a re-believer out of me. It felt like, especially in the second half of the season, the show was aiming to […]