‘The X-Files’ Season 8 reviews
John’s “The X-Files” Season 8 flashback review, johnvhansen.com, April 9, 2011 NDSU Spectrum: TV review Patrick has saved ‘The X-Files,’ now Duchovny will spice it up By JOHN HANSEN Feb. 23, 2001 With his gruff […]
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‘The X-Files’ Season 7 reviews
John’s “The X-Files” Season 7 flashback review, johnvhansen.com, March 19, 2011 “The X-Files” Season 7 (1999-2000, Fox), episodes 1-7 – “The X-Files” has recovered a bit after a sluggish start to its seventh, and probably […]
‘Freaks and Geeks’ reviews
John’s “Freaks and Geeks” flashback review, March 16, 2023 NDSU Spectrum: TV review ‘Freaks,’ ‘Creek’ put different spins on high school By JOHN HANSEN January 2000 It seems natural to compare newcomer “Freaks and Geeks” […]
Sherman-Palladino achieves career hat trick with ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
TV review: The creator of “Gilmore Girls” launches her third great series, this time via Amazon Prime.
Catching up with ‘Big Little Lies’ Season 1 (TV review)
“Big Little Lies” (which aired earlier this year on HBO, and can now be found on HBO Go or at Redbox) is the best thing I’ve seen from David E. Kelley, and also by far […]
‘Westworld’ Season 1 (2016) blends SF, Western, mystery
TV review: Along with Wood in the lead, a big reason why “Westworld” entertained me is because it bounces between the sci-fi and Western genres.
7 times ‘X-Files’ borrowed from ‘Kolchak’
TV commentary: Although their styles are different, there’s no doubt that “The X-Files” borrowed many concepts from “Kolchak.”
First episode impressions: ‘Fargo’ Season 3 (TV review)
After eight long episodes of Noah Hawley’s literally brain-teasing “Legion,” it’s a comparative relief to get back to the familiar footing of his first hit show, “Fargo” (10 p.m. Eastern Wednesdays on FX), which launched its third […]
‘This Is Us’: The best show on TV, or one big manipulative trick? (Commentary)
Having already been renewed through its third season, “This Is Us” is a show we’ll be talking about for a while. After last Tuesday’s Season 1 finale, I Facebooked that it successfully made me cry in 18 […]
Eighties nostalgia is strong with ‘Stranger Things’ Season 1
TV review: We look back at the first season of this breakthrough Netflix series.