‘Hannibal’ makes tasty transition to the small screen
First episode impressions (TV review): Horror’s most famous cannibal gets the TV treatment from Bryan Fuller.
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First episode impressions: ‘Parks and Recreation’ Season 5 (TV review)
“Parks and Recreation” (8:30 p.m. Central Thursdays, NBC) started off its fifth season this week with an episode that was ambitious in terms of setting (Washington, D.C.) and casting (a few Senatorial cameos), but also stayed […]
Ron Swanson: TV’s greatest libertarian character ever? (Commentary)
Since I’m venturing into politics with this post (which will eventually be about television), I’ll admit my bias up front: I’ll be voting for the Libertarian Party ticket of Johnson-Gray in November. But I think anyone who’s […]
I should like ‘Community.’ But I don’t quite get it. Sorry (TV commentary)
I made it only a few seconds into the first episode of “2 Broke Girls,” one of the most critically acclaimed shows of the fall. It wasn’t the immature, sex-obsessed guys or the snarky, intent-on-those-guys-not-having-sex-with-her girl that […]
First episode impressions: ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Season 7 (TV review)
“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (9 p.m. Central Thursdays) is getting so crazy that even the FX network seems jittery about it, running so many “mature content” advisories that you’d think it was screening “Hobo with a […]
Fond farewell: ‘Friday Night Lights’ (TV review)
I’m not married and I know that if I ever lived in Texas I’d die from the heat, yet I always respected “Friday Night Lights,” TV’s best show about marriage and best show about Texas. On Friday […]
All 20 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 9 (2001-02), ranked
TV review: The original run of “The X-Files” bows out in respectable fashion as Doggett and Reyes take the lead. But Mulder and Scully also pop in.
First episode (of new season) impressions: ‘Friday Night Lights’ (TV review)
“Friday Night Lights” (7 p.m. Central Fridays on NBC) continues to do the little things well: In the fifth-season premiere, Landry goes through his own version of “American Graffiti,” playing one last show with Crucifictorious, saying […]
All 21 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 8 (2000-01), ranked
TV review: “The X-Files” finds its second life as Robert Patrick and Annabeth Gish join the cast and David Duchovny steps aside.
All 22 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 7 (1999-2000), ranked
TV review: Here are my rankings of the 22 episodes of “The X-Files” Season 7, which was at one point expected to be the final season.