Television
John’s top 10 TV shows of 2002
NDSU Spectrum: Top 10 TV shows of 2002 ‘Futurama’ among last beacons of TV’s golden age By JOHN HANSEN Dec. 13, 2002 The golden age of television seems to be coming to close. Several of […]
John’s top 10 TV shows of 2001
NDSU Spectrum: Top 10 TV shows of 2001 ‘Buffy’ edges ‘Gilmore Girls’ as year’s best By JOHN HANSEN Jan. 11, 2002 Although the shows on this year’s top 10 list range from the wildly creative […]
First episode impressions: ‘Kevin (Probably) Saves the World’ (TV review)
“Kevin (Probably) Saves the World” (8 p.m. Eastern Tuesdays on ABC) is both the most original show of the fall TV slate and very familiar. Let me explain: On one hand, there’s nothing else like it […]
First episode impressions: ‘The Gifted’ (TV review)
Because of a bizarre reticence to turn big-ticket properties into TV series, the 2000 “X-Men” film inspired things like “Mutant X,” “Heroes,” “No Ordinary Family” and “The Cape” but not an actual “X-Men” series — […]
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 […]
10 funniest moments in ‘Family Guy’s’ ‘Blue Harvest’
TV review: Ten years after its initial airing, “Family Guy’s” “Blue Harvest” episode remains one of the funniest “Star Wars” parodies.