We were ‘Privileged’ (2008-09) to know this show for one season
One-season wonders (Review): This short-lived CW series ably filled a slot vacated by “Gilmore Girls.”
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The top 10 episodes of ‘Millennium’ Season 1 (1996-97)
TV review: This is not “X-Files”-style fun. Chris Carter’s second show is dark stuff, visually and thematically, as we follow troubled psychic Frank Black.
First episode impressions: ‘Teen Wolf’ (TV review)
The aspect of the new “Teen Wolf” (8 p.m. Central Mondays on MTV) series that has gotten the most criticism is that Scott (Tyler Posey), the wolf-boy in this version, plays lacrosse, whereas Michael J. Fox played […]
First episode impressions: ‘Falling Skies’ (TV review)
Watching “Falling Skies” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on TNT) is like buying a greatest hits album where you already own all the songs. The opening scenes of the resistance fighters hiding in abandoned tunnels and buildings from […]
‘The Killing’ season finale: A great surprise or a silly twist? (TV commentary)
AMC’s “The Killing” has repeat-viewing value that’s rare among crime-solving shows: There’s a certain pleasure in soaking up the pitch-dark murder mystery and the troubled characters the same way the streets of Seattle soak up the rain […]
‘Nine Lives of Chloe King’ successfully cribs from ‘X-Men’
First episode impressions (TV review): This new superhero combines traits of Wolverine and Rogue.
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 impressions: ‘Love Bites’ (TV review)
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the two genres that lend themselves to vignette-style TV shows are horror (the various incarnations of “The Twilight Zone” and, from a few years back, “Fear, Itself”) and […]
Flippin’ sweet! ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ and 10 other shows to watch in 2011-12 (TV commentary)
Intimidated by the list of nearly 50 new shows coming out in the fall? Never fear, I have done the hard work for you of watching the trailers for all the network offerings (and believe […]
‘Lone Gunmen’ (2001) emphasizes funny side of ‘X-Files’
One-season wonders (TV review): Three non-traditional leading men prove they can carry the show in this comedy-leaning spinoff.