“Manifest” (10 p.m. Eastern Mondays on NBC) isn’t quite the “What does it all mean?” “Lost”-style mystery I thought it would be. Then again, it’s not exactly original, either. It’s just that the TV shows […]
There are more good shows on TV than ever, but the traditional fall season has become the dumping ground for the least exciting new series – perhaps because they need the extra buzz of Fall […]
I was never involved in theater in school, but I learned to appreciate it during my years covering arts and entertainment for newspapers (even if my love of music, movies and TV was why I initially […]
“quarterlife” (2007-08, quarterlife.com, NBC) – Yet another Marshall Herskovitz/Edward Zwick TV series has been canceled by a network, but this time, it’s not bothering me or other fans one bit. In fact, many fans of […]
“Life” Season 1 (2007, NBC) – “Life” stars two unconventionally attractive leads – Damian Lewis (“Band of Brothers”) as Charlie Crews, freshly released after being wrongfully imprisoned for 12 years; and Sarah Shahi, who looks […]
Brainerd Dispatch: TV review ‘Law & Order’ deserves a positive verdict By JOHN HANSEN April 26, 2007 “Law & Order” isn’t just what Chuck Norris calls his right and left legs. It’s also the name […]
“American Dreams” Season 3 (2004-05, NBC), episodes 1-5 – Like the new show “Jack & Bobby,” “American Dreams” conjures up better days, but it looks to the past instead of the future. It lionizes the […]
“Friday Night Lights” Season 1 (2006-07, NBC), episodes 1-5 – This present-day adaptation of H.G. Bissinger’s late-’80s expose on Texas high school football is more about the team than individuals. That’s why episode one could […]
“Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” Season 1 (2006-07, NBC), episodes 1-6 – It’s unlike anything else on TV, taking us behind the scenes of a fictional “Saturday Night Live”-style show. NBS is a thinly […]
“Medium” Season 2 (2005-06, NBC), episodes 1-6 – CBS was no doubt quick to get “Ghost Whisperer” on the air after “Medium” (9 p.m. Mondays on NBC) became an out-of-nowhere hit last winter. Although the […]