‘Gossip Girl’ a welcome break from reality (TV review)
I admire shows that address the recession — it’s part of the fabric of “Medium” and “Friday Night Lights,” and “The Simpsons” had a nice episode about it last year. But I also like shows […]
Teen Drama
‘Glee’ gets subtler, but big songs still drive the show (TV commentary)
There was no second-episode jinx for “Glee” (8 p.m. Central Wednesdays on Fox) when it returned to the schedule this week. It’s too early to declare it the best new show of the fall, but it’s definitely […]
Fall TV 2009: 7 new developments on old shows (Commentary)
Here are seven plot developments I’m looking forward to on old favorites this fall season. (Technically, TV’s best show, “Friday Night Lights,” is a fall returnee — Oct. 28 on DirecTV — but I’ll be […]
Fall TV 2009: 6 new shows to watch (Commentary)
Here are six new shows you might want to check out: 1. “Community” (8:30 p.m. Central Thursdays on NBC, starts Sept. 17) — When I first heard about this show about a hodgepodge of students at a […]
What show will make Entertainment Weekly’s Fall TV Preview cover? (Commentary)
I’ve already picked up the fall TV previews from TV Guide and Sci Fi magazine (yeah, it’s still called that, even though the channel is called SyFy). It’ll be a couple weeks before I get […]
‘Nick & Norah’: One movie that’s better than the book (Commentary)
My friend Ally wondered the other day why filmmakers can’t just stay true to the book, especially if it’s a good book. I had mentioned that “Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist” was my favorite movie […]
I like ‘I Love You, Beth Cooper’ well enough, but I don’t love it
Movie review: This Hayden Panettiere starrer has its moments, but it isn’t quite a night to remember.
‘10 Things I Hate About You’ saves the summer season (TV review)
I don’t think I’ve seen the Julia Stiles-Heath Ledger movie of the same name, or if I did, it made no impression on me. So I don’t know what the title means, but I do […]
‘Make It or Break It’: Skip it (TV review)
For two weeks once every four years, gymnastics is the most popular sport in America. Like everyone else, I was drawn into the drama of whether Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin and the Americans would bring […]
State of Television Address, Part 3: ‘Glee’ provides a ray of hope for the fall (TV review)
This is the post where I’m supposed list the new fall shows I’m looking forward to, but after watching clips of the five networks’ 28 newcomers over at Zap2It (scroll down the list to find the pages […]