Dan Sees KLONDIKE

Discovery Channelby Dan D.

The Good:

  • It’s the first scripted show on The Discovery Channel

The Not So Good:

  • It’s the first scripted show on The Discovery Channel

Conclusion: read article

Hey, ARCHER Fans – How’re Ya Liking the Reboot?

The best action-comedy series on TV just got better. How could anybody not love ARCHER now that it’s – MIAMI VICE?

Whoa!

new-archer-miamiby Andy Greenwald

For a long time The Simpsons was the fastest show on television. A combination of highly caffeinated, Harvard-educated show-offs in the writers’ room and the complete creative freedom afforded by animation transformed what was originally intended to be a straight (if yellow) family sitcom into an ADD-explosion of satire, asides, cutaways, and jokes so in you’d need Professor Frink’s Hoax-a-Scope to locate them. read article

LB Sees ABC’s KILLER WOMEN (Well, the 1st episode anyway)

killer-women-tvwriter.comBecause with a name like that how could I not?

Especially since TVWRITER™ buddy Sal Calleros was one of the writers working on the initial order.

I wanted to like this show but knew I wouldn’t. And guess what? My prediction sadly prevailed. Or to put it another way: read article

LB Sees HELIX

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What does this shot mean? This stuff’s supposed to mean something, damnit.

Just finished watching the first 3 1/2 hours of HELIX. Well, that’s not entirely accurate. Let’s say that the first 3 1/2 hours played through on my gigantor screen but I only saw the first 48 minutes because…

I say because…

Wait for it. read article

Cara Winter: Downton Abbey Season 4 Premiere “review”

lady-sybilby Cara Winter

My husband hates Downton Abbey.

Actually, “Hate” may not be a strong enough word. Loathe? Abhor? It’s hard to say. The depths of the man’s hatred for something… well, make believe… is impressive.

We agree on many shows — most shows, in fact — from Homeland, to The Americans, to Pawn Stars (which is just Antiques Roadshow repackaged, with a little idiot-development on the side). But on this one, Warren and I are as far apart as…well, Downton Abbey, and, say, Sons of Anarchy. read article