Category: TV Review

“Something Awful” Weighs on on the 2012 Fall Season

…And the analysis actually seems…fair. As in even-handed, not “meh.” We’d never use “meh” to describe SomethingAwful.Com’s POV.

New TV Show Roundup For Fall 2012! – by Dennis Farrell

Most of the Fall’s new shows are underway, with a few stragglers premiering in the coming weeks. This year’s batch has enough promising ideas and spectacular failures to suit anyone’s taste. Well, just about anyone’s taste. There still isn’t a reality series documenting Terry Gilliam’s ongoing efforts to make a Don Quixote movie. Until there is such a show, television will not be complete.

Still, there are plenty of new shows to consider. read article

The Hudsonian Sees PARTNERS

by Josh Hudson

This new CBS comedy originally aired on September 24, 2012. Considering the time slot, it was a rather dismal ratings performance. Much like the acting and the writing.

4 people, 3 couples. That’s the unofficial tagline of this show. If you can’t read between the lines, I’ll translate: read article

Mired in the Past: The Cluelessness of NBC

…And, just possibly, the other broadcast networks as well. But Dan Treadway definitely is kinda cool. (In the dweebie way the networks like NBC can never understand. But we know, don’t we? We know…)

Zeus plays with his children – wotta funny dad!

NBC Is Stuck in a Century in Which Guys Taking Care of Kids Is a Hilarious Concept – by Dan Treadway (HuffingtonPost.Com)

I like to imagine the conversation in the NBC boardroom went something like this:

Johnson: Sir, we’ve been kicking around a few ideas to put our network’s comedy lineup back on the map since we’re completely abandoning the notion of providing fresh, original content in favor of copying the crap on CBS. read article

munchman sees CHICAGO FIRE

Quick Reaction: E.R. with firemen. But my girlfriend, who hates action shows, liked it and even wants to watch it again. (I’m thinking maybe it’s the boots?

Prognosis: For Fire Dept. groupies only. (You know who you are.)

The Hudsonian Sees THE NEIGHBORS

Don’t Invite The Neighbors Over

by Josh Hudson

This ABC show originally aired on September 26, 2012 at 9:30 EST. It has since been moved to 8:30 EST, in between “The Middle” and “Modern Family”. Pretty sure that’s not going to matter.

It’s only fair that one would go to a Disney-owned company for news about athletes. I mean, ESPN is the worldwide leader in sports. The last place I’d look is a gated community in New Jersey, which is the basis of ABC’s new Wednesday night comedy, The Neighbors. Allow me to explain this atrocity. read article