AltWeeklies Wire
Small-Screen Previews
We preview six TV shows, four DVDs, and one net video, for short attention spans.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
07-28-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
Super Soaker
NBC's addictively dumb sci-fi soaker Surface treads water.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
01-30-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
Yule Logic
What do your favorite Christmas TV shows say about you? On Rudolph! On Psychobabble!
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
12-06-2005 |
TV
Black Comedy
Adult Swim's new Boondocks makes you think, while 12 Oz. Mouse makes you think you’re on drugs.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
10-28-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Crossoverkill
True TV plots the ultimate CBS crossover event: 19 shows in one week.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
10-25-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Rush to Fall
The season’s new TV shows, rated with the Geddy, Alex & Neil (of Rush) system.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
09-14-2005 |
TV
Six Feet, Over
How will HBO’s Six Feet Under end? Let us count the ways.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
08-15-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
This Goes to 11!
The punk is still there at the Warped Tour, fortified with an infusion of the harder stuff and a stronger presence for female rockers and underground hip-hop evolution. Here are 11 lists and 11 bands not to miss.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
07-08-2005 |
Music
Tags: Various Artists, Vans Warped Tour
Blaze Up
FX’s Rescue Me returns as the hottest show on TV.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
06-10-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Hollyweird
HBO kicks off summer right with Entourage and The Comeback … oh, and Six Feet Under.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
05-26-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Freakin' Sweet!
Cult 'toon sensation Family Guy returns to Fox three years after cancellation -- but how's the May 1 Comeback Episode? Fans, rejoice...
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
04-21-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Lost It
How did ABC’s Lost become so popular if no one ever watches?
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
03-15-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Fresh Meat: Six Spankin' New Midseason Shows
Kirstie Alley makes up for all her lousy post-Cheers work with a single manic scene in the premiere of Showtime's Fat Actress. Also reviewed: Jake in Progress, The Sketch Show, Power Girls, Hollow Men and Mr. Romance.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
03-03-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Last Laugh
Does Fox’s Arrested Development really need to continue on? Probably not.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
02-22-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
TV 2 DVD
Fortunately for discerning TV fans, February offers a (mostly) magical motherlode of first-season TV series DVD releases.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
02-14-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
