AltWeeklies Wire
Not Reiser-ing To The Occasionnew
Build it and they will come ... and then they'll cancel it.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
06-27-2011 |
Reviews
Goodnight, Burbanknew
The show depicts the ridiculousness of a local newscast while providing character development through off-air interactions, such as Laura Silverman's tendency to insert Jesus into most conversations.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
06-08-2011 |
Reviews
Long Live Saturday Night Livenew
Saturday Night Live wins, end of the world loses.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
06-01-2011 |
TV
Katie Couric Moves Onnew
Without her, how will we know what's going on?
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
05-04-2011 |
TV
Sports Show For People Who Don't Care About Sportsnew
. . . but love Norm MacDonald.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
04-27-2011 |
TV
Comedy Central's 'Workaholics' Doesn't Worknew
Basically, they're the kind of guys most of us wish would just hurry up and go extinct.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
04-20-2011 |
Reviews
'The Confession': A TV Show That Doesn't Require A Pesky TVnew
The Hulu-only show fits more substantive dialogue into seven minutes than the entire DVD collection of Grey's Anatomy.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
04-13-2011 |
Movies
RuPaul's Race to Drag America Downnew
RuPaul forces contestants to "lip-sync for your life" to crappy club songs--it's quite the grueling display of artificial effort.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
03-30-2011 |
TV
Bob's Burgers Might Make You Go Vegetariannew
Gross kids, forgettable lines, annoying voices. And that's about it. (The kid with the bunny ears is pretty funny, though.)
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
03-25-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Bob's Burgers
Charlie Sheen Is Man-and-a-Half On His Ownnew
Charlie Sheen thinks he can manage Warner Bros., but he's not even lucid enough to manage Charlie Sheen.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
03-09-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ancient Aliens: Soon to be Teleporting the Sharknew
History Channel show not so historical.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
03-04-2011 |
Reviews
Portlandianew
Fred Armisen and Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein play quintessential citizens of the City of Roses.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
02-02-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Portlandia
Late Night with Charles Barkleynew
Whether or not you care about sports, Charles Barkley, a glorious caricature of himself, is the most unpredictably watchable person on television. He consistently turns TNT's Inside the NBA into an effusive spectacle of misplaced malice and misunderstood malapropisms.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
02-01-2011 |
TV
Tags: Charles Barkley, Inside the NBA
American I Don'tnew
Steven Tyler betrays rock 'n' roll, self, everything sacred.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
01-19-2011 |
TV
Tags: American Idol
Cancel The Simpsons?new
Is it too late to teach an old dog new tricks?
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
01-05-2011 |
TV