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'The Life & Times of Tim' is the Only Good New Show on TVnew
This is one of the more quintessentially HBO shows to air on the cable network in a while: Its style is highly specific, and it's designed to appeal not to a common denominator in comedy viewing but to people who are looking for the opposite.
Willamette Week |
Daniel Carlson |
10-08-2008 |
TV
The Party Never Ends; 'Entourage' Never Changesnew
Everything you probably need to know about Entourage can be summed up in the fact that the show's been off the air for a year and it doesn't feel like it's missed a week.
Willamette Week |
Daniel Carlson |
09-17-2008 |
TV
Game Show Imports Like 'Wipeout' are a Study in Orientalismnew
Poking fun at the insanity of a Japanese game show isn't new. But now that mockery is being married with a shrewd commercialism as the very concepts that were once gently derided are Americanized.
Willamette Week |
Daniel Carlson |
07-09-2008 |
TV
'Last Comic Standing' Makes Sure You Go Home Unhappynew
Unlike American Idol, pros are allowed to compete NBC's comedy competition. Too bad the voters prefer Larry the Cable Guy to David Cross.
Willamette Week |
Daniel Carlson |
06-25-2008 |
TV
The Best New Show of 2007new
Getting to the point: Pushing Daisies the best new series of the season, and another idiosyncratic triumph for Bryan Fuller who last produced the cancelled Wonderfalls.
Willamette Week |
Daniel Carlson |
10-17-2007 |
TV
'My Boys' of Summernew
TBS's My Boys isn't groundbreaking, nor is it the funniest show you'll ever see, but it is consistently entertaining.
Willamette Week |
Daniel Carlson |
09-12-2007 |
TV
'The Pickup Artist' Urges Men to Become Tools to Get Womennew
VH1's new reality show begins with eight self-described losers being shuttled to a mansion in Austin, where they will be educated in the ways of picking up women by Mystery and his two wingmen, who call themselves Matador and J-Dog.
Willamette Week |
Daniel Carlson |
08-29-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip' is Deadnew
It's too late for therapy, so here's an autopsy.
Willamette Week |
Daniel Carlson |
07-18-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
