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Re-Viewing 'Honey West'new
Produced on the cheap (by Aaron Spelling), and with some sets recycled from episode to episode, the short-lived series nonetheless retains some of its cocktail-shaker-and-hidden-transistors glamor on DVD.
Boston Phoenix |
Charles Taylor |
02-19-2009 |
TV
News From Waaay Outside the Mainstream: 'How's Your News?'new
How's Your News? is certainly groundbreaking: there's never been a program on TV hosted by people with disabilities.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
02-09-2009 |
TV
Biggest Losers: A Desert-Island Serial's Fading Shinenew
Like the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815, ABC's Lost has found the world a very different place upon returning to civilization.
Metro Times |
Jim McFarlin |
02-03-2009 |
TV
Digital TV Conversion Will Leave Some Coloradans in the Darknew
Because of the impending transition from analog to digital broadcasting, some television sets will go dark on February 17, and unless they pay a satellite provider, they'll stay that way.
Movie Buzz: 'Bride Wars'new
Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway match wits in Bride Wars while Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino opens in wide release. Movie Buzz looks at all of this week's major movie openers.
Metro Spirit |
Mariah Gardner |
01-07-2009 |
TV
A Thankful List of Troubled TV in Troubled Timesnew
Allow me to regain my perspective for a minute and share with you a partial list of people and programs that made me thankful ... either to have witnessed them or to be able to ridicule them.
Metro Times |
Jim McFarlin |
12-09-2008 |
TV
Jon Wilkman Talks About His PBS Doc 'Chicano Rock'
PBS documentary traces the music of the Mexican-Americans who ride up and down Whittier Blvd.
'Dexter' is Killing Us Softly with Slaughternew
You know a show has gotten under your skin when it begins to trigger nightmares. That's the case with Showtime's Dexter, now winding up its third season after building, with frustrating slowness, its intertwined partnership narratives revolving around serial killer-turned-crime fighter Dexter Morgan.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
12-04-2008 |
TV
How Could Anyone Think 'Gossip Girl' is Good TV?new
It might make sense if a bunch of rich high school kids had exciting adventures and did really cool things, but on Gossip Girl rich high schoolers are just as boring and pathetic as regular high schoolers. That's probably true in real life, but that's not why we watch TV.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Daniel McQuade |
11-17-2008 |
TV
Charleston Designers Move Forward After 'Project Runway' Bidnew
While the battle rages on over the show's future in the Big Apple, Charleston fans are buzzing about whether or not they'll recognize any familiar faces on Season 6 -- whenever it does air.
Charleston City Paper |
Erica Jackson |
11-13-2008 |
TV
'Life on Mars' Cops an Attitudenew
There are probably a few out there who recognize ABC's Americanized cop series Life on Mars thanks to good old BBC America. If the American writers can stay on target and keep scripts half as smart as the British ones, the show has a decent shot at success.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
10-28-2008 |
TV
'Chocolate News' Gives Too Much of the African-American Funny Farm Awaynew
Chocolate News lacks the style, wit or subtlety of David Alan Grier's training ground, In Living Color. His transformations are amazing, but when he goes over the top, there's nothing to catch his fall.
Metro Times |
Jim McFarlin |
10-28-2008 |
TV
The New '90210' Sucks Hardnew
No matter how scandalous the plot gets and regardless of how many former cast members return, 90210 can never live up to the drama that zip code saw 18 years ago when Brandon and Brenda Walsh moved to California.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Erica Palan |
10-27-2008 |
TV
'The Hills': Summer's Eve for the Brain!new
That's right, I admit it. I watch The Hills -- but only for its medicinal purposes! See, whenever I watch an episode, my brain activity slows down to the point where it almost flatlines.
The Portland Mercury |
Wm. Steven Humphrey |
10-24-2008 |
TV
Portland Designer Leanne Marshall on Winning 'Project Runway'new
Marshall talks about leaving Portland for New York, soundtracking her Bryant Park debut to a song called "Cookie Breath," and what was up with that hiphop walk.
The Portland Mercury |
Marjorie Skinner |
10-24-2008 |
TV
