AltWeeklies Wire
Semi-losers and 'Inbetweeners' checking the British pulsenew
Based on a British series, The Inbetweeners puts its finger on high school’s “in-between” cohort.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
08-16-2012 |
TV
Season 5 of 'Breaking Bad' delivers the monster insidenew
I hope you’re not letting the Olympics distract you from Breaking Bad’s final season.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
08-02-2012 |
TV
Zombies at the Olympics?new
The whole two-week package for the London Olympics promises drama galore for U.S. fans.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
07-27-2012 |
TV
'The Franchise' ignites after coach proclaims his love for Fidel Castronew
This series takes us behind the scenes of a sports franchise right in the middle of a season.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
07-16-2012 |
TV
Woody Allen’s Italian midsummer night's sex comedynew
Woody Allen, who once declared, “I am at two with nature,” is smitten with great cities.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
07-03-2012 |
TV
Bristol Palin shines as a small-town bigot on 'Life's a Tripp'new
This is a reality series about Sarah Palin’s daughter — the one who got pregnant at 17 and is raising young son Tripp as a single mom.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
06-19-2012 |
TV
Not So Young Gunsnew
I'm staring into the face of Marshal Wyatt Earp. It's not exactly as I remember him back when I was a 10-year-old would-be cowboy and Wyatt was on television every Tuesday night.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
06-19-2012 |
TV
Tags: The Virginian, Cowboys and Aliens
Why Jenny McCarthy is the real play on 'Love in the Wild'new
This show is a huge improvement over The Bachelor and other dating series that get all dewy-eyed about true love.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
06-09-2012 |
TV
Tags: Love in the Wild
Jon Hamm or Russell Brand for MTV's Best Dirtball?new
As always, February’s stiff Oscar ceremony tried to dress the movie industry in an ill-fitting tuxedo. The MTV Movie Awards, by contrast, reminds us that the medium is supposed to be fun.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
06-01-2012 |
TV
Tags: MTV Movie Awards
'Texas Music Scene' gets its duenew
It's a simple, remarkably straightforward idea that's already been tried successfully once. "It's like Austin City Limits circa its beginning in 1976," said Tom Hoitsma, creator of Texas Music Scene, a weekly public-television music show dedicated to Texas musicians.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
05-24-2012 |
TV
'American Idol' matters. No, seriously!new
I used to be American Idol’s biggest fan, but by now most of us know it’s jumped the shark. After a string of bland winners — Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze, Scotty McCreery — we realize that the show will most likely disappoint us after its long process of sifting and winnowing.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
05-16-2012 |
TV
Tags: American Idol
Louisiana: Reality TV Capitalnew
Why every other reality show seems to be set in Louisiana these days.
Tags: Swamp People
Sherlock Holmes tackles the sexy dominatrixnew
Last year, Masterpiece Mystery's "Sherlock" did Sherlock Holmes a favor by plunking him down in our own time.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
05-03-2012 |
TV
'Don't Trust the B---' script smells of desperationnew
With their greed, brutality and lust — not to mention their Italian Renaissance duds — the Borgias make the Sopranos look practically modest.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
04-26-2012 |
TV
'Game of Thrones' drama nearly sunk by rampant sadismnew
Season two of Game of Thrones is in full swing, with five kings battling to claim the Iron Throne in fantastical Westeros.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
04-20-2012 |
TV
Tags: Game of Thrones
