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Game of Thrones for Noobsnew
Game of Thrones has become a downright phenomenon. And while the books certainly made author George RR Martin into some kind of rockstar, the HBO series has exploded into a pop-culture powerhouse in its own right. But what about those of us who never read the books or watched the show before now? This is the review series for you.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Alex De Vore |
04-13-2015 |
TV
Tags: George RR Martin
'House of Cards': Netflix and the Reinvention of TVnew
A skeleton unearthed beneath a parking lot in Leicester is, according to DNA analysis, the physical remains of Richard III, the Plantagenet king vilified by William Shakespeare.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
02-13-2013 |
TV
Tags: David Fincher, House of Cards
Louisiana: Reality TV Capitalnew
Why every other reality show seems to be set in Louisiana these days.
Tags: Swamp People
Chad Michaels Out to Take Reality TV With a Bang (and a Tuck)new
San Diego queen is going to 'drag Disneyland.'
San Diego CityBeat |
Enrique Limon |
01-20-2012 |
TV
5 Things We'll Miss About Communitynew
Community is about to disappear from NBC's lineup, and no one's sure when it's coming back.
Houston Press |
Daniel Carlson |
12-06-2011 |
TV
Diners, Drive-Ins, and Disastersnew
David Page made Guy Fieri a TV star. Then he lost control.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Gregory Pratt |
10-19-2011 |
TV
Cancel The Simpsons?new
Is it too late to teach an old dog new tricks?
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
01-05-2011 |
TV
Back to the Futur(ama)new
Comedy Central resurrects Groening's other show.
Boston Phoenix |
Ryan Stewart |
06-25-2010 |
TV
Tags: Matt Groening, Futurama
Home Field Advantage: Inside 'Friday Night Lights'new
A look at the first-string cast, crew, and city that have made Friday Night Lights a television playmaker season after season.
Austin Chronicle |
Belinda Acosta |
04-29-2010 |
TV
Tags: NBC, Friday Night Lights
Crescent City Rising: David Simon Takes on Post-Katrina New Orleansnew
How will critics, bloggers and discriminating fans judge Treme, coming from the creators of The Wire, which some of us consider the greatest TV drama of all time?
Tags: David Simon
'Treme': Do You Know What It Means?new
Treme is David Simon's first ongoing dramatic series since Wire ended in 2008, and from the first episode, it's got the potential to be another sweeping look at the struggles of a community that's been left behind by the rest of the world.
Houston Press |
Daniel Carlson |
04-12-2010 |
TV
Tags: David Simon, New Orleans
Lady Reporters XXX: Hollywood's Clichéd Female Journalistsnew
This propensity for “really getting to know one’s source” isn’t extended to male journalists in the movies. Frost doesn’t bang Nixon.
Weekly Alibi |
John Bear |
03-30-2010 |
TV
Playing Our Culture’s Stupid Narcissism For Laughsnew
Pretty Wild, E!’s latest effort to document the strange and beautiful life forms that inhabit the least-charted latitudes of Fame, is as real as a fake boob — which is to say it’s the most accurate and illuminating depiction of how we live now currently airing on TV.
Hartford Advocate |
Greg Beato |
03-26-2010 |
TV
The Year of Staying In: In Lean Times, TV is a Saving Gracenew
You've got to laugh to keep from crying, and in 2009, as bad news streamed constantly on the cable news channels, I valued sitcoms more than ever. Thank God there were comedies worthy of our time.
