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'Unhitched' is Alternately Slick & Soulless and Sloppy & Hammynew
This would be the most repulsive Fox sitcom since The War at Home if not for healthy competition from Back to You and 'Til Death.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Doug Wallen |
04-07-2008 |
TV
How Real is Reality TV?new
Vancouver producers face a vexing challenge: how to give mild-mannered Canadians more razzle-dazzle.
The Georgia Straight |
Pieta Woolley |
04-04-2008 |
TV
Soul Controlnew
VH1's new rock-doc treatment of James Brown's April 5, 1968, concert at Boston Garden -- The Night James Brown Saved Boston -- has a much broader scope than its title would suggest. And that's precisely why it's so good.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
04-03-2008 |
TV
Bi Sci-Finew
BBC's gleefully bonkers Torchwood returns born-again queer hard for its second season.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
04-01-2008 |
TV
Jerry Springer Stumps for Hillarynew
How he shills for Clinton between tranny midgets and onstage brawls.
Metro Times |
Jim McFarlin |
04-01-2008 |
TV
Good Guy or Bad Guy?new
The big Kahuna of bad guys on Lost, megalomaniacal Others leader Benjamin Linus (Michael Emerson), has made a habit of insisting he's one of the good guys. How can a guy who once killed a bunch of his own people with nerve gas be good?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
03-28-2008 |
TV
Has 'Battlestar Galactica' Jumped the Shark?new
Somewhere a shark is whimpering from a severe head wound created by a misfiring motorcycle, and one can only hope BSG's fourth season doesn't injure more sea creatures.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
03-26-2008 |
TV
Little Melvin Williams Is Not Who He Played On 'The Wire'new
Though the former gangster, whose public redemption was aided by his Wire appearances as a man of God, says he's cleaned up his act, he still considers himself a "world-class gambler."
Baltimore City Paper |
Van Smith |
03-25-2008 |
TV
A Non-History Lesson
The Tudors is fun. But remember: It's Showtime, not the History Channel.
Tags: TV
'John Adams': Who's Your Daddy?new
HBO offers earthy portrayal of Founding Fathers.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-14-2008 |
TV
Soledad O'Brien Talks About 'Black in America'new
The six-hour documentary begins airing Thursday, April 3rd, with its first installment revisiting the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Davis |
03-14-2008 |
TV
David Simon: 'The Wire' Exit Interviewnew
The Baltimore-set and -shot series that debuted in 2002 is officially over following this past Sunday night's series finale. It's over. Finished. Kaput. Long live The Wire.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
03-12-2008 |
TV
Trick or 'In Treatment'new
Therapy, as Winston Churchill remarked of Russia, is "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." That's why the new HBO series, In Treatment, makes for such compelling and fearsome drama.
Hartford Advocate |
A.J. Loftin |
03-11-2008 |
TV
'Predator' Gets Caughtnew
After years of putting suspected pedophiles on the hot seat, the people behind the Dateline segment "To Catch a Predator" now find themselves in a tough spot. Last week, a judge decided there is enough evidence for a lawsuit against the hit show to go to trial.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
03-11-2008 |
TV
Drawn and Quarterednew
The predictable failure of Quarterlife.
Willamette Week |
Dan Carlson |
03-05-2008 |
TV
