UncategorizedIs HAPPY TOWN the Greatest Thing In Human History?Most new television shows are not very good, because good shows are rare. But what’s even rarer than a good show is a bad show...
Culture‘The Good Wife’ has a few tricksA show about middle-aged lawyers refuses to play by the usual rules of procedural dramas
UncategorizedThe Miracle of the Nearby TV CollegeI’m sure TV Tropes already has a long entry on this subject, but I couldn’t help but say something when I noticed that tonight’s...
UncategorizedA Time For ImmaturityI said my say about the Archie gay character, and why it’s a good thing, in a previous post. Brigid Alverson has an article in...
UncategorizedCarell Hints At Leaving The OfficeWell, actually, he doesn’t hint it, he says it outright. But there’s enough wiggle room in there ("probably" and "I don’t think...
UncategorizedMAD MEN Invades BroadwayThe new Broadway revival of Promises, Promises , Neil Simon’s 1968 musical adaptation of The Apartment (with songs by Burt...
UncategorizedIs the Six-Act Structure Destroying Network TV?This interview with Vampire Diaries showrunners Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec contains a (to my mind) interesting discussion of...
UncategorizedStealth Pilots, BombingAt the AV Club, Todd VanDerWerff and Noel Murray have an "inventory" on a subject that is near and dear to my heart: failed...
UncategorizedBrief South Park UpdateJust a quick update: the version of South Park episode # 201 currently airing on the Comedy Network is (as expected) the same as...
UncategorizedThe Great Epistemic Closure Debate of 2010There’s been a surprising amount of online commentary in the last few weeks that prominently uses the term "epistemic closure," a...