CultureThe Tonight Show, now with more smart stupid humourWill Jay Leno fans be jarred by Conan O’Brien’s outsider schtick?
UncategorizedThe Caste System Of TVI’ll have more to say about season 1 of Parker Lewis Can’t Lose , and the visual and comedic cliches that this show invented and...
UncategorizedDoomed From The First ShotThe second episode of The Goode Family , or at least the second episode that was sent out for review (it will be the third to air)...
UncategorizedBad, BAD MenSome great comments on last night’s Breaking Bad finale: - Todd VanDerWerff : "
UncategorizedWeekend Viewing: CLUELESSAs mentioned in an earlier post, a TV version of Clueless (one of my favourite films of the ’90s) was part of ABC’s TGIF lineup in...
UncategorizedThe CUPID CurseHere’s how things have gone down: - Paula Marshall got a reputation as a "show killer" because she starred in a lot of bombs like...
UncategorizedDrama In Comedy, and Vice-VersaA TV writer death of note: Mickey Ross, part of the Nicholl/Ross/West team that ran All in the Family, The Jeffersons and Three’s...
UncategorizedMUSIC: Orchestrations (also, comic-book love triangles)I haven’t had a lot of posting time today, but here are links to two pieces I wrote elsewhere on this fine website: - My online...
CultureThe unsung heroes of BroadwayA critic pays tribute to the orchestrators who make all the big musicals sound so good