TelevisionThe uncertain future of hit comedyIt’s never been easier to make a quality comedy. So what gives?
UncategorizedBut what does Don DeFore think?I’m not completely sure what I think of this, but via Frank Conniff , here’s a video where - through the use of lots of stills and...
UncategorizedGet Kerry WashingtonThe New York Times has an article on Scandal , a show that has slowly built itself into one of the more solid performers on ABC...
WorldRepublicans hit unions where it hurtsRight-to-work laws target the same labour unions that helped fund Obama’s victory
TelevisionTV title fight: short vs. longWhy Girls, Bates Motel and New Girl are going with minimal title sequences
UncategorizedOh, for a better word than ’procedural’Emily Nussbaum, the New Yorker TV critic, has a good piece on the show Justified and the issue of the stand-alone story. Justified...
UncategorizedViolence-oriented punk rock musicThis probably should have been a weekend post if anything, but I wasn’t able to post that weekend, so here it is: after Jack...
UncategorizedThe Arrested Development movie may still never happenJaime J. Weinman on why he’s betting against it
PoliticsNewsmakers of the week Sarah Polley, Justin Bieber, a millionaire street cleaner ... and an unlikely Toronto mayor
SocietyTim Raines snubbed again! Baseball Hall of Fame elects no one for 2013Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens punished for steroid use