Why Variety?This is a question that was brought to my attention by a Todd VanDerWerff tweet : doesn’t the networks’ obsession with reviving...
Terrible TitlesI never thought "The Good Wife" was such a bad title. It wasn’t like "Cougar Town," where you have to stop and ask yourself what...
AMC, Money, and OwnershipI linked to this in my earlier Breaking Bad post, but here’s yesterday’s Los Angeles Times story about the hardball negotiations...
Most Heavily Rhymed TV Theme?Speaking of Captain America... I never realized this before, but the theme song for the Captain America ’60s cartoon may be one of...
A Non-Violent EpisodeI wonder how the almost complete lack of violent action (or even the threat of violent action) in the most recent Breaking Bad...
King of the Hill Revisited: "The Arrowhead" and "Hilloween"Season 2, Episode 3: "The Arrowhead" Written by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger There’s a term, "filler episode," that is sometimes...
The World’s New Theme SongOne of the ways the internet has changed the life of the pop-culture trivia searcher is that it used to take years to identify a...
CanCon ContinuedHere’s the CBC’s report on the latest rulings by the CRTC on Canadian Content . My very brief attempt at a summary, with the...
Will Tom Fontana Ever Get Famous?BBC America announced that its first original production would be a show called "Copper," a period drama co-created by Tom Fontana...