I’m not sure where to start. The past couple of days have been heady, smile-inducing craziness for those of us who love our television. Of course, it has been the long heralded death knell for some people’s favorite shows, andRead more…
Can ABC’s ‘Pan Am’ Stay in the Air?
By Stu Robinson, On Sunday ABC aired the season finale of Pan Am. Whether it was the series finale remains to be seen. The success of cable network AMC’s Mad Men prompted ABC and NBC to present their own 1960sRead more…
H50 Episode Recalls Real-Life Case
By Stu Robinson, Season 2, Episode 11 of CBS’ new Hawaii Five-0 draws heavily from a real-life 1976 school bus kidnapping in Chowchilla, Calif., in which the hostages were placed underground in the back of a buried truck. The real-lifeRead more…
‘Hawaii Five-0’: The Fall and Rise of Kono
By Stu Robinson, I’ve been busy with the day job this month, so I have to play catch-up on Season 2 of CBS’ new Hawaii Five-0 – starting with Episodes 3-5, a an arc that could be titled, “Oh no,Read more…
‘Hawaii Five-0’: Variations on a Theme
By Stu Robinson, Tonight brings the Season 2 premiere of CBS’ new Hawaii Five-0. To borrow the slogan from another classic TV show: Same bat time; same bat channel. Once again, it will go up against the ABC hit Castle.Read more…
‘Hawaii Five-0’: Assessing the First Season
By Stu Robinson, A few weeks ago, I posted a recap of Hawaii Five-0‘s season finale. Now that I’ve had a few weeks to reflect on it, here are my big-picture thoughts on the show’s plot and character developments. TheRead more…
V is for Visitors — and Victory
I can’t even begin to guess how many times I watched the original V miniseries. A big part of it was that it was science fiction, and I’d been a sci-fi geek for as long as I could remember. AndRead more…
Better Off Ted: Pretty funny, actually
Over two or three days last week, we watched the entire first season of one of the few sitcoms left on television, Better Off Ted. Part of why it works, I think, is because it doesn’t try to ground itselfRead more…
Ratings: Worst. Season. Ever.
OK, I guess the TV seasons before most people had televisions were worse, but this season was for the birds, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The four major networks (that’d be CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox – sorry CW) lostRead more…