Very happy to see Shosanna Stern on this show! Apparently, Robbie Thompson, who wrote this episode, was a writer on Jericho, on which Shoshanna played the the wonderful and awesome Bonnie Richmond. Cool. I’d post one of my Bonnie themedRead more…
‘Hawaii Five-0’ Advances McGarrett Subplot
By Stu Robinson, Episode 19 of CBS’s new Hawaii Five-O finds the team investigating why a man in a superhero costume took flight off a hotel balcony and, lacking actual super powers, met his end pool cabana below. The episodeRead more…
24: The President Smarm vortex
So, I wasn’t gonna write about 24 this week. Not because of anything with the show, but because I have been cranky, distracted and have got a to-do list a mile long before I move next week. But you what?Read more…
Boycotting the Emmys
I went back and forth on whether I’d live-blog the Emmys tonight, mainly because, after all, this is a TV blog. But then I thought about it. Where’s Battlestar Galactica? Kings? Did Jericho ever get any love? Sure, critical darlingsRead more…
Jericho, the show that wouldn’t die
UPDATED info at bottom of post I have a special love for the show Jericho, which was, by the by, my entré into social media. It was such a great post-apocalyptic drama, which CBS screwed up in scheduling and thenRead more…
Catching up: Reaper, Kings, Harper’s Island
I’ve fallen rather behind both in my television viewing and in my blogging, so I thought I’d catch up with a few things today, seeing as I don’t have access to HBO this weekend and can’t watch True Blood untilRead more…
The state of science fiction on TV
As it is with every year, a whole bunch of science fiction-y shows were canceled at the end of the season, but I have to give it to the networks for trying a bunch of new ones next year. ItRead 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…
Harper’s Island
I was predisposed to liking Harper’s Island for a variety of reasons. First, it was a good murder mystery in the vein of the finest Agatha Christie. Second, it was being exec produced by Jon Turteltaub, who was part ofRead more…
Jericho, the comic book
The anxiously awaited news about Jericho finally came out today, and it’s pretty much what I expected: A new comic book series based on the show. Believe it or not, I couldn’t actually find the news on the CBS website,Read more…