September is done, and most of the Fall shows have premiered. It seems to be a pretty average season, although the crop of new shows is fairly unimpressive so far. My ratings are for the episodes this season so far only. I plan to do this every month. I don’t watch every show, but I […]
I have to admit, I got hooked watching the early seasons of the original 90210 one summer during high school. While it wasn’t great television, it did have that soap opera “I have to find out what happens next” quality, and without it we wouldn’t have gotten great shows like Buffy, The O.C., and Veronica […]
Prison Break has been a very uneven show. Most of the first season was good, but the second season was horrible. The third season managed to recover somewhat, and get good again near the end. Of course, the main problem is that you can only break out of maximum security prisons so many times before […]
Watching Alias during it’s original run was a frustrating process. In the beginning, every show ended in a cliffhanger. Later, the pacing and quality faltered, which led to long periods of disappointment. Despite that, it was amazing when everything managed to come together. I recently watched the entire series in marathon format for the first […]
Fringe is basically X-Files spun through the J.J. Abrams (Alias, Lost, MI3) machine. This is a very solid and cinematic pilot, with a very un-TV feel. It’s J.J. Abrams’ best pilot since Alias, much better than the uneven Lost pilot. The setup for the show is a very strong monster of the week/unknown conspiracy formula, […]
With the recent ending of some of my favorite shows, and seasons ending for others, I have been thinking a lot about the state of television storytelling. I think one of the main problems that a lot of shows that go on for more than a season or two have is that they can’t go […]