Charlie Don’t Surf
“Aquarius” Thursday, May 28 (NBC) Two-Hour Series Debut: In a semi-factual drama about one of America’s most notorious killers, the cop (David Duchovny) probably shouldn’t be more charming and charismatic [...]
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Posted May 27, 2015in On The Tube
Posted May 20, 2015in On The Tube
Fall forward
Are you over the current television season? So are the broadcast networks — they’re moving on to the 2015-16 season, and here’s some of what they’ll be serving up this [...]
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Posted May 13, 2015in On The Tube
Twin piques
“Wayward Pines” Thursday, May 14 (Fox) Of all the creepy TV mysteries set in idyllic little mountain towns, M. Night Shyamalan’s “Wayward Pines” is, well, the latest — and, if [...]
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Posted May 06, 2015in On The Tube
The guess list
We’re still a month away from receiving the Final Word from television networks about which of your favorite shows have been renewed for another season or canceled forever — but [...]
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Posted April 29, 2015in On The Tube
Dreadfully Happy
“Happyish” Sundays (Showtime) Showtime’s current Sunday lineup is no match for the hype steamroller of HBO’s “Game of Thrones”/“Silicon Valley”/“Veep” trifecta, which makes it the perfect-ish place for a throwback [...]
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Posted April 22, 2015in On The Tube
Weed out the week
After “Are you still writing for that paper?” and “Why did I assume you were dead?”, the question I’m most often asked is “So, what’s good on TV?” Sure, I [...]
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Posted April 15, 2015in On The Tube
Clone Wars
“Axe Cop” Thursday, April 16 (FXX) Few watched Fox’s failed attempt to take both Adult Swim and “Saturday Night Live” with the late-night Animation Domination High-Def (ADHD — get it?) [...]
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Posted April 08, 2015in On The Tube
Real (fake) comedy
“The Comedians” Thursday, April 9 (FX) “Comedy is like heart surgery — it gets botched all the time,” says Josh Gad (as Josh Gad) in the pilot episode of “The [...]
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Posted March 31, 2015in On The Tube
Fooled again
“Bacon House Nation” Wednesday, April 1 (FYI) The producers of “Tiny House Nation,” the reality series in which families scale down their living spaces from McMansions to custom 500-square-foot mini [...]
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Posted March 25, 2015in On The Tube
Get weird
“The Walking Dead” Sunday, March 29 (AMC) In which “The Walking Dead” pulls a “Sons of Anarchy” and drops a 90-minute finale (though “TWD” has only gone long twice before, [...]
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