TV

  Birthdays are a great narrative device for any TV show. Unlike other major holidays such as Christmas, Halloween or Thanksgiving (the latter two being especially favoured by US TV while Christmas it seems belongs to everyone) which aren’t about anyone in particular (anyone mortal anyway), birthdays are about one Continue Reading

  ew.com, which exclusively revealed the new TBS promo for Cougar Town, is pretty much right on the money when it says this is the “ultimate laundry nightmare”. (With the exception of trying to put a load of whites on when a pack of rabid juvenile wolverines break in and force you Continue Reading

  Whoosh! What is that sound? Why I believe it is the sound of the wind rushing over the wings of hungry pop culture vultures descending with unseemly haste to feast upon the corpses of now dead TV programs that just a few months before were bright eyed and bushy Continue Reading

  Are we shocked that Chevy Chase is leaving Community? No, and I am reasonably sure no one really is. In news first reported by Deadline, and swiftly carried by everyone else, it was announced that Chevy Chase, who was known to be unhappy about his role as bigoted Pierce Continue Reading

  Too early for Christmas you say? Not when you’re Dr Who, time is no object, and you have a new companion to introduce to the world. Although given what the Doctor will be confronting in this year’s Christmas special, The Snowmen, the trailer for which was revealed during the Continue Reading

  I often wonder what it must be like filming a TV show day after day, week after week for quite long hours at a time. It is all glamor and champagne or is it, like pretty much everything in life, even those things we’re passionate about and love, a Continue Reading

  I am a HUGE fan of Miranda Hart. I adore her quirky quintessentially British sense of humour that fuels the very funny sitcom that make sensible use of her first name, cannot wait to read her new book Is It Just Me? (which alas I must order from overseas Continue Reading

  I am always a little bit wary of documentary series that purport to present a cohesive, meaningful narrative via talking heads only (save for the occasional cut away to a newspaper or magazine article, or some form of archival footage). It’s not that I lack faith in the ability Continue Reading