Shows that focus on an apocalypse of one sort or another are all the rage at the moment – literally in the case of the runaway hit show, The Walking Dead, which features zombies with the usual anger management issues – and I have become as enamoured of them like Continue Reading
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New TV: “Randling”
I like nothing more than watching a new TV show that is intelligent, full of fun, and has entertainment woven deeply into its DNA. (OK it is possible I like cheesecake and trips to New York a little more but for the purposes of this review, erudite, funny TV shows Continue Reading
“Sanctuary” – a hearty slice of urban fantasy
One of the big trends in the current television year has been the emergence of urban fantasy, once the preserve of geeks and anime addicts, into mainstream programming. Shows like Once Upon a Time and Grimm (which shall be reviewed in greater depth in an upcoming article on this blog) Continue Reading
“Modern Family” steps it up another notch
It’s doubtful I could love this show any more than I do already. The sitcom by the talented Christopher Lloyd and Steve Levitan is a fresh and non-sentimental take on the traditional family sitcom that hasn’t shied from tackling all sorts of controversial subjects. The most recent episode I saw Continue Reading
Dr Who season 7 trailer bows
Season 7 is nigh. We know this because a glitzy, gee-whiz trailer has landed in cyberspace and it is enormously impressive and promises some great stories. If the writers can live up to the promise of this fast-moving trailer studded with shots of cyborgs in the Wild West, Nefertiti on Continue Reading
Golden age of TV anxiety
It’s often been said of late that we are in a new golden age of TV. According to the good folks at Wikipedia, the first golden age of TV was from the late 1940s to early 1960s when live dramas, many of them garnering both critical acclaim and solid viewer Continue Reading
Community is back!
After far too long a hiatus, Community jumps back on TV screens – well US TV screens anyway – next week and I am thrilled! (This fabulous promo for Community’s return was put together by Thedoboreel on Youtube and is beyond awesome) It is hands down of the most inventive, Continue Reading
I didn’t think I would: watch zombies on TV
Well, strictly speaking I am not watching the zombies themselves. Just the show they’re in, thank you. Naturally in the sacred tradition of children everywhere when they are watching anything remotely scary on TV, the moment the actions moves from the surviving humans to the zombies, I either put my Continue Reading
First Impressions: "Happy Endings"
I had heard a lot about this show. It was supposed to be a Friends-rip off that started slowly and unevenly, stumbling its way forward, in constant danger of being cancelled. That it only picked up mid way through the first season where it finally found it’s feet, was ordered Continue Reading
First impressions: "Alcatraz"
Alcatraz could well be the most perfect conspiracy show to come along in years. It has, as you’d expect in a show like this, dark overtones of paranoia and mistrust, and yet it remains in full possession of its humanity at the same time. That it does so is largely due Continue Reading