From listening to Sepinwall and Fienberg’s excellent podcast, I’d anticipated a letdown after The Walking Dead‘s premiere episode. I hadn’t anticipated one during it, or that I’d bail on it after three episodes, but it’s …

I had high hopes for The Event — a lot of actors I enjoy (Jason Ritter, Laura Innes), a tantalizing concept, and the opportunity to learn from the mistakes of Flash Forward.
But the actors can’t …

I should have dumped RHoNJ when Dina Manzo did. Dina’s stated reasons had the whiff of bullshit — “I thought it would be a cute, funny look at our family,” or whatever she said at …

Shear Genius has had problems from the beginning. The use of the Project Runway cookie-cutter for competitive reality shows about other lifestyle genres is understandable, but not always successful; with Top Design, the glitch seemed …

It’s not an official break-up yet, but I may need some space, some time to figure out if this is what I really want.
The show isn’t bad; the acting is still top-notch, and the cast …

This is what happens when you add a show to the season-pass list almost solely because you think Michael Imperioli is incredibly foxy with the long hair and the mustache (and about the long hair: …

Alan Sepinwall, in the comments thread of his post on Heroes earlier today:
[M]y feeling is that the show wasn’t even that good in season 1, outside of a handful of episodes (“Five Years Later,” “Company …

Survivor: Ozzy v. Coach. I didn’t care for Christine, so the success of Ozzy’s bold move pleased me, but of course we won’t hear the end of it until he’s taken out — which, obviously, …

“Hey, guys. Master Stupidhead here. Aunt Dodo says you only have three days left to raise $6,145. Dodo says that money could help send kids to college, or buy catcher’s mitts for kids in India. …

What I’m watching — or no longer watching — and why.
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Boardwalk Empire. I have to catch up on recent episodes, but so far, A-minus — the minus is for the pacing, which is very …