- April 13, 2009
- Spring Is the New Fall
Our critic takes bleary-eyed stock of eight new shows, and reconsiders a vet.
- March 9, 2009
- Hollywood Hustlers
Starz gets into the sitcom biz with two takes on L.A. self-loathing.
- February 9, 2009
- Women on the Verge
With United States of Tara, Showtime has cornered the market on outsider heroines.
- January 19, 2009
- Cornered Office
Trust Me is a screwball salvo to the panic of the modern workplace.
- December 1, 2008
- Jack of All Torture
A new season of 24 provides the usual fun for our hero (crucifixion?) and a president for the Obama age.
- November 3, 2008
- Crash
it’s possible that Crash, will end up saying something interesting.
- November 3, 2008
- Crusoe
Woe is Defoe. Rather than bother with his novel, the producers of this swashbuckling series settle instead for pastiche.
- October 27, 2008
- Good Slater, Bad Slater
My Own Worst Enemy makes the most of its erratic star, but Eleventh Hour sadly wastes its own.
- October 13, 2008
- Life on Mars
Even after the novelty wore off the BBC original of this time-traveling cop show, there was a remarkably squalid Manchester to contemplate
- October 13, 2008
- Kath & Kim
Copycatted from an Australian TV template, Kath & Kim wants to be a combo platter of Absolutely Fabulous and Gilmore Girls.