Every December the broadcast networks air their mid-season finales, cable shows wrap up their current seasons, and the television landscape becomes a barren wasteland of holiday specials and endless repeats of Christmas movies. While this programming may help people get into the festive mood, there’s only so many times I can watch a young boy …
Back in September, I wrote about how much I love watching a new television season unfold, because I find it fascinating to see which shows are instant hits and which shows are yanked off the schedule after only a couple of episodes have aired. This season has been surprising on many levels, primarily because it …
Every year in May, the annual upfront presentations take place in New York City, where the broadcast television networks unveil their schedules for the upcoming television season. The upfronts reveal which shows have been cancelled and which shows will be returning, but more importantly, they are used by the networks to preview their slate of new shows …
Tonight marks the season premiere of HBO’s True Blood, and the start of the show’s final season. After having recently endured the brutal and soul crushing fourth season of Game of Thrones, I’m more than ready for some light summer television. Of course, this is HBO, which means their version of light summer television comes complete …
I love The Daily Show. Since I discovered its brilliance three years ago I have yet to miss an episode, because no one walks the line between mock outrage and genuine I’m-scared-for-the-future-of-my-country outrage better and more perfectly than Jon Stewart. Along with the hilarious skewerings of overreaching public officials, the spot on parodies and satires, …
Judging by the ratings for its debut episode, I wasn’t alone in my anticipation of the television show Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Over the years, I’ve become a fan of the sprawling, multi-universe cinematic world that Marvel has created since 2008’s Iron Man, and I was looking forward to what they had to offer on a …
*This post is about character deaths on television, and therefore a general spoiler alert is in place for the whole post. Killing off a major character on a television show used to be unheard of, and usually only occurred if an actor sadly passed away or if there was a salary dispute. Then along came …