Archive | Television Review
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TV review: ‘Justified’ offers clever, gripping western drama
“Justified” doesn’t immediately seem like the best western on television. Indeed, with its modern setting and modest budget, it doesn’t look much like a western at all.
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Column: 64th annual Emmys remain shallow, dull
It was supposed to be television’s biggest night of the year. The buildup leading to Sunday’s 64th Primetime Emmy Awards suggested that the show would be the most exciting and fresh edition yet, but the show unfortunately proved to be another predictable and unimaginative awards ceremony that ...
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TV review: “Breaking Bad” midseason finale sets stage for killer ending
It must feel pretty good to be Walter White, a.k.a “Heisenberg.” A little more than a year has passed since he was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer and turned to manufacturing crystal meth as a means of providing for his family.
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TV review: ‘Breaking Bad’ delivers
After keeping viewers at the edges of their seats for four straight seasons, the fifth and final season of "Breaking Bad" is under way. One episode remains in the first half of this season, and the continuing saga of Walter White (Bryan Cranston) does not let up.
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TV review: ‘Political’ family one of TV’s best
“Political Animals” has managed to do something that very few television shows are capable of accomplishing.
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TV review: ‘Snooki & JWoww’
0 out of 5 stars Look out, New Jersey: newly engaged Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jennifer “JWoww” Farley decided to embark on one last adventure before finally growing up. Many critics have dubbed "Snooki & JWoww" a modern-day "Laverne & Shirley.
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TV review: Girls’ gone not-so-wild give viewers money’s worth in new HBO comedy
Just when it seemed like HBO was done one-upping everyone else, the network again waved its magic Emmy-winning wand — whose magic I have begun to suspect actually stems from unending resources (I’m onto you, HBO) — and this time, out popped Girls.
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TV review: HBO’s fantasy epic ‘Game of Thrones’ growing strong in second season
Blood, brilliant red as the comet streaking in the sky above, spills forth from the slain in the stunning debut of the second season of “Game of Thrones.” After a critically acclaimed first season, the HBO adaptation of George R.R.
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TV review: ‘Mad Men’ shows no signs of slowing down in fifth season premiere
Despite being more than a year removed from the last new episode of "Mad Men," Sunday's season five premiere was worth the wait. Don Draper and crew returned having undergone incredible experiences that set the stage for the future of this hit drama.